MORE WHEAT NEEDED
Minister’s Appeal To Growers ■By Telegraph. — Press Association . CHRISTCHURCH, October 13. An announcement that lie was asking the wheatgrowers of th< Dominion to co-operate with the Wheat Committee and Hie Primary Production Councils to increase the area under wheat from 300.000 acres iu 1942-43 to 350,000 acres for Hie 11*13-41 harvest was made by the Minister of Supply, Mr. Sullivan. Growers and prospective growers would lie urged to indicate by means of a contract form the areas they were prepared to vow next season. Air. Sullivan said that to be able to provide sufficient of certain lilies of primary produce to meet the requirements of the Allied forces in the Pacific area and to satisfy the needs of the civilian population, a marked increase in the volume of these lines of production was absolutely imperative. While fully recognizing the difficulties under which producers would be obliged to labour, but having regard to their loyalty and to their achievements in the past, lie was confident that, with the co-operation of the other interests concerned, the required increase in the volume of production could be obtained and the needs of the Dominion fully met.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 16, 14 October 1942, Page 6
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195MORE WHEAT NEEDED Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 16, 14 October 1942, Page 6
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