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To meet this condition of things, and in order if possible to increase the supply, the Wool Association is desirous of disseminating information in the Woolgrowing districts.
The increase in the imports of Foreign Wool during the same period has been very large; but these supplies were almost exclusively of a nature to adapt them to the Woollen rather than to the Worsted manufacture.
Those interested in the latter branch of industry are anxious to stimulate the growth of Wools suitable for their wants. The qualities they require give to the Wool a higher marketable value for all purposes of manufacture, and are, therefore, well deserving the attention of growers, collectors, and shippers of Wool.
The Wool (the increase of which they desire to promote) should have a staple from four to seven inches long, according to its fineness, and should, as far as possible, be uniform in quality throughout its whole length, bright and lustrous in appearance, or soft and kind to the touch, of good spinning properties, free from burrs or other vegetable fibre. It should also be well washed before it is clipped, or where this is not practicable, care should be taken that it be not cotted or felted in drying.
It is most desirable to retain the whole natural length of the staple by only clipping the lambs or sheep once during the season’s growth, unless local causes render it absolutely necessary to do so oftener.
It is also very desirable that a proper classification of Wool should be made in packing, and that the packing should be thoroughly trustworthy and fair.
An improvement is already manifested in the wool of some countries, and the Association believe that it might be made general if proper care were taken in the selection of breeding sheep, particularly of the Rams, and, where necessary, by the introduction of new blood.
The flocks should, as much as possible, be pastured upon succulent grasses, similar to those grown in Great Britain.
The destructive effects of drought or cold, or other climatic causes, which check the growth of the grasses, by depriving the sheep of their necessary supply of food, and render the staple tender, ought to be prevented by a constant supply of food throughout the whole year.
The Wool Supply Association will be happy to answer any inquiries, and give any information that Foreign correspondents may require in their efforts to increase the supply and improve the quality of their Wools, and to render any assistance in their power to facilitate the export of breeding sheep suitable for crossing and improving the inferior Foreign breeds. Already ten Rams have been sent to India by this Association, from which the best results are expected.
The Wool Association offer their gratuitous services to parties abroad desirous of purchasing Rams for exportation, or in any other manner
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1861, No 19
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