ROMNEY WOOL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19958, 16 November 1934, Page 8

ROMNEY WOOL

not in favour at BRADFORD DEFECTS ALLEGED By Telegraph —Press Association WELLINGTON, November 15. Interesting observations on Bradford wool requirements were made by Mr L. R. Smith, of Central Otago, on his arrival from England by the lonic. Mr Smith has been abroad for four and a half years, most of the time being spent in the Argentine. One thing which struck the visitor to Bradford, said Mr Smith, was the fact that New Zealand wool, owing to the predominance of the Romney strain in the North Island, was not finding such good favour with the comber owing to the fact that the wool was becoming kempy, was generally lacking in condition and the fibre in many cases was changing. From the Bradford manufacturers point of view they would prefer a predominance of Leicester and Border Leicester instead of Romney. Bradford was very frightened of Japan. Bradford could not compete with Japan in the cheaper wools. Japan had collared the market for the cheap article, and if she continued as she was doing now it appeared that she was going to get more than her share of business in the better class of textiles. Argentine lamb was very popular in England, said Mr Smith. 'The quality and output were getting better each year. Much of the improvement was due to the introduction of the very best New Zealand sires into the big Argentine studs, both Lincoln and Corriedale. The New Zealand Lincoln was in a class on its own in the Argentine and found very great favour with the man running an establishment for the dual purpose of sheep and wool. The English Lincoln was popular with the man who was going in for a high production of wool.