WOOL RESEARCH

Northern Advocate, 11 August 1934, Page 9

WOOL RESEARCH

PLANS FOR COMMITTEE NINE GENERAL HEADINGS. . . UTILISATION AND PUBLICITY. (From Our Parliamentary Special.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The following. statement in con* ■ nection with wool research, by the ■ special committee appointed, for the • purpose, was . issued by the Depart*, ment of Scientific and Industrial .Research yesterday: — ’T. ' - ..“The committee, which will consist 7 1 , ' of seven members,-will be authonsedto spend up. to., one quarter of* the : proceeds of the 4d levy for ‘scientific or industrial researches in - relation to wool or sheep conducted outside New Zbaland,’ and to-pay the remainder to . the South and North Island-sub-corn- - mittoes. ■ '_ .; / ‘The main committee will ouUino , the general programme of activity-and ■ allot this work, to avoid overlapping and undue effort. Members of • the <■ committee will receive no; remunera* tion. ■ ;

“The general.-problems which _ will probably be considered by the com-' mittee are:-*- • -'V “(I) Economic and technicaH'Burvey. "■ ■ ■ ■' “(2) Information on all details of •, production, trends- in ; quality and quantity, wool- yields \as; o environment, knowledge of n:coi production- practices, •ihtcrhationht* , f fends ’ . in demand, and changes in procedure. -v ‘'(3) Preparation of- \vo,ol ket research. ; - - .A r r lr-H. , 1 “(4) Researches into-sclectlm breeding practices and-their-’ 1 effect-j'ou , •; wool quality and yield;- problqrriyyof A breeding under New Zealand ebiidL

lions. “(5) Modes of inheritance of different characteristics of wool as a , guide to breeders;., hairiness,, -kemp, etc. “ (6) Experiments in. breeding,! v “(7) Nutrition, ’•"•parasites; .disease and management, to ;i wccl production. ■ ' „ ' • _• i/’ \* “(8) Tests ’of ehoaper braii(ihig ;■ fluids, dips, etc. ; “(9) New rises for wool.' r - i i*ax-reaching Scope. ' ’ . r ■The Bill before , Parliament ,at present is designed to provide for/-Vo-' operation in an international..scheme. . for investigating problems o.f: ..wool utilisation and publicity, and for* ex- 1 animation of . questions of certain diseases, and nutrition problems, which Vv. ; have been' causing concern in Canter- ! ' bury. ' . ... * /

Tn general, it is stated'that sheep ; farmers, have been naturally resentful of any suggestion that their Wpo< ' is inferior. There is ample evidence, however, that, there is. room for inv i, : .proveraen’t in. the average clip. IVhile < the position of finer crossbred vpol i.'is not generally . considered serious,' there is some definite anxiety regard- - ing the demand at, an economic-price f for , many crossbred . wmols.- Sheep- ;} i breeders, it is ; . urged; shopldL r realise /’ that the-, science of breeding -iisj fast,. , ■ approaching the- .position oiL - / application. .. Development’,. ~o,n-. rpeent work in sox lineage and inheritance /, characteristics may-have a profound , effect on breeding practices, while scientific advances ' v iu. l -iuitriti6h and , disease problems" are outstanding. _ ; The main argument for; the 9iil, it , is said; is that ! of competition, between:'; 'textile’ Jbres, .which .indicate that if wool is to- hold - its position, it . must-be= made: auit ibla for all the various manufacturing pro- ; cesses, and that further avenues of utilisation should; -be- explored. .■ '