WEIGHT OF GRAIN SACKS.
The question of.-the limitation 1, of the' weight of-grain in sacks was discussed on Friday by the General oomipi,t,£efe: of the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Mr K. Mclntosh referred to the fact that Mr G. Laurenson, M.P., was reported to have stated thai; fanners were putting in the sacks 2401bs of ryo seed, 2561b of peas, 2521b of beans, 2721b of clover and 2401b of maize. Mr Mclntosh said that this was news to North Canterbury farmers. Men at the threshing machines found the old bag the handiest, and it was preferred by the men at the railway stations, and by carters. Was the farinin- industry to be hampered by wharf lumpers who.had only to send the basis down into the shoots ? He thought it. was time that a strong protest wns made by the . farmers. The chairman said that the time was opportune for a. iirotest. He would liko to know if the merchants'nn id out to the farmers on such weights as those quoted. A committee was. appointed to -ih-aw up -a letter to the Minister of Labour a copy to be sent to the Hon. D. Buddo, member for the district.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 4
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199WEIGHT OF GRAIN SACKS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 4
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