Wool Valuations.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3407, 11 February 1920, Page 5

Wool Valuations.

STATEMENT BY IMR MASSEY.

MUCH BELOVV AVERAGE QUALITY.

WELLINGTON, This Day.

In a statement 1-egarding the wool clip as valued on January ‘3lst, Mn" Massey says the wool from -the Auckland district is not quite so well gl-mvn as last seasolrs, but is a-szhada fifier. '-.

In Ha,wkea’s Bay and Poverty Bay the drought affected the clip, and in‘ some cases the Wool is half perisheci and has a rough tip. _ , In Southern H,:nvke’s Bay and Waiu 1-oa Wool=~s‘ are mainly Well grown, am! in a light condition, while in Web! lington and Wanganui the dry season} made the Wool tender, but lambs wool is -better than the average. The Waritara clip showed some improvemenf, and the Nelson is of good‘ average quality. '

In Blenheim and on the coast and” back country, wools came in first-class order,- but overstockdng and a. dry autumn affected WOOLSJ from all other parts of the district. ’ Wools from Christchurch and Ti« maru are robust, and almost entirely‘; free from tender fleeces. A severe Winter in O'anlarli, Dunedin and i 1; ‘the Invercargiil dfistricts, had a des ‘trimental effect on the wool, which, ‘for the most part, are poorly grown, tafui of shorter staple than the (prelvlous season. -