THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.
_ Mr J. B. Merrett (Christchurch) who is on a visit to Dunedin, was interviewed by an "Otago Ihiily Times'' reporter, and commented on the Primo Minister's statement regarding the poultry industry. He says that the shortage of maize is not the chief cause of dear foods, as maize feu-.'poultry food is little used except in those northern districts where Mr Massey has jus. visited. A greater obstacle to the in--Tustry, Mr Merrett states, is tho inequitable prices charged for sharps. At Wellington; after paying freight charges, poultrymen wore asked a short time ago to buy sharps at £4 10s a ton off the WellinE*ton wharf, while at Christchurch, where it was made, it cost poultrymen £6. This was the result of competition with the northern mills. Ho suggests either that the price of sharps should be lessened, or tho duty removed from Australian sharps. An action of this kind by the Government would do more for the poultry industry towards cheapening egg production than the growing of maize.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14976, 25 May 1914, Page 5
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