THE WHEAT QUESTION
Sir, —I notice by your paper of May 29 that big discussion on wheat production took place at Lincoln College, I consider that what Mr A. H. Spratt, chairman of the Wheat Growers’ Committee, had to say was perfectly correct. He made it crystal clear why farmers do not grow a bigger acreage. He suggests a price of 14s or 15s a bushel, Mr W. W. Mulholland also says that there is no substance in the Government’s policy of fixing a price at the cost of production. Truly he is quite correct, for it has now been tried for a period of 14 or 15 years and has proved a total failure. It is nothing less than a disgrace that we should have to import wheat. I am convinced that should the Government pay the price suggested by Mr Spratt, plenty of wheat will be grown. The answer will be in the price.—Yours, etc., OBSERVER. May 30, 1952.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26745, 31 May 1952, Page 3
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