ENGLISH WOOL MARKETS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 830, 17 March 1909, Page 3

ENGLISH WOOL MARKETS.

. Napier, March 16. A Napier firm has received the following report from its London agents with reference to wool entered for the January sales: — "The market for all well-bred, good-conditioned wools, suitable for America, is very strong, I) ut Bradford is lagging very much behind, and if anything ordinary poor class New Zealand crossbreds are barely holding their own. This is partly accounted for by the fact that small farmers- in New Zealand, with clips of, say, five to twenty bales, are not taking sufficient trouble about the breed of their sheep and the skirting of their wool.. The new clip is for the i most part in good condition, well grown, and generally bright in appearance. It is most important that clips to which the above description refers should be as free as possible from all skirty matter. It can be readily understood that the presence of such may often prevent American, competition; and mean a difference of 2d to 2Jd per lb in price realised."