FOWL WHEAT.
uneconomical buying.
A statement regarding methods of purchasing fowl wheat was made at yesterday's meeting of tho North Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union by Mr W. W. Mulhollaud, in consequence of complaints made of discrepancies in Wheat Pool quotations and those given in various parts of the North Island. Mr Mulholland said that a good deal of fowl wheat was bought in bushel lots from grocers and consequently was expensive. So far as poultry-fanners were concerned, a good many did not ,make their purchases in the most economical way. The WHeat Pool was prepared to deal with poultrymen's requirements in reasonable lots, and this should be generally known. The difficulty was to get these farmers to band together so as to purchase, reasonable quantities. . t , The Pool; was prepared to give any assistance it could',: but it had to bo remembered that, a good many people bought wheat in small quantities for thj use of their fowls, which supplied them with eggs for their own domestic use, and sold their surplus egg# in competition with those of genuine poul-try-farmers! There was no doubt that many poultry-farmers should make wheat purchases'on a better basis than they did at present. No raw material should be bought in such a haphazard way, and unless farmers learned to mako their purchases on an economical basis they could not hope to place their industry on a sound footing.
THE DOMINION'S PRODUCTS
TRADE EXTENSION URGED.
(TjKITED PRESS ASSOCIATION*—BY ELECT4IC TELEGJUPH—COPYRIGHT.) . LONDON, February 24. Sir Thomas Wilford (High Commissioner) !in■ an address at Bradford urged in. connexion with earthquake relief that everyone could help by purchasing New Zealand products. "If you buy our'products." he said, "wo can buy those of the British manufacturers. Our obligation is to lessen the cost of production by the application of science to industry, thus bringing about increased quantity and quality. ; . "Bradford, must realise that prices can be so low as to kill production. New Zealand's problem differs from Australians,; because /with us the carcase must, b©'perfect for Smithfield, and the sapve .sheep's wool suitable for Bradford,. Carcase perfection has been obtained, and the wool improvement is coming."
IMPORTS OF PRIMARY PRODUCE. ALTERATION TO GERMAN DUTIES. (UHITID VKKSS ASSOCIATION—HI ■LXCTKIO TSLIOBAFH—COPTBIOHT.)
BERLIN, February Dr. Schiele (Minister for Agriculture) introduced in the Beichstag specially interesting to Australia,, and New proposing -a sliding pcalo of Customs duties foY butter," 'tfuita, tixnber, and meat, .to be as the, market siination demanded. } Ho Haid the ' deyclopment of ijepinvj tions problems iuight necessitate svrift measures' c to "niafee (Jeririnny' 4ndepenv dent of The' Commuiiißts*"'iioisuy protested; agftinst the* *'starvafi&n Bill, **> and "twahad to be expelled before order, could be restored. s- 1 WATER-COLOUR AUCTION. t y [1 - n - { y ' 1 t - i'V' ' . I"' n,"i ; ' / , A SUCCESSFUL-, SALE, ; ' -r Yesterday afternoon r Gr.-'. Livingstone <atid Co., auctioneecs; a: sale of water-colouV paintings> ail tbei r , auction Hereford tW offering being one of, tbe best seenffor «ome time: ";Tite 'catslojgue' in> r eluded a large nUjrriber ahd CojitineHtial pictures, and although'vpib* tores-are regarded>by- many iw-luxnnes Ji it"wag. evident, that in-Gad times' there are' buyers -for* toe-artists' wort.,' There- was no keen competition for" any partrcular lot, the desires- of. buyexs being well spread ■ 4bout 'sixty pictures were sold at auction at prices ranging from one guinea to five and three-quarter guineas, and a number were afterwards disposed of by private, sale. Mr H. G. Livingstone conducted' the sale. . .
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 12
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