FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 8

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY HIGH PRICE OF WHEAT. ■ 'A. plea for poultry farmers who now find themselves .'in grave difficulties'''be-, cause ot the'.liigh price of wheat-aiul lather fowl- feed was, made, by Mr. T." 'M. Wilford in the House yesterday. Mr. /Wilford-'Uajd 1 that there was about -a ; million pounds invested in the poultry industry in New Zealand, .and he asked whether the Government could do anything assist poultry farmers in their present difficulty about feed." • The Prime Minister said lie had a very great dear of sympathy with poultry farmers, who during the past twelve' months liad'had-a vey bad time. Tho cost of. feed had been high, out of proportion, to the price obtainable for eggs. •He. understood .that,'the..'Minister, of Agriculture'was bringing down legislation to provide for the stamping of imported, eggs as such. ; This-would help poultry. farmeVs to some extent. Owing t0..-the present' high,freights now ruling it was impossible to import wheat to ■ New Zealand at a price below that at which it'was'at present obtainable here; The price of wheat was about as low here as in almost' any other country in the'.world. And while Parliament approved of the. Government' importing wheat and selling it at 1 a slight loss for the making of bread for the people, he did. not think Parliament would allow tho Government to import wheat and sell it at a loss for poultry feed.He was' at a loss to see how anything else, could be dons. ,

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