THE WOOL SALES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 8

THE WOOL SALES.

i AMERICANS IN THE MARKET Th« January wool sales opened at 9 ,**. m. at the Town Hall to-day, with an Laggregate catalogue of 17,466 balee. [Stayers representing Yorkshire, American, find Continental houses, also local woollen were present in strength, and /jfrom the outset competition was keen for I'^ill fine wools, especially those suitable j-jfor America. , Such wools were generally i^'jd per lb better than similar wools of,'r4feff«d at the December sales; but the wools were slightly easier in ij^price, where not on a par with the j^Pecember rates. . J ¦ The wool came in in better condition ' &han ordinarily, bright and clean ; but •6me lines were wet, and rough and log;*ktained. All attractive wools com••jinanded attention and brought satisfactory prices. Dalgety's, for example, sold Uja choice fine bale lot of halfbred South' (downs from Palmerston at 12£ d, which 'CMm the top figure. The -Experimental R&unn at Weraroa obtained xU|d for cross- , t-bred hoggets heavily skirted, and Hid j *>Jor crossbred ewes and wethers. The Pf*D.L.Y. Cinder Hill" (Feilding) brand' ?.'covered fine and - coarse crossbred*.,' kfthich brought lOd and 9d to* 9id-re- ' •pectively. For T. and H. White I .(Pahiatna), crossbred hoggets brought 9d, and ewes brought from 9d and 9|d to '10d, with 7d for bellies, and< V^lhe same brand with another clip realised ll^d for crcsabred ewes, and 9Jd for, .Jambs. r UNITED FARMERS AND W.F.OA. „ The ball wa* opened by the United JBarmers' and the Wairarapa Farmers' ' joint catalogue of 660 bales (Mr. A. T. (Bruntori). The following are the firm's " , Per lb. ;¦: ...-..,. - d. d. •Half-bred medium ... ... 9 to 10J .Halfbred, inferior and dingy 8 to 9 ¦ Superior Romney 10 to 11 . Jine' crossbred 94 to 10& ;Medium crossbred ... ... 8< to . 9 -Dingy and inferior crossbred 7j to 8 'Heavy conditioned crossbred 7a to 7| -Limbs, medium ... ... 7| to 8£ "Bellies'" and pieces .... ... 5 to 7A . 'Xocks ;.. «, «. 3i to 4f following are «ome of the prices (Certain clips realised j— J.DJ?., crossbred B|d; Hope Bros., crossbred B±d; EE over V, Romney lOd ; W.F.J. over X, 'Romney lOd ; Fernbank fc crossbred Bid ; /T.H.G., Romney lid; B. over Omata, limbs BJd } "Chelsneld," • crossbred- 9|d ; • 'W.'J'.N'., Romney 10id ; Cm pyramid,' 9^d. •: DALGETY AND COMPANY, .lljalgejyjjffid Company, Ltd., report offering 6462 bales.^ The market was strong for all qualities of superior fleece, but for inferior and heavy crossbred* jsrices were not quite so good as those - ruling on the 4th December. For bellies and pieces, also, prices were easier at this -sale, but wool growers generally iwero prepared to meet the market and sell their -wool at the satisfactory prices niling. The attendance of buyers was ¦sb large a# usual, and all markets were represented, and T»e are pleased to rejport that America was once again bidding freely for wools suitable for that ' country. Some of the dips displayed in our stores show better condition than they have for a number of years, being very bright, clean, and well grown. The wools throughout were lighter in condition than last year, .mainly on account of the recent heavy rains. At tiuo sale, the buohwool and seedy-wool is always in evidence, and as uuial our catalogue contained a few lots of this description, but taking the wools right through, they were ahead of last year's in general get-up and quality. The Marlborough clips have come forward in excellent condition, being bright, -well grown, , and in sound order. The merino clips, especially show an* improvement in 4hu», direction. The following 1 table shows the exact position of all qualities as compared with our sale of the 4th December, 1911, and our sale of the 11th January, 1912 *-

Some of the highest priced wools in our catalogues were on account of the following clients i — Fleece— Account Experimental Farm, Weraroa, crossbred ewes lid, crossbred ll£d, and hoggets lOfd; account D. L. Younger, Stanway, fine crossbred, Hid; .account Messrs. F. and H. White;, Tane, A ewes, Hid; account G. H. Munro, Flaxbourne, merino, lid} account Fernyhurst Estate, Masterton, three-quarterbred A ewes Hid, B ewes- lid; account Manson's Estate, Stanway, first crossbred hoggets ll^d, first crossbred wethers and. ewes ll£d; account Mrs. J. A. James, Stanway, fine Romney, ll^d. . Lambs—Ac- - count Messrs* F. and H. White, lambs, 10-^d; account Fernyhurst Estate, threequarterbred lambs, 9£d; account Manson's Estate, crossbred 'lambs, 9f d ; account R. F. Blair,- Otaki, crossbred lambs, 9|d- The Experimental Format Weraroa also realised, the very high price of 8d a lb for pieces, and Messrs. F. and H. White 7d per lb for bellies.

Dec. 1911. Jan. 1912. dd d d Super merino *•< ... "Op to 11 Merino 81 9 9| Super half-bred ... ... 10A llj 124. Medium half-bred 9J lO£ 94. 10i Lambs t 8f Super crossbred ... ... 94 10i 11 114. Medium cfosubred 8i 9 8i 9$ Inferior and coarse cross* bred 7-i 8 7, 7f Pieces s.. 6 8i 7i 8 Bellies 6 7J 6 74 'Stained pieces and locks ... 4 4J 4 • 5i Crutchingg Si 6 5j 6i Neck pieces 8j 94 Dead 7, 7| 7 7f