Poultry subsidy

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32462, 24 November 1970, Page 14

Poultry subsidy

Sir, —I hope "Interested” reads “Penniless Chooks” remarks on poultry fanning which I wholeheartedly endorse; also the Poultry Board's reply in Thursday’s edition. With fast spiralling costs and a controlled egg price, I advise “Interested” to try poultry farming so that he too can be reduced to a peasant’s income compared with that of the wage-earner. —Yours, etc., SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. November 20, 1970.

Sir,—Many thanks to Mr Bridle for his reply to my letter. He also replies to “Penniless Chook” when he says, “The profitability of poultry farming at any time depended mainly on the ability of the individual farmer.”

I am sorry I ruffled “Penniless Chook’s” feathers, but as the taxpayers pay the subsidy surely they have a right to know where it goes. I heard about day-old chickens, etc., coming in from Australia and I wondered if the poultry industry earned enough overseas funds to pay for them. I have kept fowls for years but, not being a poultry politician, I gave them up when the chick levy came in. Now I buy my eggs and smile every time I pay 3c for a container to bring home a dozen eggs. But I am still . . .—Yours, etc,, INTERESTED. November 23, 1970. [This correspondence is now closed. Editor, “The Press.”]