WHEAT CROP
THE GOVERNMENT'S PURCHASE. Tho Hon. \V7TT S. MacDonnld, Minister., of. igricul.lure, when in OhrisMhurch, supplied .figures showing tho progress of the Government's wheat purchase scheme, so far as this season's crop is concerned, up to March 13, 1918. The figures are:— Total uium paid to farmers, £61,480 Gs. lid. Total sum received from millers, £67,620. 3s. Sd. Tho following shows the quantities of wheat ''ealt with up to March 13: — Bushels thrashed—Tuscan, 468.696; Hunters, 103,593; velvet, 118,005; seconds, 32,433; total, 722,987. Bushels purchased and sold—Tuscan, . 667,236; Hunters, 198,398; velvet, 131,471; total, 997,105. Bushels paid to farmers—Tuscan, 154,242; Hunters, 44,856; velvet, 17,467; total, 216,565.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 152, 16 March 1918, Page 10
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105WHEAT CROP Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 152, 16 March 1918, Page 10
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