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| Keywords: NSRW Story of Wool - sheep shearing and taking wool to market.jpg en TAKING THE WOOL TO MARKET In the lower picture we have a scene from Argentina in South America where there are immense ranches devoted to the sheep industry The wool is clipped from the sheep in a single fleece This is rolled and a large number of the rolls packed together in a single bale These bales are carried by wagons to the nearest railroad point from whence the wool is carried to Buenos Ayres for shipment to other countries Upper left inset shows SHEEP SHEARING BY MACHINERY On the left side we have a picture of sheep shearing by machinery On the larger sheep ranches the method of shearing the sheep by power is being introduced The new method has several advantages over hand shearing; the process is much faster and therefore more economical; the fleece is taken off cleaner weighs more and is in better condition; and the shearing is more humane there being no nicking of the sheep The New Student's Reference Work v 5 1914 Story of Wool narrative between pp 2108 and 2109 first page Underwood Underwood published 1914 PD-US LA2-NSRW-5-0121 jpg Underwood Underwood Sheep shearing | ||||
