POTATO INSPECTION.
, , ' - A NEW PRECAUTION. As a ; ..mearis ,<of-,. securing sound, potatoes when buying from' farmers (says our Christchurch correspondent) somo- South Canterbury buyers have adopted tho practice of buying at- a. certain price, and giving an advance on that prico if the potatoes are passed- as sound.' at the port of; destination. Tho Minister for Agriculture (tho Hon. -R: ; ,M'Nab)spates .that' potatoes grown, in New laro not inspected in the courso; of shipment by ; any. ' department under , his control. "All that - was done at "Auckland was to watch carefully consignments brought in from Australian and other places, to prevent the introduction of any potato disease. There is, he. furthor states, no need for inspection :of potatoes grown, .in New 'Zealand fand shipped from 'one port to' another'.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 194, 11 May 1908, Page 3
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128POTATO INSPECTION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 194, 11 May 1908, Page 3
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