WHEAT SUPPLY
YIELD MORE SATISFACTORY. " SHORTAG~ifOF OATS. At a recent meeting of the Board of Agriculture the question of the approximate stocks of wheat and the estimated yieldof oats for the present season in the Dominion was gone into with Mr. Fraser, Government Statistician, who made it clear that, so far as the wheat supply was concerned, the position, owing to the greater yield being threshed than was anticipated, was a good deal more satisfactory than was first expected. The returns made up from figures supplied by threshing mill owners gave the total amount available as about 6J million bushels, instead of 5 millions as estimated at first. With regard to oats the position was not so satisfactory, there brinsf a shortage in area this yea.r of 74,000 acres ns compared with last year. After discussion it was decided that, "from the evidence given the board is of opinion that there is considerable danger that there will not be enough to meet the requirements of the country."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 126, 29 May 1915, Page 9
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167WHEAT SUPPLY Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 126, 29 May 1915, Page 9
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