POTATO SUPPLIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1044, 6 February 1911, Page 8

POTATO SUPPLIES.

J ■: V ',. .WILL THERE BE A SHORTAGE? , ' This question, hr.s already. arisen: Is there going to be a serious potato shortage I " in New* Zealand this year?-It-is-a question, which' many would answer in'the affirmative; but a Wellington authority >. takes the contrary view. i- •" The blight has attacked Tasmanian J " crops, ana Now Zealand may be left ; entirely to her own resources. So far it i. seems that, the New Zealand crops aro faring pretty well, but <jyen •• .so- it ; doubtful whether she will grow enough r for her own use. Our supplies from [ . * Tasmania are bound to bo limited, for, 1' besides Tasmanians hating the discaso | ..to contond'with,.'Victoria's crops havo - been blighted. A shortago in Victoria' will result in an extra' drain on Tas- • manian tubers, from that, source. Consequently there will bo a big demand for the Tasmanian crops. 'Against theso facts is the information that southern growers are prepared to J. book orders almost without limit, and ! judging by this and . other information | • in his possesion the authority before- : ; mentioned'believes that there will not bo \ a scarcity in New Zealand this year.

j /The supply of milk at tho Eaiparoro | cheese factory is keeping up very' -wail, i and is now Ift. r >o gallons per day. .Rain, | which is badly needed, would he wei- ! com&. ami would assist to keep the sup- ; ply up--Masferton//'Times. n . ; y