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New Zealand Tablet, 22 April 1915, Page 51

The Victorian oat harvest only yielded 1,608,419 bushels as compared with 8,890,321 bushels the previous season. It is estimated that it requires 171 b of scoured wool to fully equip one soldier for active service. The resultant of the raw material is 151 b of cloth, from which is cut and made up one tunic, undershirt, pants, overcoat, putties, socks, and one blanket. Thus one bale •of wool equips ten soldiers, and 100,000 bales 1,000,000 men engaged in war during the colder parts of the year.