WOOL IN THE HOUSE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1932, Page 5

WOOL IN THE HOUSE

MATTRESSES AND QUILTS

Specimens of laminated wool manufactured in Dunedin by a. special-pjo» cess from low-grade wool, and suitable! for use in mattresses, quilts,. cushions,! and other household articles, were displayed at the meeting of the Dominion: executive of the New, Zealand Farmers' Union yesterday afternoon.. ... -».

It was stated that the layers *|of wool had the same uses as kapok, aid ivere not only- healthier but cheaper, the wholesale price being Is a pound and the retail price from Is 3d to Is 4d' a pound. The wool would not bunch, or disintegrate like' kapok, and the Women 's Division of the .union hoped that ultimately, as a result of a campaign throughout New Zealand, it would replace kapok altogether. Another delegate said that the Dunodin firm. Jiad offered to prepare th'o farmer's c.jyn wool and laminate it for. 6d a pouna. • '■ ■■

The secretary, Colonel Pow, said that the Railway Department had experi. mented with the wool about a year ago, ana found it very satisfactory for carriage cushions. In addition, the scraps had been found to be better than cotton /waste. ' :

"I am satisfied these mattresses will be all right," said the Dominion president (Mr. "W. J. Poison, M.P.). "& woollen mattress without this process in the old days used to be a- good mattress, but. it was too heavy. That wat the trouble; and this will lighten i| considerably."

The amount required for the averag* mattress was stated: to be 401b. •