History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . -ing floor. The reason for this is that thewool shears much easier if the sheep isin a sweated condition. Otherwise thefleece may be dry and hardened, causingmuch trouble to the shearers. In the shearing plants the operation isconducted on large floors, well-lighted and various colored baskets to receive the baskets painted black are for blackw^ool. Locks are thrown into baskets w^ithblack stripes, and green stripe baskets re-ceive the wool known as the boys are stationed with brooms i
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . -ing floor. The reason for this is that thewool shears much easier if the sheep isin a sweated condition. Otherwise thefleece may be dry and hardened, causingmuch trouble to the shearers. In the shearing plants the operation isconducted on large floors, well-lighted and various colored baskets to receive the baskets painted black are for blackw^ool. Locks are thrown into baskets w^ithblack stripes, and green stripe baskets re-ceive the wool known as the boys are stationed with brooms invarious parts of the plant to sweep up allpieces of wool to the proper pile, and whilethe fleece-throwing boys are prepared forhandling the fleeces. A long blow^ of aw^histle followed by two short blows is thesignal for beginning work. The shearerdisappears into the catching pen andemerges a moment later with a sheep andcommences shearing at once. He startswith the w^ool on the belly of the animalwhich comes off in one piece, falls on theflocr and is immediately picked up by one. Manchester, N. H., in 1855. Amoskeag, Stark Mills and Manchester Print Works are Among the Build*ings on the Bank of the River well-ventilated. The floors are constructedof hard w^ood and they are scrubbed andpolished twice a week. When the shear-ing operations are in full swing in the plant,it is a veritable bee-hive of industry. The shearers are usually Australians andAmericans who travel from state to statefollowing the various shearing work is very difficult and requiresgreat hardihood. They are spurred on bya spirit of keen rivalry and it is reportedthat one Australian shearer who is an ex-pert at his trade has often clipped 233sheep in a day, taking about one minute andforty seconds to a sheep. In the morning all workers are gatheredtogether in the shed prepared to commenceoperations. The superintendent glancesover the various sections of the plant andsees that all the workers are
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