THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1911. NEW ZEALAND WOOL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10298, 29 July 1911, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1911. NEW ZEALAND WOOL.

Wool-growers in New Zealand had -an experience last season, which should cause them to reflect. They presented .their output an- a falling market, and ini .such a condition as to provoke .strong oommenlts from foreign buyers. It is true that -there is a scarcity of competenlt wool-■eLasser-s in -the ivominiion, and this scarcity is becoming more acutely felt every year. Growers, however, have the remedy ini .their own luatuds, and iif (tliey fail.,to apply iit, the responsibility for the declining prices is their own. "Dalgety's Review," in an in-teres,ting survey of the operations of last sea-son, says.:— "Speculator® and local /scourers, as is usual in' New Zealand, bought « large proportion—more than, the Ctatiifnent, local and America putt together. It .might not be out of place. to ' mention, that the American 'buyers who attended the New Zealand .sales ..during the past season* found that (there was not nearly so much wool suitable for their .requirements-, wfhSilst the careless preparation, far market ini many cases prevented thie American© from bidding fop .many

lots which—liad the heavy and cotted I fleeces boen kept out— would have j suited 'their requirements. Several j America!! buyers ■attended the isiales I in the Dominion, and complained bitterly of the get-up of the clip. The j reason as .simply this: The policy of i closer setttemeuit, whilst probably beneficial to .that country, and .also to Australia (when carried out Sin a judicious maimer), is undoubtedly liaving -a marked effect on the wool dip. Where in former years there was one mark of, say, 300 'bale®, shorn from .sheep which had been carefully bred and classed for generations, nowadays the .same country produces 300 '.bales .of (indifferentlyclassed or totally tincla&sed wool. Unite® further steps are .tafesn. to educate farmers a® regards wooi-olossin-g and also to preserve the best studs of different breeds 1 , iex> that the smaller growers can buy good ,si.ras to improve their flocks, Australia and New Zealand 'will not forever hold the proud position enjoyed for producing the best wool dtp in the world, though itho natural condition® are, iso favourable for the production of higlu-class 'wool that there will always fee some' careful breeders who will (produce .wool .superior to that grown in; any other country."