BAYLY AND SON'S NGARUA WAHIA FELLMOTGERY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2992, 17 September 1891, Page 4

BAYLY AND SON'S NGARUA WAHIA FELLMOTGERY.

i ink id tlies'i useful industric.,. commenced without imy (?reat fu: 1 ; or di-ipluy, but which i aheadv il 'in ':i .-'eadyaud rapidly 1111 •I ■ 1 l ill' bu.inci;, 1,-1 t'c: benefit of the whole di-.tne'. i-' M" . :s I'.ayly and Son'.' ftilliiion.geiy, .4 X;; iruawahia. Having the :nIv;i11! e:'. i.f buddings formerly erected by Ke.tlininiftf.ry Compntiy, the firm have i< :un able 1.0 start operations without any ;'ie;tf. outlay, and being on thu bank of tic H'aikuto River, and convenient to the Ngaruawabia railway station, every facility i s at hanil for receiving -ir .'.hipping skins, wuol, etc. In response to an invitation, your eunaspundeut recently found himself at. the lellmoiigery, where all hand:, weie busily and engaged dealiug with wool mid skin t. Sheepskins were there in every stagu of treatment—from the linn Mies j arrived by train to the coloured basils, ready for lining ladies ■•liuus. I hit I must proceed cautiously. Alter the skill:, are received, veitthed, looked, etc., they aro packed in large vats and titibtnorged in water for several days, and then hung in the ..wnating-muni until the denred ripene:-; is obtainod. This is indicated bv the wool readily parting from i lie ikin. The atmosphere in tins delightful apartment, the proprietor assured tne, w.i,*. a certain specific for curing a bad cold. Imt not bciii;; m immediate need of it, I |ir'i the prescript-ion along, merely adding 1.11:ir. i\l>«rs Kayfy and Son's is not, the only .-weating-rooni that is supposed to have a in irked clfeet upon people. The wnul is now I'arefully classed as it is removed from the skin, and then washed and scoured in the W.iikato river on a Moating barge and other appliances arranged for the purpo.-e, finally being put into neat tnle:, containing about JlOOlbs, for the London market. lint, perhaps, Hi ' ii:-,:t interesting feature about the felloenut iy i • tlio attention which is given to the iininil'aetlire of the skins after tho wool is removed into basils or white leather. ,Ups. rs I'.iyly mid Son iut. j n lto give this branch of the business fair trial, and i". ery care i - I ihen in the selection and treatment of the skins, so as to turn out a o.mil arliel,'. .Mr Hogg, well-known to th,i->■ who did liii -iiiiNs with the To Ivou'hai lrlliil"ii!»ery in former years, h in charge of this branch, and he has a great quantity of skins, in eveiv stage of preparation. The ba-ils, when iinished, appear to bo beautifully white and soft, and can be dved all e ,!oui"-. Mr llogg, as mual, complained of the careless way in which settlers looked aft'ir their skins, and also of the manner in which many of! hem are cut in skinning. In e. invocation, Mr 1< lyly stated they did not cue perhaps t.o 11- •.! with large lots of wool. What lie a Ivoct'e I was. that wool-growers -"kirt their clip- carefully mid send fhe cl'issilied lle'-cea direct ts, market. Uut it .vas obvious licit the local fellniongery was flic pr,c. ,er destination for the bellies and pieces, or, as in the case of small parcels, where pr ,pe.' classification was impossible, tlieyl would be willing to purchr.so. As an illustration of the value of the felrnongery. even to tho-e who prefer to send all th°ir wuol Home, Messrs I'.ayly and S"I1 "re prei-T-il to tnkn Hlh, of wool skirting-—of (.iiirs.-. toleriilily cleanworth, sty. Is and (five back ?lb of scoured tr.joi, e-ertli 1; -Id, charging upon w r er.

!nts '_M anil small lots ,'il for their work. Tim:, the grower Rains l'l in the value of every Mil) if wool, ami naves the extra freight to any market that ho may choose to (land it. There can bo very little doubt lliat the N'garuawahia fellinongery will be a useful and well-patroniseii institution. [t enables settlers and others t.o dispose of tlii'ir sheepskin- - , job lots of wool, etc., on i the ground, and have soinn control as to the prices obtained, and also it is the pret.ty sure forerunner of a tannery, a kindred institution which tho Waikato is well able 11 support. In taking leave of the courteous proprietors and thi-i establishment, I cannot help remarking that the situation of Ngartiawnhia seems admirably adapted for t.ho location of manufacturing enterprises. There arc few spots in Waikato or elsewhere that, while passessing the advantages of good water and cheap fuel, can command such transit facilities either by rail or water carriage. Should the Waikato go ahead, as we all trust it may do, Nffaruawahia will undoubtedly become the .seat of much manufacturing energy.— (Whatawhata Correspondent).