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(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, 7th September. The suggestion o£ Mr. F. Towler, a London business man, who is studying the producing end of the wool industry in New Zealand, that English wool firms should own their own farms abroad, is described by Bradford wool merchants as "absurd." "it is an impossibility," said Mr. F. A. Akvoyd, a well-known Bradford topmaker. "Just reckon it up. Two hundred sheep to a bale, and a firm of any standing would require 1000 bales a week. That means 200,000 sheep. It is true I have a farm, but that is purely for experimental purposes. Tell Bradford wool merchants to farm their own wool, and they would laugh at you."
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 26 October 1928, Page 9
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118NOT PRACTICABLE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 26 October 1928, Page 9
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