HOW FARMERS LOSE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 13

HOW FARMERS LOSE.

• * NEGLECT OF SKINS. i, The majority of the best substance i- ox-hides, says the annual report of the I. Wellington Chamber of Commerce, has i been purchased by lexral tanners at c prices somewhat above exporters' limits, j-villi the result that exporters have had r to be content to get what was left, c Sheepskins fetched increasingly better H prices as the .year progressed, and the :- tone of the market is much more healthy 1 and buoyant than was the case last year. s Prices all round in December last were t quite double what they were the pre-1-lvioua DecemberThe report also strikes a warning note t concerning the skirting and packing of d wool, for it says: "There is a keen s demanel for dry, sound skins, and it is a I pity that so many farmers leave skins c in the sheds for a lengthy period wjthe out proper attention, enabling vermin to c work havoc with the pel*.. Owners do not appear to realise the importance of caring for their skins. The export trade requires only the bent. Many skins have to be left to the local fellmongers fhat would, with a little more care, have been suitable for export at 2d to 3d per lb increase in price." The prices in December. 1921, ranged from 3d to 4d. In December, 15122, they 1 had increased from 6"d to lljd.