PRICES OF FODDER.
8T CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT. (Received March 17, 12.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 17. A deputation of users of fodder pointed out that a year ago chaff was procurable at £3 15s per ton, but it now stood at £10 10s." It was calculated there was a shrinkage of 200,000 tons of fodder' stocks in Victoria, and :•" prices did not show a tendency to ease. The, Minister of Agriculture replied that there was not much hope for re- • lief. The Government was importing lucerne from California at "£8 10s landed; chaff was bought in New Zealand at £5 to £o 15s, which with bags, freight and other, charges cost £9 to ' £9 los landed in Melbourne. There were also risks in importing from different countries owing to various stock diseases.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 17 March 1915, Page 8
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131PRICES OF FODDER. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 17 March 1915, Page 8
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