FIRST WOOL SALE
I The first sale of the new I wool selling season will be (held at Timaru next. Thursday. ■ The offering will be drawn i mainly from South Canter- ! bury, but also from Mid- ! Canterbury and North Otago, j and will be off the lower j country. It will comprise i early shorn fleece, some wool of six or seven months' I growth indicating that farmjers are stilt* changing over ito pre-lapib scaring, and | crutchings. After a favourable winter : the early fleece is described as well grown, of quite good colour, and up to the usual standard. Crutchings are also reported to be well grown and of fair to good colour, but a little heavier in condition than last year. Entries for the sale are estimated at between 12,000 and 12,500 bales, which represents a considerable lift on last year when the tally was 10,576. It is reported that there has been a tendency among farmers “to try to catch this sale.”
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29898, 11 August 1962, Page 6
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