CHEAP FEED FOR PIGS

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22910, 5 January 1940, Page 6

CHEAP FEED FOR PIGS

BRINGING PORKERS TO BACON WEIGHTS

BARLEY IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA <*EltSB LSBOCIktIOV TEtSO&AM.) WELLINGT6N, January 4. Consideration had been given by the Government to the provision of reasonably cheap feed for bringing porker pigs up to baconer weights, said the Minister for Agriculture <the Hon. W. Lee Martin) to-day. This was in line' with the request from the United Kingdom Government that New Zealand ship as many baconers as possible, as there ,was no. market for porker weights. . "The Internal Marketing Division has entered into arrangements for the purchase of a large quantity of Australian barley. This supply, which will bfi marketed as nearly as possible to cost basis, should materially assist farmers interested in pig raising," said Mr Lee Martin. "Provided the costs of freight and other charges are not altered, the price of this barley to consumers will be 3s 4d a bushel ex wharf, a price which is considerably below this year's figure. I would also like to emphasise that no attempt has been made to profit from the transaction "It is expected that the first shipment will arrive early in February, when the new price will come int<» operation. Orders for supplies should be placed with merchants in the normal way; but I would like to emphasise that consumers requiring feed barley are entitled to purchase from merchants at the above price subject to cash accompanying the order; ana a minimum of 10 sacks being purchased. This announcement will also De oi interest to the poultry industry.