THE QUALITY OF WOOL.
A Wellington firm has received from its London agents the following notes of interest to sheep farmers in regard to crossbred wools : ' The North Island clips are getting coarser and nearer Lincoln year by year, and some brokers strongly recommend a return to finer grades where practicable. Coarseness at present tells
greatly against value, for during the current series we have been compelled to accept l^d per lb less for some wools than they would have realised had they been a few grades finer. Again, other brokers point out that fashions may change at any time, and the demand revert to long coarse wools. In our opinion the matter must be left to practical sheep farmers to decide, taking also into consideration tLe heavier fleeces and larger carcases of those sheep which produce the shorter kinds of wool. The deterioration in many clips is attributed to want of fresh blood.'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 27, 6 July 1899, Page 15
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154THE QUALITY OF WOOL. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 27, 6 July 1899, Page 15
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