1. AN APPARATUS FOR CROPPING HIDES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: CONVEYING MEANS TRAINED TO MOVE IN A GIVEN DIRECTION; A PAIR OF CUTTING MEANS POSITIONED ABOVE SAID CONVEYING MEANS PARALLEL AND OPPOSITE ONE ANOTHER AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CONVEYING MEANS; MOVABLE MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID CUTTING MEANS, SAID MOVABLE MEANS BEING DISPOSED ABOVE SAID CONVEYING MEANS TO TRANSPORT SAID CUTTING MEANS IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY OPPOSITE SAID GIVEN DIRECTION; AND PIVOTABLE MOUNTING MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CUTTING MEANS AND SAID MOVABLE MEANS ABOVE SAID CONVEYING MEANS, SAID PIVOTABLE MOUNTING MEANS ADAPTED TO TURN IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID CONVEYING MEANS.