WHEAT IN DOMINION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15887, 7 April 1915, Page 7

WHEAT IN DOMINION.

INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY, MORE MAY BE IMPORTED. [BY IEUCEAM.-FHW ASSOCIATION] Tuesday. PHr..rrxc to-day to a deputation from the conference o poultry fa " « Minister said thai i,» knew pouUnZ sa,a "»t he know ponltrvmen t present wore considerably hampered b v , ' Ho could not say tnat the pri cof *«;.«« g«»ng to be much lower for --.m c .o 00m , It had been suggegt , d tl at th, Irtvrrnmoni might import more "hen and let poultrykeepers have it at '- rn<e. The Government proposed to '"Tor. more when,, it would he necessary «• 1" figures of the Registrar-ticneral were <rr,.t. fl nd he Ulieved there would boa *hnrta<: ? before next harvest. There would N_y» P to he filled hv ,1,0 million Wnols - h.- hhe had under offer It was not the Pn-e of wheat in Canada that was the trouble: ,l was the cost of bringing „ "'■"■ 1-reight* had more than doubled curing the last six months and the present i»*.im .anted to 2s s<i per bushel for "I'M', Iho outlook for the coming crop "as very good indeed am) if thpv could •■nlr pet through this season, he 'had no Jubl the difficulty would come to an end Hut it would last till December