Poultry subsidy
Sir, —“Interested” seems determined to prove his ignorance of the poultry industry. In the last seven years the cost of chickens has doubled through a Poul- ; try Board levy, and poultry ; food prices have increased by i approximately $lO a ton. Electricity, cartage, petrol, and wages have all increased, 1 yet the average egg price has not changed for something , like 10 years. Chickens are 1 imported from Australia be- , cause they are superior birds ' and help the farmer keep ahead of these costs. If a poultiy farmer sells his contract he is then not allowed ■ to run more than 1000 laying hens. Consequently, anyone selling a contract has three choices: (1) sell the
contract and farm; (2) sell only the contract and keep less than 1000 birds; (3) sell the contract, and use the sheds for rearing pullets. As 1 suggested before, "Interested” should try poultrykeeping. Then he might know what he is talking about.— Yours, etc., PENNILESS CHOOK. November 17, 1970.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32458, 19 November 1970, Page 16
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