WOOL SUPPLIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 13 June 1924, Page 6

WOOL SUPPLIES.

DISCUSSED AT TEXTILE CONFERENCE.

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(Received 5.5 p.m., June 12.) LONDON, June 11. The textile conference considered papers advocating improved. research work iu connection witn both wool and cotton industries.

AH' Crompton, of Alanckester, referred to the development of cross breeding in sheep, aiming at procuring more meat, but entailing the production of inferior wool. Fortunately Yorkshire’s research efforts resulted in the discovery of improved plant methods of dealing with' crossbreds. It was suggested, in view of the' world’s reduced production of cotton, consequent on high prices, it should be possible to procure artificial silk as cheaply as cotton. One speaker declared that violent fluctuations in the textile trades were due to its dependence upon the fashion of both men and wdfnen, particularly to women wearing less clothing than heretofore. He believed tho movement in favour of wearing less and lighter clothing would continue.