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Sheep Shears

A sheep's fleece will naturally fall off given time, however to make use of the wool it is removed at the beginning of Summer, using shears. These may be hand operated or mechanical, one example has two sets of shears connected by belt drive to a Lister D stationary petrol engine.

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