ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF WOOL.
“B” writes in the Live Stock Journal ; “Since clip dav a “boom,” to use an .Ameiicaii'slang expression, has set in, and prices have advanced in some cases 33 percent. For instance, deep Lincoln hogs are freely taken by consumers at 14JJ per lb, as against lid on the Ist of September. This is caused by a demand for lustre goods called alpacas, mohairs, biilliamines, and a lot of other names. . j It looks like old times again, and if this fashion shoull continue the question will be asked—How much long lustre wool does Great Britain produce ? j To our fanners this i 9 a serious question, an 1 one well.d* serving their attetition, for it is a well-known fact that during the last ten years very large flocks have been turned from long wools .into half-breds i-y crossing the Liecester, Lincoln, and Cofcswokl ewes with Hampshire, Shropshire and other Down tups. To give - our an -idea of j the advancejp thesedustrewools and mohairs viejihriexliltk ftylb\yijigjl—i £ .To-dav’s price. r ; - • Same time last year. Lincoln hogs, 14£d ... ldjrt iOj'i PV Alpaca c ,j- : 2(>|d Mohair „ - 210- ... i2*<t -
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 442, 1 February 1890, Page 2
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191ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF WOOL. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 442, 1 February 1890, Page 2
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