Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1855 — Sheep Shearing Machine. [ARTICLE]

Sheep Shearing Machine.

The Detroit Democrat <s• Enquirer ! gives the following account of a new, invention for shearing sheep, which I may be of interest to some of our far- i mer readers: ) The last invention wc have seen* is ’ a machine for shearing sheep. Those who have seen them used, say they work admirably, and that a sheep can be sheared easily in five minutes, as clearly as by shears, without the possibility of cutting the skin. It is constructed with two rows of knives with saw teeth, set one above the other, and playing across each other like the blades of shears, similar to the blades of the patent mowing machine, only these can cut upon both j edges. The lower knives protrude beyond the upper ones, and are slightly turned over to prevent catching the skin. The knives are carriied by a wheel turned by the hand, and can be made to play very rapidly. The machine is small and about as heavy as two pairs of ordinary j sheep-shears. When used it is strapped upon the shoulder and is readily managed with one hand, and the other left free to hold the sheep. It is a very ingenious instrument, and deserves to be tested. The inventor is Mr. Palmer Lancaster, of Burr Oak, St. Joseph county, who is desirous of selling the right for this State.