VAGARIES OF THE WOOL MARKET.
' A L'ESSON ON. SKIE.TING The vagaries' of' the, wool market are a. constant - theme of discussion • among--farmers' (writes our . Wairarapa correspondent). There is frequently' a penny per pound difference in the prices 'obtained, for 'exactly the same class of wool!at tho sam'o sales!' A Miisterton farmer .reported . what,':he''.. considered to. bo. a'flagrant case of misvalue, although !he received the . advantage. neighbour 'skirts' very.'.fully,"-ho said. .'-'ln fact; I believe ho ; takes half the fleece off. I cut the business down as.lino as;possible, and very , little goes into 'pieces.' Both our wools are Lincoln-Romiioy, of practically ,the quality. 1 At' tho May sales my' wobl brought 6Jd., while! my neighbour' 3. price was 5.Jd. "Ho does 1 not intend to' skirt' largoly any-more."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 260, 27 July 1908, Page 3
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