I'crhaps a few words regarding tho way in which a sheep is shorn may be of interest. The shearer, after pulling his sheep out of tho pen behind him, sets it up on tho board. He first shears tho belly mid part of the left leg. Ho then " opens up the neck," and runs down tho • left side. After this the head is trimmed, and ho shears down what is known, in shearing parlance, as tho "last After this, his sheep is let out through port hole into a yard, The fleece is then picked up from tho hind part by tho " Fleece Ho" and is thrown on tho tablo in centre of the building. After the belly wool," dags," etc., have boon taken oil it is rolled. It is then passed on to the classcr, who classes it, and it is then taken and stacked ready for the pressors, After this, the pressers take it in bond, and in a very short time a bale is run down and sewn.
At Branccpcth, the sheep arc o( tho Down class, mid yesterday afternoon Southdowns were being shorn, the aver age llccce weighing about Blbs. Somo very good tallies have been put up at Branccpcth this season, A Queensland shearer has the highest tally so far, 209. A Maori named Moses, timed, "shore" a sheep under thrco minutes. There avo between 60,000 and 70,000 sheep to bo shorn this year, Shearing was started some three weeks ago, and yesterday was only about the fourth full day put in, With fine weather ten days or so ought to" cut out" the shed.
