LINEN FLAX AREA

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 9

LINEN FLAX AREA

MORE THAN REQUIREMENT PRICES FOR SEED FIXED (By Telegraph—Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Thursday South Island farmers have now more than met the request of the Government to put aside 15,000 acres for the growing of linen flax, which is being undertaken following representations recently made by the British Government. The Director of Primary Production, Mr R. B. Tennent, said in an interview today that the authorities were embarrassed by the response, for the area available was greater than was required. Mr Tennent said that contracts had been forwarded to farmers for signature. It is provided that the price to be paid to the farmer for straw from which the seed has been taken is £4 5s a ton. The prices which will be paid for the seed are: For crops accepted, £25 a ton; for crops rejected, £35 a ton. This appeared to be anomalous, Mr Tennent said., but where the crop was rejected the farmer had to har-

vest, thresh and dress the seed and deliver it into store at his own cost, while for the accepted crop the Government undertook to do the harvesting. threshing, seed-dressing and delivery-