Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 201
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The animal is then passed on to the next pair, and after another rubbing, to the pair stationed opposite the landing place, (where the current rushes through a narrow opening) - who have it in charge not to land a sheep improperly washed. It must be observed that if the shelter of the covering in No 2 pen proves to be insufficient to prevent the fleeces of the sheep from drying on the surface, before they were washed at the tubs, they must have water thrown upon them as often as may be requisite.
When the sheep wash will be are in the manner just mentioned, enabled to wash from 80 to 100 ewes, and from 60 to 80 wethers per hour. If it should happen that the sheep are washed too well, the coil may be easily remedied by allowing them to remain unshorn until a sufficient quantity of yolk has arisen into the fleece. It is our general practice however, to shear them as soon as they are sufficiently dry, because it rarely happens that the washing is over done Of the subsequent operations it is not the object of the present paper to deal, because a simple direction