POTATO TRADE
TASMANI AN BLIGHTS (AND THE ' PRICES. \ - i : tl} -', :>v ;■ WILL POTATOES BE DEARER? ' ;;/fSoyeralv^rsofe'lifiSe^ti^;i:^^^^mdv^ca|"c«l the tofchl proliibitioii '7i ; onr;'N(iV^-Z.e4i'aiid,!:of > . potatoes iri -order, ; 't«vpf<)tcct (J.ur own;" potato-fields Mr, "T. ■ BuWtbny I ;M.X". j;iVing; I;is ?views to?'a! Christ- ; qHureh repirtor, states' that -he:liarparsuadbd,J,: A;>'-Millar;: to. compyuiicjit#- with 'the ; ' for Agriculture suggesting action:in-',this;;.clir<Jctibn.V'V- ! ,-1-,-tbat potato-growers aro.having ■A - Very -.'esperieinco-at 'tho• liaiicls df;:oth&r .Statds; which* are 'relatively frefc from' .Uie potato 5 diseases, .is-'no -argument of the;saiiio treattrieni-beiiig meted out ;by vNew -Zealand, '-. which;'.: is already, hiirju&sed vvjtlr j>otato* blights' All potatoes landed; in-New Zealand fronr any- plac-o-abroad, .Are_>alr?ad^--su)>jgctvJto ; :4ni^e^i<)|iy>an^H;|^a^{i': back ; or 'tlisea.^'6j;v,br^-~'i ;Eel:w6l;mf , potato'. #ot 3'pt, potato .r6t,v.lrjsi: ibliglib,potato mos3, and early,blight.; ,i .. -vTasmanian ! iplliieuce'' Itiie : prieo.; 'ofpotatoes :'ori . -the New.'- :;Zcqlim(l market,"for Tasmania .'potato grower,:' vßut," duririgvtfe r.pres'eht : . -season; 'New Zealand pbtatPes-h'ave Wn~ so'plentiful and: prides : .so lo>v. that Tasma,nian"imports;for;;general:- .consumption:, ba'vobeen small. The.' .^importation';.:,of: i: Tasmahian '"scetl''; : potatoes, ;boweveiv-isVanother T>ranch' :af-tho trade,;;iuid iis.. supported ; by .--Ne'w :■ Zea'lind' .'farn!«rs:i.wbo believe 1 in',the-benefits .• of .'a . ohan^'of.- I ''seed.!', .Thislsection ;ofi thfetrado' usually amounts to between 50 .aiid'lOO/toiis per;- This year about 50 '.-fxiiis have already, been landed,; 'ahdias it is .cln-eflv.'for the;'early . .crops .t]Vat : Ta;sinariian ; "sced'.'v.'is plant-eel, that branch of tho\irado may iiow. be. considered : finishptl;,:; • : ; : : \Yhat fdocs seoiriVpossiblpvi&rtba t Tasmaniaii ; growers (with their-.! potatoes . rejected. in - Yiotoria,"-Now, SoiiMWales', ! arid' South Atlstralia)may find tho pont-upj. supplies' on;hand' .so •'excessive.. that r.tlieyv. wjll bo forced other' :op'en:-;'pbrts, -for ,sal6: ; :at-.< ariy -prico- that . will pay jexpbhsus,.: but;' on : 'the''whole;:' there lloes nbt;.appe'ar ;tP bo . any- cause to anticipate that; tho .price'. of potatoes, in New Zealand will--bp cither 'raised or 'lowered as. a result ot Tasmania's .troubles. . ';■ y
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 585, 13 August 1909, Page 7
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276POTATO TRADE Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 585, 13 August 1909, Page 7
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