ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE WOOL TRADE.

Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3347, 9 December 1893, Page 7

ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE WOOL TRADE.

In their annual review of the wool trade, the New' Zealand. L J and,' Asfiooiation, Limited,.'.for : tbe Meiir, ''rtid' Mercantile /A^i)cy ( fer in the following termß to the subject, of preparing; wool; for ■ market: —;" We, note with satisfaction that in the past clip 1 there was a somewhat smaller proportion of carelessly pressed/unskirted; (and unclassified 'wooL'i, This (Would seem to in-, dicate that;more attention is at length being given by growers to this important department of their industry; ■'■ There'is,' however, still'-room : for 1 further improve* meet in the maimer in which' many clips are prepared for sale, for, anomalous as it may seem, some flockmasters who possess the very best sheep obtainable, still persist in putting their woolup' in; the bales in a; most unattractive and unsightly manner. In the long run; such 'carelessness 'results: ih an incalculable loss, and an examination of all the' surrounding circumstances l , of the market leads, to the conclusion that ! in the future the growerwho fails tostudy' the requirements ,of ..'those,' pufohase his produce will wort at' j a still greater disadvantage,,, It is _, now-a-days found that in orclinary; less and less' 'discretion is left. to' tlie. |Th e 'orders cabled out for wool ire in such terms that the parcel of wool he likesrin satisfactiqn.pf an' order: Yield when clean .washed, qualityj length, fto.i-a.re*ill definitely set forth, : and ahy.'departure'fromguchiinstructions, would at once jeopardise; positioh'of the buying broker;'wnb rather than'risk the loss of a'good customer is always prepared to' pass; Over any' parcel of i wool about the yieid of which or 'evenness lof quality; of which; "he' may be in doubt; Mixed ;iip and ! unßkir|edlbts f ! as ImowD, frequently ( jeVleft ; out in the' cold,' andoPccaaionaliy.haDga market for :montha\,oWitbput ",'fiol3mg : Va'; purchaser, i The.! extremely, satisfactory, prices paid during ;the: past season for good; 'well-sorted pieces and skirtings of all descriptions will doubtless lead/to more attention beibg paid to the skirting of fleeces before the wool is pressed up in fche'bales'J f The f interests : of = buyers and. sellers in the wool' trade, although apparently'.antagonw'tici''are in reality identical. | v has f in these'/days; of be' nsedjby; the,•, Manufacturers ■ in facing ordertiffor -the, r§y"..inatenial, sd.that no waste may beincurred and ployed by' them can jdo no business if, unable to find the exact clasß of wool re« ; auired. ■'; Itisirequently, the. case that, a in the case ■pf|| s w]wl";iklrred, fleMe'and'in' bulky well-classed;,pieces) wiU ; npii',ma]|ie eveh'a sporting offer forjalpt of wool containing- fleece and' pieces, together, ,In the, case 'of crossbred Varieties of the staple, care in 'claa'itfrig/the ! fleeces is especially niiie'd' 'lots ! of crossbred hot being worth within pence per lb of nice linesof eyen, quality condition:" ''