QUEENSLAND MEAT EMBARGO

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 2 January 1917, Page 8

QUEENSLAND MEAT EMBARGO

When the attention of tbo Queensland Premier (Mr. fiyan) was directed • to questions asked in the House of Representatives, relative to the Queensland stock embargo, Mr. Ryan, said: "There was no formal discussion on this subject at the Premier's Conference, but I discussed tho matter briefly with the Premier of South Australia. Tho public are perhaps not aware-of the fact that it is a South Australian law which prevents our frozen' meat being consumed in Adelaide, and I believe that the Government of that State is quite willing to repeal that Jaw, but was unable to get the approval of the Legislative Council. The Queensland Government was quite 'willing;! to'supply file people of South Australia with frozen meat, but, as I ■say, it was found impossible to get the meat in tUere in consequence of the law to which I have referred. It would be well for the Governnent of South Australia to bring some pressure to bear on the members of the Legislative Council to amend the law. so that the people of South Australia can be provided with the meat that'this Government has offered."

Mr. T. G. Sarjeant, of Dargaville, is in receipt of a letter dated November 23, from a correspondent in America, who is one of the presidents of the National Duroc-Jersey Swine Record Association at Peoria, Illinois,' U.S.A. Inter alia, the letter says:—;"At the present time, corn, which is one of our principal hog foods, is very high, and is now selling at about 95 cents, a bushel, whereas the. average : price at this time of the year is around 60 to 65 cents. Hogs are bringing about ten cents a pound, live , weight. .I'separate, tho milk from my.dairy cows and ship the cream to Peoria. The price of cream on the basis of biftter-fat test is usually around 30 . to 32 cents (Is. 3d. to Is. 4d.), but last week it went up to 39 cents, and tho beginning of

this week is 42 conts. In fact, overything in tho farming lino is very high ill price at present. Potatoes which usually at this timo of tho year sell at around 60 to 75 cents a bushel aro now selling at 2 dollars a bushel. Wheat and flour are also about twice as high as ordinarily. Cocksfoot (says a Home paper) is beginning to oomo in from Denmark, being exported under license notwithstanding the prohibition order in force in that country. One week recently a large stenmcr arrived in Hull with considerable quantities of this seed, but it remains to bo seen how much more will yet bo allowed to bo exported from Denmark of tho large quantities contracted for by seed merchants on this side. A London correspondent of a Danish newspaper points out that tho Danish prohibition applies to all countries. The prohibition, ho says, has been enforced for the reason that stocks of farm seeds in Denmark are not sufficient for her own requirements. This information is of interest to New Zealand growers.