LISTER SHEARING MACHINES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 850, 23 June 1910, Page 4

LISTER SHEARING MACHINES.

rPpsLisiiKo by Arrangement/] ■The'-Lister Sheep-shearing Machine Company havt a very lino exhibit of their' manufactures in motion. Although the Lister has only been. placed on the New Zealand market since tho beginning of the year it? has.attained a wide celebrity amongst sheepfarmers—a statement cohiirmed by the fact that it. has already established a New Zealand sheep-shearing machine sales record. Apparently the Lister has'jumped right oft. the * mark, and is now easily on the top rung of. tho ladder of public appreciation. Sheepfarmers generally praise the perfect finish and''the smooth running of these machines, and shearers themselves are now' sending in • flattering testimonials as to their worth. Tho ■ Lister is no experiment. It has been made especially to. the order of Messrs. Dangar, Gcdye, and Company, of Sydney, and Messrs. Levin and Company, of Wellington, and these firms have had twenty years' experience of sheep-shear-ing machines and their management. They and their experts are fully aware of what is required, and the result, is seen in the present excellent machine working to-day. , The superior qualifications of the Lister are so numerous that thev are. somewhat difficult to set out in detail, but it may be said at' onco.that for accuracy and smooth running they stand alone. They have reduced vibration to a minimum. . It is interesting to note that the Lister skew belt "drive" invented by Mr. Alex. .Hutchinson, of the firm of Levin and Company, is imludcd in to-day's exhibit. This "year this appliance has won its way into m'ai y sheds in .New- Zealand. I It allows the s! carer the greatest fac'iliI ties for shearing his siieep. It is easily | adapted to low and frail sheds, whilst its silent running commends itself to all who use it. All tho. shaft bearings of 1 this gear are fitted with ring oilers, and * they are distinctly superior to any other I shatt oiling now on tho market. They economise time and. material; as only one oiling is required during a .shearing, and there is no .drip of oil to the floor. All parts of the Lister aro -interchangeablo with the Wblselcy, and they may boobtained from any of tho chief agencies throughout the Ikuninion. It may be added in order, to give an idea of the practical manner in which the agents deal with the business that last season Messrs. Levin and-.Company taught over one hundred sheep-farmers and their sons in their work schoolroom at Wellington how the machines arc to.bo managed and attended to. This'year the schoolroom has been enlarged to accommodate a still larger number _of pupils. To tho farmer a thorough knowledge of sheep-shearing machines is, of course, now absolutely essential, as 'shearers now demand that every five machines shall require an export attendant. - Tho Lister Company has also one of tho oldest, and largest cream separator manufactories ill England. Their machines havo a world-wide reputation, as also have their churns, coolers, and other dairy requisites. The company makes a special lino of oil engines of 2J, 1, IS, and H h.p., vertical type. Other engines arc also stocked with the shearing machine top motion. They are made attachable to 2, -3, or I shearing machines, portable, with or without wheels. The shearing' portion can be removed within a few minutes, and the engine is then ready for any work of its kind, on' sheep station or farm.. Those who require a shearing machine ov a cream separator should not fail to inspect tho Lister exhibit. The solo New Zealand agents aro Messrs. Levin . and Company) while tho representative in .charge of-tho exhibit is Mr. A. G. Hutchinson. . ENC'S MILK COOLER AND ACITA- - TOR. [Published nv Arrangement.] To-day twentieth century dairying demands .purity, and. cleanliness, alilie. on tha part, of farmer and .factory man-

agor. It is first essential that the farmer should shoulder his responsibility. This may he done in many ways, but it in now an accepted axiom that tho cooling of milk restrains' impurities, and improves ths condition of the manufactured article. W<; mako very good butter and cheese, but our dairy experts say that our manufacture is capable -of still further improvement, that is if we _ aro to cope successfully with our foreign rivals. Our experts, namely, Messrs. D. Cuddie, Dairy Commissioner, and Instructors Singleton, Sawers, Grant, Thomson, and Shirley, preach tho gospel of milk purity, which they declare may be brought about largely by milk cooling. In the line of milk cooling, Eng'sautomatic agitator and cooler, now on view at the Winter Show, seems to bo the very thing for tho dairyman. It is moderate in price, , and can be worked at practically no expense. The motive power is water, and by- the means of a simple hydraulic system milk may bo agitated the whole night or day through, and made absolutely ready for tho factory in tho morning. There is no doubt that this cooler is one of the most useful additions which have been inado of late years to tho dairying industry, and no dairy farm may be 6fiid to bo complete without it possesses one of these machines. It is satisfactory to note that these machines aro already in great demand, and that they promise to become in use quite a common dairying utensil. The sole New Zealand agent is Mr. Gilbert Thompson, of Waverley, «"ho is in chargo of tho exhibit.