Wool field day

Press, 23 June 1978, Page 15

Wool field day

I Wool — fro. i farm to I finished product — that is ■ the theme for this year’s i Wool Board field day, I which will be held at Ash- | burton on July 6. The Tinwald War MemI oriai Hall, across the river j from Ashburton, will be i set up with a series of i static and active displays, I tracing wool from the • time it leaves the sheep’s ; back until it reaches the fashion store rack. More than 1500 growers and interested people are I expected at the field day. ■ which is held by the board j only once a year. Past i field days have been in Hawke’s Bay, Southland and Rotorua. Ashburton was chosen I for the field day because . it lies in the heart of one of the country’s busiest ■ wool growing areas Durj ing the last season, 47,290 I tonnes of woo! was sold | at auction in Christchurch ■ and Timaru. I Included in the displays j will be sections on trans-

port and shipping, computers, board wool types and current market prices, carpets, apparel and knitwear. Sale-by-sample is a major advance in selling and the Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand will be setting up and operating a “grab sampler” machine. Local women have agreed to host a spinning and weaving display. The National Spinning and Weaving Society has 5500 members and is growing at a rate of 500 a year. At a recent festival in Auckland, 1000 people turned out to see the garments and household furnishings created by the craft. The board will have an expert on hand to explain the machinery involved in the price supplementation scheme for growers announced in the Budget. The deputy-chairman of the board, M-r J. D Mcllraith, will speak at 2 p.m.