WOOL AT; £68 PER BALE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 821, 19 May 1910, Page 10

WOOL AT; £68 PER BALE.

"WORLD'S RECORD CLAIMED. A-few-weeks ago mention. ; was in the ...."Australasian 5 ! 'of 'some'liigh returns- per bale for wool from LangiWilli station, Victoria, and the opinion was expressed that an average of over ,£SO per- bale for 13 bales constituted a world's record. Mr. J.. A. Learmonth, of Prestonholme, Hamilton,:' has since written to the same paper to say that ho has been dipping into the | pu'bject, and has found some figures ; .which upset this contention. Among ; the account sales, April 21, 1593, of the Corea clip, near Dunkeld, owned by the" late Mr. Peter. Learmonth (his fatberj, bale number 108, extra super, iambs', washed, weighing 3391b. • net,; in London, sold for 4s. 02d. per'lti.,' and returned £6S 10s. Id. This, he maintains, is a "world's record" for a bale of wool, and would be much in* _.terested to hear if anybody can go a point- or two better. The facts were, according to Mr. Learmonth, that Mr. John. Harding, of Chocolyn, then managing -Corea, proposed making two • bales of. this wool; but, on finding that they would be unduly light, ho decided for one. He had .to put the screwpress down three times to "get the lot iT\; hence the great weight, and by = virtue*of that weight came the above phenomenal return. At the same.time, three bales -of- firsts sold at 3s. Sid.per lb., and averaged; £49 10s. Id. pacb. '..Two bales of seconds brought 2s. Ild. per lb., and averaged £4'5 l"s. 3d.; whilst two bales of thirds brought Is. 10d. rK>r lb., and averaged £31 16s. 7d. This made a total of eight hales, .the whole clip of Inmbs' wool, for the above extraordinary results. Renders who aro fond of mentnl cvmcan figure nut for themselves how Langi-willi would have pnnnod out had the' weights been increased 801b. or go per bale.