CANADIAN GRAIN POOL
—:. 4 , TO INCREASE WHEAT PRIOEB. SALES ONLY THROUGH THE POOL. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) OTTAWA, December 4.' Winnipeg reports state that the Western Canada farmers are organising a gigantic grain pool in an effort to '-increase wheat prices. The organisation is said to be favoured by all 'three provincial farmer bodies, and is planned to become operative for the 1920 crops. The scheme provides that contract holders must sign for five years, binding themselves to sell wheat only through the pool, which will embrace 8,000,000 .acres, totalling 50 per cent of the total wheat acreage.
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Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14536, 7 December 1920, Page 7
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