. Fig. 36.—Shearing Bench. lose one-fourth of its strength, just as a sliver of elastic wood will become hard and brittle by overdrying. The moisture natural to the wool is to be preserved while it is in storage. A few words might be said just here in regard to a rep- rehensible practice of shearing, the intention of which is to disguise the form of the sheep and give to it false and de- ceptive appearance by wliich judges at tfie exbibitloins may be induced to estimate the animals so disguij^ed above their real character. It consists in leaving the fleece, at the shearing

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