. The practical shepherd: a complete treatise on the breeding, management and diseases of sheep. Sheep. 174 DOING UP WOOL. I'LEECE IN FBESS. fribs belonging to the fleece in a bunch on top, and having folded 5 over on 6, so that it will take the form presented in the preceding cut, it is ready for the wool press. The wool-tyer then takes it carefully between his hands and arms, so as not to disturb its arrangement, and places it unbi-oken in the wool press, either on one side, as in the left hand cut annexed, or on what may be termed its edge, as in right hand cut annexed. The wool press I con
. The practical shepherd: a complete treatise on the breeding, management and diseases of sheep. Sheep. 174 DOING UP WOOL. I'LEECE IN FBESS. fribs belonging to the fleece in a bunch on top, and having folded 5 over on 6, so that it will take the form presented in the preceding cut, it is ready for the wool press. The wool-tyer then takes it carefully between his hands and arms, so as not to disturb its arrangement, and places it unbi-oken in the wool press, either on one side, as in the left hand cut annexed, or on what may be termed its edge, as in right hand cut annexed. The wool press I consider one of the most convenient minor agricultural inventions of the day. Combining some previous plans with ray own, I furnished a plan of it substan- tially as it now is, except that it was worked by a lever instead of the crank arrangement described below, to Mr. James Geddes, of Fairmount, New York. Mr. Geddes perfected it by adding that arrangement. I am indebted to him for the following cut and description: " The Press consists of a substantial and finnly made box, sup- ported on legs of convenient height; the length of the box, four feet, and its width eleven inches, and its depth ten and one-half Lnc'hes, both measured inside of the box.* One end or head of this box (o) is fixed, and strongly braced by a sort of iron h ri bracket made for the purpose; the other or movable head (i,) has a horizontal support to which it is also firmly braced, and slides under the cleet nailed at / up to within any requisite distance of the other head, a. Through both the heads there are three perpendicular slits which render so many braces essential to their strength, and through which the strings are extended for the tying of the fleece. In oper- ation, these strings having been put in place, the fleece is folded to go into the box, but not rolled; the .crank, turned by hand and prevented by a ratchet from springing back, moves the roller at d, which, by means of the strap, two inc
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