WOOL STOCKS AND DEMAND.

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 24, 28 July 1944, Page 3

WOOL STOCKS AND DEMAND.

"Many comments have recently been mads regarding the largo stocks of wool which hay» . accumulated since the war in the great exporting countries and In , the United . States.] Xo .desire exists to belittle the possible effects of these holdings on the post-war marketings of the sheep's staple, but at the same time the point should be borne in mind that although' stocks of the raw material are high, the quan-t tlty of manufactured goods on hand Is low.j much lower than at any time since the pro-: ductlon of woollen clothing reached modera' volume," states Wlnchcombe, Carson Ltd. I "The raw material Is one' form of the sheep'i staple. Tops, yarns, fabrics, and made-up; clothing are another section. Merchants an<J retailers' establishments have never been so, denuded of supplies in all countries of the world as they are today. The same circumstances apply to clothing In the hands of, - civilians. Without extravagant spending, it is probable that every civilian could do with, more apparel, and very many millions of those In tne fighting forces, Allies and enemies, will want new clothes when they are demobilised. "Xo attempt to estimate the quantity ofj wool which that probable demand represents would be worth the paper on which it is written, but It would be a substantial total. The1 supplylpg of civilian wants cannot be effected' by a wave of the hand. Machinery could not quickly cope with it. We do not even know what mill equipment In Europe will be available after the war. It may have been destroyed or taken as scrap to bo converted Into metal for guns and a host of other uses j Hut the emphasis given to the wool stock posit lion can be overdone, just as much as ultr.J; optimistic views would be foolish." i POULTRY PRICES. ', Townsend and Paul, Ltd., report the follow-! ing prices for live poultry.—White Leghorns: Hens ' (best), 4s 6d, 6s-6d each, others, 35, l 4s 6d; cockerels, Is 6d, Is 9d lb; pullets! (best), 10s, 15s each,, others, Cs, 10s each.' Black Orpingtons: Hens (heavy), 7s 6d, 12s1 each, (light), ss, 8s; cockerels (heavy), Is 6d,j Is 9d lb, (light). Is fid. Is 9d lb. Rhode Island Reds: Cockerels, Is 6d, 2s lb. Ducks:l Indian Runner (3'oung), Bs, 12s Gd each; (old),] ss, 7s 6d; Pekln (young), 12s, 19s 6d, (old)J 7s, lls. Geese: 6s, Bs. Turkeys: Is 6d, 1* 9d lb l.w. Dressed Poultry: Boilers (heavy),] 7s, 8s each, (light), 3s 6d, tia each; chickens,! Is Gd, Is 9d lb; ducks, 6s, 8s each; geesey '. ss, 7s; turkeys ,1s 6d, Is 8d lb.