HOME-SPUN YARN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1464, 24 January 1887, Page 2

HOME-SPUN YARN.

The Wanganui Herald haa the following:—"We have been shown a skein of handspun yarn, the wool In whioh ia the produce of a half-bred Romney Marah lamb. The yarn waa spun on an old. , fashioned spinning-wheel, and for elasticity, strength, and evenneas of strand cannot be excelled. The yarn la made ud , mto knitted articles of clothing by the , person who spinß it, sod Is fonnd to wear exceedingly well. The great caving m < the coßt of the yarn points dearly to . the great mistake m sending our wools ' away to be spun, as the yarn we saw i coat, at current rateß for wool and labor, j just half what the dame artlole would coat to buy. Had It been manufactured t l>y machinery, the difference would be t fully half aa much again In favor of the t \°iu ? rt f iole * It; would Pay well to es- 1 tabllsh |yarn mllla m New Zealand, aa 3 the manufacturers at Home w»uld buy \ • we "-, made Ne^ Zealand y*rna quite a B 8 readily as the English made ones, whioh > are too of Jen badly adulterated with m- 1 f irior materials. There Is a good opening i for such an fnduatry, and we hope It will soon be taken advantage of. and the c WOOeykepfc luthegoloDy.'V If