NEW ZEALAND WOOL.
EXCESS OF ROMNEY. BRITISH MANUFACTURERS’ OBJECTIONS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, December 10. Mr G. V. Pearce, the well-known sheep breeder, 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 manufacturers to the increase in the amount of Romney bred wool in New Zealand crossbreds. After reviewing the manufacturer* objections to this class of wool, and suggesting remedies, Mr Pearce says: “I think we shall have to look to a Leicester and Lincoln cross to make our wool more suitable for Bradford manufacturers. It is «• well-known fact that 15 or 20 years ago the basis of the owe flocks in New Zealand was the Lincoln and the Leicester, and manufacturers in Bradford say that when first crossed with Romney New Zealand wool was more suitable to their purpose than it is now, when almost wholly Romney.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19351, 11 December 1924, Page 10
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