WOOL AND WOOL PACKING.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 416, 2 November 1889, Page 4

WOOL AND WOOL PACKING.

This Product Circular for October, iesued by Messrs Binney and Sons, of Auckland, contains the following addie&sed to woo growers :—: — "It has now become the custom here for buyers bo open and re-pack all wool, so eases of putting a few good fleeces on the top of bnles are found out, and at onco become a tourtje of trouble, as the sample shown is not equal to too bulk, and vendois suffer by the allowances demanded, and should the wool be rejected the future sale of it is bure to result in a heavy losb. The prospects of the coming season are very bright, as regards merinos and fine cross-breds, but we do not Sxpect much, if any, advance on last year's rates on coarse wools. Account sales received from London by many shippers have been very disappointing considering tho reported rise in wool, and plainly show that the coarse kinds of wools have not participated in the advance to any extent as compared with the finer crosses, which have advanced 15 to 20 percent. "Preparation ok Wool joii Market. "As we have noticed thufc farmers' lots of wool do not, as a lule, realise iull market value, owing to want of uniformity in the ' get up ' of the wool, which is injurious to its appearance, and which lessens the confidence of the buyer, we beg to ofler a few suggestions, which, if acted upon, would amply repay the trouble incuriod. 44 The sheep should not be shorn until they are quite dry, and should be kept on spurred floor or other clean place before shearing. The fleeces should be carefully and fully skirted, no locks or pieces being left on the fleece, neatly rolled and packed when thoroughly dry. The bales should be at once sewn to prevent the wool being soiled. 41 Be careful to keep the fleece, before and after shearing, quite free from straw, chatf, or other impurities. "All dingy, discoloured, coarse, or double fleeces should be carefully sorted and packed in separate bags or bales. "If the bales have been weighed, io would bo desirable to mark the weight on each bale ; and the owneis should post us a copy of the ' waybill ' as soon as the bill has been consigned, with particulars and weights of the wool if it has been weighed. " Shearing. — Second cuts by shearers ought not to be allowed, as the staple is thereby injured, especially in combing wools. " Bellies as well as pieces and locks ought to be kept separate from the remainder of the fleece, and where the flock is sufficiently large to warrant the distinction, belly pieces may be packed separately from other pieces. 44 The fleece portion of black wool should be kept distinct from other fleece wool, and if the quantity bo not sufficient to fill a bale, the bale can be divided and branded part black, the division line being carefully marked on the outside of the pack. "Broken fleeces and burry and seedy parts should be carefully separated from sound fleecer and those comparatively free from s-uch delects. '•The fleeces, after being carefully skirted, and atter the removal of all rl ragging and faulty parts, ought to be legularly folded, or (if needful) rolled, but in no case should they be tied with string or any substitute for same. The use of ties causes much trouble to manufacturers in extraction, while, if nob extracted, damage io their machinery may ensue. "In weighing wool, it should be remembered that, in addition to the tare weight of bale, 111b, 1 per cent, diaft is allowed.'