THE PRICE OF WHEAT
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —The Government hns fixed the price of milling wheat at 4s Gd per bushel. Can you tell me why fowl wheat, an inferior article, is sold at 6s Gd per bushel.' If the price of one is fixed, would it not be as well to fix the price of fowl wheat? If it is because fowl wheat is scarce that the price is hipch. would it not be better to let Australian wheat in or else to sell all New Zealand wheat at one price? I have beard farmers say they prefer all their wheat to be sold as seconds or fowl s feed. Some 40 or 00 years ago fowl’s wheat was sold fop less than prime milling; now it is the other way. I do not know of any other inferior article that is sold at a hitcher price than the superior.— l am, etc., G. W. Kent. Milton, March 18.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19360320.2.142.10
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 22835, 20 March 1936, Page 15
Word Count
161THE PRICE OF WHEAT Otago Daily Times, Issue 22835, 20 March 1936, Page 15
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in