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THE POTATO CROP

PRICES AND EXPORT.

The consuming public in Wellington, !li lt L ,!l> T doub; iu otller centres:of the Worth Island,.have '00011 at a less to understand some of tho information; given to thorn about the price of potatoes. I hey have been told that the Canterbury grower cannot make potato.groiviu" pay on the- prices offered to him iS Chnstclnireh for his crop, that this price 13 something like .£3 10s. per .ton, mid tluu he will 'be well enough content to sell at £i Ms. per ton. What tue puono is puzzled about' is that tho price of potatoes in quarter lots and upwards here is-at the .rate, of about £16 per' ton or more, Mr. Mussey, when these facts' vcro brought to his notice yesterday, said that he had already directed tho Hoard of trade to make inquiries into the retail prices .charged in Wellington, He 6 aid that he knew that there had'been, extraordinarily good crops of potatoes grown in Canterbury this year, and. he had no doubt that there would be a surplus- for expoiw There seemed to l? a gcod market for them in Australia, bui the Australian-- Government would not allow them to be imported cm account of the blight being prevalent in this country. His own" opinion 'was that there was no risk, and in any cose there was potato blight in Australia as well as in this country. Mr. Jlassey said lie was especially sorry that the growers were having such a disappointing experience because n large number of returned soldiers had token up this work in Canterbury, and they had had a particularly good season. They were not now bring offered a paying price.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 206, 26 May 1920, Page 3

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285

THE POTATO CROP Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 206, 26 May 1920, Page 3

THE POTATO CROP Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 206, 26 May 1920, Page 3

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