WOOL PRODUCTION

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 November 1934, Page 2

WOOL PRODUCTION

WHAT BRADFORD WANTS [frr. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, November 15. Interesting observations on Bradford wool requirements were made by Mr. T. R. Smith, of Central Otago, on his arrival from England by the lonic. Mr. Smith has been abroad for four and a half years, most of the time being spent in the Argentine. One thing which struck the visitor to Bradford, said Mr. Smith, was the fact, that New Zealand wool owing to the predominance of the' Romney strain in the North Island, was not finding such good favour with the comber, duo to' the fact that the wool was becoming hempy, and was generally lacking in condition, and the fibre in many cases was changing. ( From the Bradford manufacturers’ point of view, they would prefer a predominance of Leicester and border Leicester, instead of Romney. Bradford, he said, was very frightened of Japan. Bradford could not complete with Japan in the cheaper wools. Japan had collated the market for the cheap article, and if she continued as she was doing now, it appeared that she was going to get more than her share of the business in the better class of textiles. Argentine lamb was very popular in England, added Mr. Smith the quality and the output getting better each year. Much of the improvement was due to the introduction of the very best, New Zealand sires into the big Argentine studs, botlfc Lincoln and Corriedalc. The New Zealand Lincoln was in a class on its own, and in Argentine found'very great favour with the man running his establishment for the dual purpose of sheep and wool. The English Lincoln was popular with the man who was going in for a high production of wool.