HONEST WOOL BALES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 10

HONEST WOOL BALES

r t ' AND OTHERS.*' „ V-." ~j : T hat\.Sroto( i' -j3. still-a-leakage of good value r /u/.l,v;xr^ni; tho - . bates of wool jweked on a careless f;r^;-v i .-BuMp--,Btafaon-.:ia..omphasiscd-:'by' Mr/ ; 13. J.. -.Marquet,Mr. Morquot is > tho . wool-classing- . - instructor to tho Christchurch Technical Col« Iwiy'o.M-'v-.'lcgC/ and to tho Ashburton and Banks - Pcnm- . . . .■ spta technical classos, and was wool judge at t ':; . .tho' recent Ashburton-.Show. - Ifo is .also cluef *:>:.■ Wool-grader for -Mr. Walter -Hill, one of the fivv'i. 1 'largest •• wool buyers m. Australasia,- and - his p, a, . opinion on matters conxicctcd with his own kf.- v.v;. -line undoubtedly carries - weight. About wool. kf 1 • . jl&ssmg •. on. tho sheep stations, ho emphasises .the need of packing the bales honestly, and £ on to say.— !?.s- • •*,-vj "Caiefnl. classing- moans giving proper attcn"•s- - .V'ltxoiv .to all Ueeces,. pieccs,- bellies, and Jocks- : £ho. lleeces should bo evenly skirted, and not - ' ,'too. deeply. Wo : somotinaos find- growers getting '-"y. fcSv intica•; for :the pieces , : as' they do .for the fleece portion of tho clip, and that-is easily undor- /•-; v wheii.'thby .teaririost 6f:thei}ho'ulder wool' , v cm, which is the host part of tho fleece. Tho belly < pieces should be kopt separate from other Pieces,-.and all stains removed-from• tho wether. ;Sv^ y -jv ; ? ie ' kefaf- 5 should;- be .'shaken over tho •• stable, and all dags picked out. — -. : vwoolpacki is. put into •,tho press,' tvv-.r • it should; bo takon out of tho shed, and turned out, so that all foreign matter,- such as" v•>/• pieces.• of,-jute and. twine, aro removed. It UyO ■v • ■ manufacturers -thousands of pounds every iifff year, ? owing• to:tho .carelessness of leaving bits fcfc) ;and'.; other ' foreign F > matter lying about tho flooi. ,The first imis,;an j important matter. : in i wool, .'and, ivv;.: ::.-. i-isrpiors should. endeavour to mako - their - wool f v.. ; . Jook .as. attractive as possible. Some mako tho \ / bales too hea-vv. Tho best weights are Half- : • ipred,-.. Swrtvj. threo-quarter-brod. 3icwt.; crossk l)red, 3} to 3jcwt."