COST OF FARM IMPLEMENTS.
(BY TEIEGKAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchurch, July 21. ueveral inaccuracies appeared in tho tablo published yesterday giving comparisons be- ' tween the cost to tho farmer of New Zealand made farm implements and tho cost to tho Australian farmer of Australian-made implements. Tho tablo should have read: Victoria. N.S.W. N.Z e . , , £ s. d. £ s . d. £ s. d. Dingle-furrow .ploughs ... 10 10 0 12 0 0 910 0 Two- furrow ploughs ... 19 10 0 - is 10 0 JLhree - furrow ploughs ... 27 10 0 — 25 10 0 Tiuo harrows, 7 0 0 - 6 10 0 Disc harrows, „ Bft ' •, - 17 0015 10 0 J!our'- horse yokes 4 0 0 — 2'15 0 Six -ho rs e _ yokes 6 0.0 — 42 6. Grain and fertiliser drills (13-hoe) ... 35 0 0 — 39 0 0 The terms given in connection with tho above quotations are: Victoria, half cash, half in four months.' New South Wales, nett cash. New Zoaland, subject to 2£ .per cent, off for cash. In Victoria and New South Wales tho-goods are quoted delivered at tho factory, whereas tho New Zealand quotations cover.'railage to any station oil the Culverdoii-Bluff. section' or freight to any main port in the Dominion.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 259, 25 July 1908, Page 3
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197COST OF FARM IMPLEMENTS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 259, 25 July 1908, Page 3
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