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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 212, 8 September 1870, Page 2

Wool. — Some useful hints for woolgrowers are contained in the following extract from a private letter, received in Melbourne by the last Suez mail : — One | of our leading manufacturers of the very I best class of woollen goods, in the course j of a conversation I had with him a few j days ago, denounced very warmly the in- j creasing tendency amongst woolgrowers j to pay but slight attention to the " getting j up" and packing of their clips. You would hardly believe that the piece of string which some squatters use for tying up each sepaiate fleece takes Id. to l^d. off the value of the wool, as it is impossible to prevent some, portions of it beiug worked up into, and destroying the appearance of the goods. Such, however, I am assured, is the case. For the same reason the use of coarse and fluffy materials for wool-packs is to be avoided. These may seem small matters, but I believe they really do affect the price of the raw article very materially ; and if the squatters would turn their attention to the improvement of their wares, they would put more money into their pockets in the shape of increased prices than they would take out of the brokers by reducing what are not excessive charges.