GROW MORE WHEAT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2418, 25 March 1915, Page 8

GROW MORE WHEAT

( DISCUSSION BY FARMERS. ~ (By !Teleerftn]i.—Press Association.) vy- Chrlstohurch, March 24. j * 'At a meoting of the Farmers' Union i'. "io-dav Mr. Patohott, in moving a resol, Sution Urging fanners to grow more j'.-jwheat' and other grain, said that there i/.iwas less acreage, under wheat than ywthere was 25 years ago.' New Zealand imeeded' seven million bushels of wheat 1 ;to feed- itself) and it was a shameful : 'ithing that a loaf in 6uch a favoured ■ "country should be costing 10d., when it ' jshould not bo more than 8d Harvest- '. zing now was mere child's play to what jt was in the old days, but that was forward as a plea 'to account for h .the decrease of wbi&t growing, v Mr. Cullen seconded l tho motion, and 'iiaid the labour problem was the trouble. .Farmers, could not get men, and the i : Imajority, of the men they did get were ;no good. , ' , -V Jilr. 6. Sheat said he thought, the aituation would right itself. With Vtehickwheat at 6s. tEoy did not need to Iviiirge the farmer to grow wheat. The v wage earners would certainly have a. i;.Jiard time to keep things going with t Jjread at 10d., and l ho thought Mr. Mas- • Bey should receive the warmest credit ivfor importing wheat and keeping the : price down at a reasonable ■ figure. jlr. Gardiner complained bitterly of ' the placing of an embargo on the sale ; of oats. ' An embargo, ii it had to be hrplaced,.■-should' have_ been placed before t,Uhe seSson, for buying ana selling liad f started.: Contracts had been entered ; into with exporters, and purely they P should be fulfilled. He moved a motion ' protesting against the embargo. 1 Mr. Sheat said the Prime Minister ; 'twas out to protect the interests of the '' On statistics there was go- ' ;! ing to be a shortage of oats, and the [v Prime: Minister was not taking any 1 chances. Personally lie thought the •Premier should liave allowed_ exietmg contracts to be/fulfilled. He hoped that the motion would not be carried, as it : would • ho a slur on the Prime Minister. : OTio motion was unanimously lost.