WOOL CLASSING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1938, Page 3

WOOL CLASSING

TRAINING OF YOUNG MEN NEED FOR FULLER COURSES (By Telegraph —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The suggestion that in the interest of the farmers steps should speedily be taken to organise wool-classing classes was made yesterday by Mr H. M. Christie, M.P., chairman of the New Zealand Wool Publicity Committee, in an address to members of the electoral committee of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board at Wellington. At the present time, he said, there was nothing to prevent any person from undertaking wool-classing, even although he might have no specialised knowledge of such work. Mr Christie remarked that in Australia it was necessary for wool-class-ers to obtain certificates. Except for very short wool-classing courses arranged at the agricultural colleges and such places as wool-scouring works, very little was done in New Zealand to train young men in wool-classing. “Many farmers, unfortunately, have little knowledge of the requirements of the manufacturer,” added Mr Christie, “and are unable to distinguish between satisfactory and unsatisfactory classing. Incompetent classers continue to make the same mistakes year after year.” The electoral committee was of opinion that an investigation of the whole question should be made by the wool committee and by the various farming organisations to bring about some improvement in the present method of training young men.