The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-09-12
sdEARING THE sur.,
machinery Used on we.,.,,
Example for Wal, a.

n.1 Hastling nomads who t,,1I
ward from early spring us sH' :
' mef, men who combine the ~.
' ,rall With periods OF terce,, y" :
,aooI' are the sheep shea,.,,
West. Two thousand milss =
lar, lar for them to go between th =
sast JOB OF the season-al1 !,
from Southern California ~ ~
IA Manitoba, They are wealth,
from their earnings to trsr. b
mans If they wish and plav ~.
tourists visiting the country ~
tuaily being wage earners sss. ~
JOBS. They may wire ranch
that they are on the way, and y
pioyers hasten to prepare for i.
80 e WIN eholce food and N
as II they We're honored guest,
gu. their skilled labor the vod|
could not be coined into gold al
's-'ow million sheep west Of M
souri, River would shrink to n.
OF spring lamb served in
boarding houses.
The shearer does not nut m =.
OF the cowboy. whom be ha,
superseded. but he is aso,dio, }
ana has a proper pride in bis \.
skill and endurance. There is y
lation in removing fieeces like p
tflbuted to operators in Wall
yet the work is wholesome and
hclal to all hands concerned. iu,I
the sheep. Policy itself prey.,1
shearer drawing too much blni
cause he remembers that mon
VIII be wanted next year. Thr,
hand method and a machine NAL
taking off the clip. the latter
more economical and exped
Thomas w. Lawson has lately jna
the machine system Of finance,
supports agricultural experience
champion shearer of the United +
is not as we'll known as might b /
name is c. M. Marquis. and bis /,
OF 800 sheep stripped in eight bod
Two Dot, Mont, several years al
never been equalled. This wu d
rate of one sheep in a minute q
half, and the champion did ut |
even when taking a drink ind
glass held to his lips. 1t takes /
of iron constitution to be q tint 4
shearer. He has to remain In Al
ing position during the entire M
of removing a fleece. whether :
hand shears or the whirring nd
tool that is like a BARRIERS satsp |
per. The variation in the vei
f1eeces has its effect on the d.
output. The best ranges in o.
Montana and Wyoming will avas
S-pound fleece. full of natural d,
the sheep from the desert will nj
erage over five.
Ten dollars a day is the N
earning of the expert shearef, WI
be a former cowboy, Mexican q
called kangaroo" hailins nom
tralia. The social rank Of the
can is often forgotten, in view q
scsonomic position, and the dis
Red Gulch will consent to dn
his expense and listen to Tho %
brings from down South OF atfd
Canada line. II there was evsf 9
lar movement to lynch the 'gI
for a real or imaginary eAsnee !
max would surely be postponed
all the sheep were clipped It y
portant to get the sheep shea1ea
right time.
On large ranges where power y
there are long sheds, and shafu
tends down both sides Of the
place. About twenty shearers as]
up in one shed, each man opefs
machine connected WV
shafting. The sheep are orous
from the range in comparatively
lots of $500 and put into
whence they are driven down enj
the shearers. A dazed sheep y
by the neck, flung into a s'tul
lure between the shearer's less
prived of its coat Of wool IN
The fleeces are stane
bags holding four hundred pouns
many of them are shippeo "
houses at Billings. Mont.-Nss]
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