BRAMPTON WOOL FAIR – Brampton wool fair took place on Wednesday last in accordance with the custom of holding it on the third Wednesday in June. Never perhaps since this market was commenced have sales been so difficult to effect or so few bargains concluded. Last year the best half-bred hogg wools realised 2s. per lb., but the few transactions that are recorded are very much below this figure. Staplers complain that prices last year were far too high, and as a rule money was lost by the investments. On Wednesday they seemed determined to act with great caution, and after bidding what they considered the full value of the wool, they would give no more, and allowed their old friends from whom they had bought previously for many years, freely to offer their clips to other buyers. It was thought by farmers in the morning that 1s. 8d. per lb. might be obtained for a first-rate article, but in this they were mistaken, for so far as could be ascertained 1s. 7d. was the highest sum given. If more was secured a “luck penny” back generally brought the price down to the amount we have named. Of course, for small lots of 40 or 50 fleeces, and that perhaps not the strongest or brightest, 1s. 6d. was accepted. We must, therefore, name the prices of half-bred hoggs as running between 1s. 6d and 1s. 7d. per lb. As to Cheviots, as well as mule hoggs, and also ewes of various classes, so little was done in these departments that we cannot give reliable quotations. Judging, however, from the tone of the market, and the various remarks as to the value of wool, it may be inferred that Cheviot hoggs was worth 1s. 4d. to 1s. 5d.; mule from 1s. 3d. to 1s. 4d. per lb. At the close of the fair, when train time called the buyers away, much wool was still in the hands of the growers, and though negotiations may soon be renewed again, it is not improbable that a good portion of it may remain unsold, and be on offer at the next market, which will be held on the 29th of July.