FARMERS DISCUSS SKIRTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 5

FARMERS DISCUSS SKIRTING.

■"".'Ata/committee ' meeting of the Farmers' TJnion hold at"Palmerston North on Saturday i: letter, was received ■.from the-director of the Technical School asking for. assistance toward the. classes for.wool-classing.. In the course ;of a:discussion .it was generally felt thatiso far. as the .clips of the small farmers are/concerned there are too few fleeces to classify. '. •■:'■■'.: :.:■■ ■ .■■.' ■•-' .."'■■'■■--.-■ : -.-- ■.': The chairman (Mr. 1 Balsillie) said .he had olasspd- attdskirted'some of vbiis wool some years'agoV and found that.'owingio the , lesser price' obtained foribellies and pieces the- aggregate price .for uiielassed, and unskirted was higher.than for that classed and skirted. -. '..Mr. A. B.RusselPs experience, was that all tlie classification needed was to keep coarse wool-apart, from fine. Skirting, \exceptVfo.r possible American .buyers,.- was of no .advantage/.'" -.'' : ■■'■, '-. -. : ■''' ,' 1: ■ ; V.V' ■' ;-: .Captain Hewitt said when first he started sheep-farming ho": classed and \ skirted,. _ but, found -that';, his _■ neighbours '\T;-yiaa 'neither' classed nor. skirted didjust as well as lie did, and ho, hating" discontinued, • got just-as good a price as before. . .' ■•-:. ; ...•.'■'.:■...,..■• . Jihally it was resolved: "That this branch is'not at present in a position to grant financial .assistance, but : will do its. best to' give every/possible help'inthis; direction. •■; . : .\ „■ An invitation was,received-from the Pqhangina branch'to.attend iis annual picnic, and it was .decided' that all, the.members:-who couid.Bhould attend, ..,'■:■ ■: r . ./ . ; ;f .'.