THE SEASON’S PROSPECTS.
PRIME MINISTER OPTIMISTIC
“I think we will have a pretty good season after this winter,” said the Prime Minister at the Wellington Winter Show. “Last winter we had floods in., the north and south,” he said. “But I expected a dry spell to follow, and we got it. The season was a bad one for cereals, and the wheat yield was- far short of our requirements for homecon,sumption. The wheat we will have to, import from Australia . will ‘ 'cost £1,250,000. That is a dead, loss,; hut I am glnyl to see the Canterbury fanners have not lost heart, and are sowing for wheat with renewed energy. Ihe market in London has dropped a little; I did not anticipate it would keep up. Anyhow, I do not think it will go down, very far. Sheep,, fanners are in for a good season, People have an - idea sheep ,f armbrs ' are :., all millionaires,' but many of flieih' have passed through a severe time, and had to send their flock sheep to the freezing works to keep going. We are 2,000,000 sheet!'short of what we had four years ago, and. I hope the sheep! farmers will do their best to get the Dominion’s flocks up to their previous numbers. There is no scarcity of feed for stock, and I am sure we can carrv •5,000,000 more sheep.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 July 1924, Page 8
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