EARLY SHEARING.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 298, 28 August 1860, Page 2

EARLY SHEARING.

One of the great advantages in' these colonies of shearing early, is to take advantage of the first "sales. Successive yeare have established the fact that ther£ are more buyers forithose ships which can be guaranteed to arrive in time for fche London February sales, than later on in the wool season ; consequently .there Is greater .competition "for those clips '.-which can be brought into market while ifc is yet bare :ofi wool—. which results in a higher price being obtained. The reason., of this is easily: explained, thus:—The manufacturing power in Europe increases more rapidly than the supply of;rawmaterial,:therefore the' wool of one season is consumed when the new clip arrives. The first s'eries*bf ; the sales "commence in February; the quantity,to hand is much less than in those sales which follow: spring orders are in-the hands Of'manfactu-' rers, 'aiid,Jthe-choice, is, limited: every:dealer is. an anxiousfpurchaser, consequently .as, a irule, competi--tion is greater than in any sales throughout the year.;" The first orders received' in these colonies Are universally accompanied by. instructions to purchase all they possibly, can for the-first sale^,;,the risk being considered less ih the early shipments than; in those. that follow.,- The margin of profit to .recover risk and1 expenses is put down less in the shippers' calculations, consequently he values the wool at, a higher rate, which .ofcourse, goes into the pockets,of these growers who can bring their wool firsfc into market.. ; Another greafc and most important advantage of early shearing, is the .prevention of grass, seeds and burrgetting into the fleeces.' The more northerly the latitude, the'earlier these seeds make: their appearance, whilst iri. the south-western plains of this: colony,, they fall much later, and are seldom seen; iii the1 WOOI. Y'OY"Y::' \ -.'■■: . ;,.."•: :.A ;. , , Many of our constituents may not thoroughly uh- J derstand'the reason why so great a reductionaji value, is made by tlie prijsence of these.seeds-r-this is easily explained., Previous to wool containing,burr or grass seeds being put into process of manufacture, it. has to be passed through a machine in order to take them'; out, and when thus treated its-fibres are to ascertain extent destroyed, and cannot-be ;used for the. finest fa"bripsl; This refers more^ especially to combing wools," 'which are riiost valuable: if freed \ from these' seeds; bt^, after Mving undergone' this process, are: sotofn,particularly at the top of the staple, as to be quite unfitted for'combing purposes. Hence the reason is obvious why, wools; free from these drawbacks are so' 'much'iiorb va1uab1e...,.,,. .;,;.'■ v-, ' ; With these remarks we,trusty w« have explained a few of tlie advantages of early .shearing. ". .' , , R. GQLDSBEOUGH & CO..