THE WHEAT YIELD

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8629, 9 July 1924, Page 5

THE WHEAT YIELD

FARMERS ARE PLANTING INCREASED A CREAGR3. When speaking at the social evening at the Wellington Winter Show on Satnrday evening Hon. W. P. Massey, Prime Minister, said that the past season had not been such a good one for the wheat-growing farmer, and the total yield was ranch less than they had I>eJpn in the habit of having. A year ago they had more wheat than they wanted. Tin's time they were short, and had bad to import from Australia, and, so far as he could see, it would cost them U millions to bring in the rest of the oats and wheat required for the rest of the season. He was glad to hear the farmers of Canterbury were preparing to sow large areas of wheat again, and h© hoped they would show lots of courage and pluck. He 'Relieved they would sow more than last year, and they would hope that they would reap the reward hy getting a: good crop and fair prices. The outlook in other respects was not at all bad. The wool market in England had dropped a little, hut no one ovpcctedi that the very high prices would be maintained, hut he did not think the prices would fall seriously. The Prinfe Minister referred to the need for still further increasing the herds of dairy cows and sheep, saying there was enough feed for double the numW of cows and for another five •million sheep.-