Support For Commission

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31384, 1 June 1967, Page 1

Support For Commission

Farmers must give full support to the Wool Commission and they must also resist outside pressures on the commission to sell its stocks on an open market in which there was no present demand for crossbred wool, said the president of the North Canterbury Federated Farmers (Mr R. H. Bedford) yesterday.

In his annual report to the provincial conference, Mr Bedford said he did not intend to delve into the reasons for the fall in demand for coarse crossbred wools, but he did believe that farmers must improve their breeding and the presentation of their clips if they wished to create a world demand for crossbred wool. “In their efforts to increase productivity, many farmers

have been cross-breeding indiscriminately, regardless of the end product, wool,” he said. “I believe that steps should be taken, within the framework of the floor price to discourage indiscriminate crossbreeding. Having done this, we can look to the Wool Research Organisation, and the i International Wool Secretariat for greater effort in promotling stronger wools.” Earlier in his address, Mr Bedford said that recent comments on the wool market were as varied as the occupation of those who made them. Those making statements had viewed the current crisis in strong wools in the light of its effect on their own way of life.