ANOTHER SHEEP-SHEARING MACHINE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2341, 12 July 1887, Page 2

ANOTHER SHEEP-SHEARING MACHINE.

A. nkw sheep-shearing machine lias been invented at Murruruudi by Mr Bell, a titter at the local locomotive depot (says the Murniniinli Times), and it is very’ likely to create a sensation in the pastoral world. The machine is designed to work by means of compressed air, and is almost perfected; it is small, perfect, and regular, and so simple that even a child could work it. On witnessing its work, and examining its construction, one is surprised to think that the machine was not invented long ago. To Mr Bell belongs the honour of the invention, whilst Mr -loucs, a mechanical engineer, who came from Sydney to construct the models, is entitled to great praise for the manner in which he has performed his work. It was the latter gentleman who was engaged upon the construction of Mr W olseley’s sheep-shearing machine, which received great praise the other day in •Sydney, and which was so favourably reported upon by a committee of experts appointed to test it. It is claimed hv the inventors (who hare seen the Wolseley machine at work), that the Bell machine can be placed in the market at s fraction of the cost of the former, that greater speed can be obtained, and moch more satisfactory results attained. It is further claimed that by the use of the Bell machine sheep-owners can, from the larger amount of wool obtained, pay off the cost of the entire plant in one season, llie machine has been tested and found to woik very satisfactorily, and no doubt need be entertained regarding its success. Patents hare been taken out throughout the world at considerable cost, and the article will he pat upon the market in a few weeks.