WOOL CLASSING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14975, 22 April 1909, Page 8

WOOL CLASSING.

A DISCUSSION IN AUCKLAND. [l’m Press Association.] AUCKLAND, April 21. An idea of importance to the dominion was mentioned at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board to-day. Mr G. George suggested the holding of classes for three weeks in winter for instructing in wool-picking and classing. He understood that farmers had gone down heavily this year owing to tho bad classing of their wool, dirt and all sorts of things having got in. Mr M’Kenzie said that for the last two years he had had difficulty in dealing with his wool. Some people, who did not class their wool at all and took no pains to arrange it, did just as well as those who did. He went to a lot of trouble last year, and got his wool put up in first-class order. He got 5d for it in London. This year he took no trouble at all and put in anything and everything, and got 7d here. This was on the advice of others who had done likewise. Then they were told that the American buyers would buy nothing but clean wool. If the people here were taught to put' their clean wool in one lot, and keep it separate from tho other wool, the buyers from other countries would know what they were doing and competition would bo fair. If there were Government graders, the men who took the trouble to classify their wool would get the benefit of it, and classified wool ■would bring the best price. There was no country in the world which could produce better wool than New Zealand. Mr G. J. Garland said that one year he classed his wool, and received Id less than if he had only taken the ordinary precautions and put in the wool straight off the sheep’s back. Mr G. J. Parr, chairman of the Board, explained that the idea was that at the winter show in Auckland they should have a man giving instruction to farmers and their sons. He moved in approval of Mr George having brought the matter up,. and requesting him to report. Mr Edgcumbe seconded tho motion, which was carried.