NEXT SEASON'S WHEAT.
OPTIMISTIC FORECAST.
[BY TELEGRAPH. association.] '-! - Timaru, Sunday. At the annual meeting of the South Canterbury Farmers' Union tho chairman, Mr. John Tabbott, expressed the opinion that tho wheat area, next harvest will bo double that of last season,' high prices and the shortage of feed for sheep being the two impelling causes. . , Tho meeting decided to write to tho [Prime Minister, ' Right Hon. W. F. Massey, pointing out that middlemen are I apparently making more profit out of frozen meat than is reasonable. The opinion was expressed that the Government should have taken the whole trade over and have , bought meat off the hooks instead of f.o.b.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15931, 31 May 1915, Page 5
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110NEXT SEASON'S WHEAT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15931, 31 May 1915, Page 5
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