OUR STOCKS OF OATS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2543, 18 August 1915, Page 8

OUR STOCKS OF OATS

' MAY NOT BE ENOUGH, "It is very doubtful whether wo hav< sufficient'bate in New Zealand for oui own_ said, the ' Prinif . Minister'yesterday. "lir regard to'tafe tlie_ "Government is .in- this ' position [While at one. end. of New .Zealand £ number of people aro clamouring t< have iho import duty removed in ordei that importation may take place, al •the other end of the Dominion otliei people are clamouring to have the embargo export removed in order thai they may be able'to send oats out ol the country. It is not so easy to dis- , cover the actual quantity of oats, available as it is in the case of wheat; because many farmers' keep stacks of ■ oaten sheaf which tlioy may cut intc chaff or thresh in the spring, accordV ing to the 'prico offering for oats 01 oaten chaff. They do what pays tliem best.;: I think we have barely sufficient oats, and oaten chaff for our own needs, wen taking into account the fact thai enving to .the increased prices consumption has greatly decreafied. We shall havo ; more definite information later ill , tho:_season, whan I intend to ask the Registrar-General to inquire as to the v stocks of wheat and o&ts in tho country. ' If wo have more than we require for ourselves the embargo on export will bo rolaxed to some extent, and 5f wo have not moro than we heed the ■ . embargo will remain."