THE WOOL MARKET.
BETTER PRICES OBTAINED. A REA'SSURIXG SURVEY. (Tiy Telegraph. Special to "Star. '• DUXEDIX. this day. At the time of the wool commandeer in 19iC. the price of crossbred wool was fixed at 9 "_d pc: lb. and the value was generally estimated as round about 9d. Xow. . according to the Dunedin sales last, the! averaee value of crossbred is something .like 1 per lb. Some of it brought l-i^sd, . j ;.ii<- even vr, to lod. These facts are worth , taking rote of by those who are apt to _ look on the gloomy side of the wool -, market. _, An expert who has been looking 1 1 through catalogues of varying dates. sa\s 1 that at the Dune-lin sales halfbred w.«_l was anywhere from Id to 2,1 better than I last year, aud crossbred slitrhtly cheaper. j but the average price to-day tor trnss--I br_i is liipber" tiian at the c-lc.sii.__ Xew 1 Zealand sales last season. In the minds of j persons who do not understand iarmin_r. . the question may arise as to why anybody , should crow crossbred woo! when " good Ipnws are for C.medaie and halfbred. «' „ , -.*. ,**" U "™' a _. k that 011 certain farms tf it pa.» to produce sheep as sheep, not a. i_-:-y Bb-ep lor wooL Crossbred* tnve jm_r_ ______ and they iatten
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Auckland Star, Volume 304, Issue 304, 23 December 1926, Page 4
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215THE WOOL MARKET. Auckland Star, Volume 304, Issue 304, 23 December 1926, Page 4
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