WOOL-GROWING RESEARCH

Shannon News, 10 May 1927, Page 1

WOOL-GROWING RESEARCH

At the annual-conference of the New South Wales Grazers' Association a proposal was made to raise voluntarily, if possible, a sum of £200,000 for the purpoe of establishing a system of thorough scientific research into matters connected with wool-growing. Pastoralists ■ recognised that similar steps taken. by other--larger industries had given ■ ■- valuable results in increased produc-* tion, higher quality, and reduced producing costs. It was pointed put - -*- that an endowment returning £losooo a year would obtain the services of a first-class research worker, and provide for all other contingencies in connection with the plan. The investigation would cover not only food problems and matters relating to grazing, but also all those pests and diseases from which slrocp suffer. While there is no immediate need for anxiety on the subject of artificial production of wool, growers do not lose sight of the great advance in re- • cent years in the synthetic manu- * facture of fabrics, and it is thought that the best way to- ward off or de.feat such competition would bo by reducing the cost of the production of wool to a degree that would make such competition unprofitable. The key to ?this ideal lies in systematic research into means of increasing the output while reducing the cost of production. •■' ""•" w-'v ""*"* ■»«••* ~ -w i *>.**■>..y ' ■" " "*«