WOOL DETERIORATION.
Is the .quality of New Zealand, wool going back? The question has been answered affirmatively by some'critics and authorities. But the Board of Agriculture is satisfied that' deterioration is going on. At its last meeting it considered, information placed before it indicating beyond doubt that deterioration is taking place m some of the wool grown in New Zealand. Two contributing factors appealed to be the use of inferior rams ahd a tendency to export too many of the best ewe lambs.
Ihe board resolved to bring the matter under the notice of the various, breed societies and to suggest (a)-'that stud flocks be more rigidly inspected, asd (b) that no cull, rams (amongst flock-book sheep) be allowed to be sold for breeding purposes. It was further resolved to request the Department to instruct its inspectors to make-special efforts to induce farmers to retain their best ewe lambs for breeding purposes.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 55, 7 March 1927, Page 13
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152WOOL DETERIORATION. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 55, 7 March 1927, Page 13
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