LIME PRICES IN PROVINCE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22519, 29 September 1938, Page 16

LIME PRICES IN PROVINCE

m— — DISCUSSION BY FARMERS’ UNION. The contention that lime was too dear in North Canterbury at 16s a ton was made by several speakers at yesterday’* meeting of the North Canterbury executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union. The claim was made tbatoaless some action was taken, the Institution of a zoning system of lime distribution in the province would penaSfce Canterbury farmers, because the 'prices charged at Canterbury lime wans'were much higher than in other paris of the South Island. The only altaSlions made; to..the Canterbury prink one member, said, were in the I direction of increasing them.. Ac'let of figures of lime prices in Ofews and Southland were quoted to thirmeeting by Mr C. Bassett, who snrthat prices there ranged from 11 s ?Amember: And yet our companies. do not even manage to |f!fc r a said that it was *2bhalised by Cabinet Ministers that SSn? had to be put on a scientific SSr* Tn attain that objective it was 2£tial that lime be supplied at suitPriced so that farmers should be to use the amount of lime the J,*-ded The use of lime was only SBTits intsacy in Canterbury, he added. Bih#nractice was to increase as it IRSdPchS« lime feemed a necesBnther members said that in any case 1 < - 7Tn were sometimes as of the lime itself, and argument put forward was that in Southland was much thaT in Canterbury, and the the south was much cheaper FCJ£y£ of this production. FwSfrlim made of the Lime Comt up ™ y the Government to Applies throughout the and it was decided that the the executive should first be the subject of a Sport by* the agricultural committee.