Nuhou, Volume I, Number 21, 6 Mei 1873 — Shearing Time. [ARTICLE]

Shearing Time.

We noeiee inter«ting uwuui* of eheM j i. n i» in CahforuU\ wluo'» euggpst to us a iou j woi'de in r«ivot u> ov.r owu, ik>w ut tl»o eloiei ol' j tlije eoason. The kui|akas t-vvu Kvou;c ox;». it I sliparcr?, tiiul eoiuo of tuoiu will oonijviro wlili l'.e , bost iu tlio worlil f"b\itj thoj alwaj» not\l tlio ov ,ofj tho felicj.'!icr\l ovcr |Uiou». A goM liaiul e-iu : «\orago til\jr ehoop a ; auū whon i vrork oan sht\ir Tō, ovcn as high a> 100 ln.vi U>f shwp in.a <lay aiul nlso <lo woi'k ' bi,vc grca(or taot t!,an othci> to catc!i ? ?k-q---j ttoy suh>i> a litt!o, aud <lut īu quick amou- • i lot, widiout imioli or \vorrvin,; o( j #lioeji au<i K >j s of tiv sc. w?xivas atiot! •.» v, ■ : ; i«u>kva .-ln»n»\ | ~ ;

ulmae, anel luiuek thcm ai»out a good <loal, and al6ō lobo Tlie experfc man grasps his'Phccp with both hands, iiandles It eaßily without piilling ifcs wool,- and deposifcs ifc gently upon his ahearing board, eometimes he ties its fcet, and >*ometimes he docn iiofc; and now *wifch a good pair of shears in lianu he will bcgin at the neek a£td he will roli oiF fche fleece niee and smooth, jusfc like pecling a woolen sliirt ojT your baek, The man reqiiires ahoufc five minuteß, or IeBS, to take the jacket oiT a well wooled eheep. We fbrmerly hired kanakas ta sliear fbr two eents per but we give this year three cents. On some ranches the shearer reeelves one do!lar per day ; and on all we believe, thcy are indulged dur!ng tho ghearing soason with plenty to eafe and|to ih'ink, Usually a large eartlj Imke Is prcpared in whieh is enelosed one or two muttons, or a pig and a barrel of sweefc potafcoes ; and this is washed down wifch a quantifcy of eour Bweefc pofatoe maeh. The women assist in the minoi preparafcions ot thc feasfc, and ehail'with the mcn 3 and when thc workers have closed thc labors oJ the da} r , and iiave indulged m a good wash the;y are then prepared fbr wonderful perfbrmances hi fingering taro or Bweet potatoe poi, and luau baked meatts, A vcry hearty kanaka on such oeeasious ean devour afc one sitting, at leat two gallons of hls Bemi-lic[Uid food, with a, propovfciono tt: relish of meat«