DOMINION'S WHEAT SUPPLY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 54, 27 November 1919, Page 6

DOMINION'S WHEAT SUPPLY

INCREASED PUOWCTION NECESV SATR.Y.

Br ToteerM^-P' , "" /."nelnMnn Dunedin, November 26. Mr. Masscy, interviewed, to-night rewirrlinjj wheat production m Now Zenland said: 'It is m-ncticaUy certain tbero is not sufficient wheat being erown in the Dominion to meet our requirements for the following year, .that is, upJto next harvest at the beginning: of 1021. In view of the drought with which Australia is at present afflicted, we are bein* brought "face to face with a w difficult position, and we have to realise now that it will not do for New Zealand (o depend upon any other conn tor *» even ft part "of. its requirements m the wav of foodstuffs. The Australian rmight may Inst for years, in wh.ch case Australia may I.* hard put to it to find breadstuffs for its own people, lins now become more than evex »*•"/•• MTV that satisfactory arrangements should he made between the Government More the harvest commence!., between representatives of the wheat grower,, axd members of the Government, probably chi in" mvself. and an arrangement Zt 'led for a term of thro* years E wheat growers will thoroughly understand tife position, and ijtaj bv wh'clt, riven average seasons, sufficient wheat will be grown for tho.necessities of tho population of tho Dominion.