WHEAT AND EGGS.
To the Editor. Sir,—For some time past there has been great discussion in your columns and elsewhere re the price of wheat. The price of wheat is fixed, wheat is given to the fowls, the fowls lay eggs, and what do we pay for eggs? Whatever the poultry farmers like to ask. It may be three shillings per dozen, or perchance fivepence each. Do we ever hear of the case of a poultryman being questioned re profiteering on eggs? The price of wheat is fixed—why not the price of eggs? If the farmer asks for an advance of threepence per bushel for his wheat, which has taken much time and money to produce. there is a great outcry’ from thite consumer. But if the price of •eggs is raised nothing is said, a state of affairs which leaves the wheat grower considering what crops tie will grow next year VERY DISSATISFIED. Wanganui, June 1 1, 1920.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17894, 14 June 1920, Page 5
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159WHEAT AND EGGS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17894, 14 June 1920, Page 5
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