Show sheep shearing clipper does its work rapidly when the cold spring rains hate baie gone and the warm warin weather comes on flock owners should give attention to shearing their sheep shearing Is best accomplished by the use of machines rather than hand by investing a few dollars it Is possible to get a machine which has one attachment for shearing sheep and another for clipping horses and mules the machine clipper does work more rapidly the fleece Is cut closer and the sheep are not injured so frequently quent ly in doing good shearing the livestock specialists say it i Is necessary to get the fleece without tearing it apart after setting a sheep on its rump an experienced shearer will hold it comfortably and there will be ba very little struggling the cheeps body should be tilted to toward Nard the operator so that it connot cannot get a footing and thus attempt to rise it la Is customary to shear first the head and neck then down donn the belly then the sides and back and last the rump after shearing the fleece should be ba carefully arranged with the inside out and tied into a neat pack this adds much to the appearance and thus makes a better market the use of the wrong kind of tying twine causes more brou trou trouble ble than any other one thing binder twine or any other twine which sheds its fiber should not be used hard glazed twines or paper twine should be used |