USE OF DELETERIOUS MATERIALS IN SHEEP-MARKING.
The following resolution, adopted by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce at. its annual meeting held in London in June last, has been transmitted to the Government by . the High Commissioner, and is commended to the attention of those concerned as supporting similar advice frequently given by the Depart-, ment :—■
“ That in view of the great loss and expense incurred by all manufacturers of woollen goods owing to the presence of tar, pitch, paint, &c., in the raw wool, and also the amount of faulty manufactured goods resulting from the same cause, this meeting urges the Council of the Associated Chambers of Commerce to take such steps as they consider best to impress upon all wool-growers at home and abroad— (a) The necessity of discontinuing the use of such deleterious materials in the marking of sheep ; (b) the great benefit that would thereby result to them l selves in the increased value of the wool if guaranteed free from such matter ; and (c) the great saving to all manufacturers of all woollen goods. J
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXIII, Issue 4, 20 October 1921, Page 255
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181USE OF DELETERIOUS MATERIALS IN SHEEP-MARKING. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXIII, Issue 4, 20 October 1921, Page 255
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