ROMNEY WOOL
DOES NOT SUIT BRADFORD
AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT
WHAT A BREEDER LEARNED. Cry telegraph—press association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 10. Mr. G. V. Pearce, the well-known sheepbleeder of Kakaramea, who has just- returned from an extensive tour through the wool manufacturing centres of England, states that he was surprised to find the strong exception which was taken by nearly all British Tnanufacturers to increase the amount of Romney-bred wool in New Zealand crossbreds. After receiving the manufacturers’ objections to this class of wool and suggesting remedies, Mr. Pearce says: “I think we shall have to look to Leicester and Lincoln cross to make our wool more suitable for the Bradford manufacturer. It is a wellknown fact that fifteen or twenty years ago the basis of the, ewe flocks in*New Zealand was Lincoln and Leicester, and manufacturers in Bradford say that when first crossed with Romney the New Zealand wool was more suitable to their purpose than it is now, when it is almost wholly Romnev.”
SECOND NAPIER SALE
DECREASE ON LAST OFFERING
_ NAPIER, Dec. 9. . second wool Bale of the season in, Napier, opened this evening, when 8000 bales of a total catalogue of 28,377 were offered to the usual bench, of buyers, the majority of whom appeared to be lookers-on. Many buyers, who took large quantities at the first sale hardly put in a singl© bid to-night, but two new operators helped to maintain the market to .some extent. Otherwise it is thought the market would have shown a very heavy decline. As it was the fleece wool, taken all round, showed a decrease on the last Napier sale up to twopence, scouring wools declined a penny, and super fleece wool was also easier, but on the other hand good pieces and necks met keen competition from h ranee and New Zealand mills, and showed an increase on the previous sale’s rates. • One lot of necks brought 24d. Lambs’ wool showing any quality was keenly sought after, and prices were mainj went as high as 34£d,and half bred to 32fd. One lot of hoggets reached 28fd, but the bulk of this class was sold at several oence less than that, anticipated. When half a-dozen buyers now opera requirements there will be a further considerable dron in prices. - Bidding lacked animation”; in tact, the auctioneer was provoked into such remarks as: “Get to it,” and Lome on, or you’ll go to sleep.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 7
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401ROMNEY WOOL Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 7
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