HEAVIER PACKING
AUSTRALIAN WOOL CLIP Apart from .any reduction in quantity because of droughty conditions experienced during the growing period in number of bales, this season's! Australian clip will possibly show a 6 per cent decrease because of heavier packing. This change in weight will need to be borne in mind by those purchasing supplies of it. By way of illustration, if a millman who bought 500 bales last year repeated his order in bales this season, he would obtain about 10.0001b greater weight of wool. If conditions were normal the Jute manufacturer would not relish the change because of the reduced quantity of packs needed. Bulk handling of wheat has already diminished the demand for jute for grain purposes. The average weight of wool in a bale in the Australian States has varied considerably. Last season Queensland greasy averaged 3181b. By way of contrast. Tasmanian wool. 77 per cent crossbred and the balance mostly fine merinos, only averaged 2761b. and Victorian 49 per cent crossbred. 2941b. It is difficult to put a great weight of the "springy" light, finer crossbreds into a pack.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 236, 6 October 1942, Page 5
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