OUTLOOK FOR POTATOES
NO LIKELIHOOD OF FAMINE DUNEDIN TRADER’S A 7 IEAVS The principal of a leading Dunedin produce firm gives it as his opinion that statements from Christchurch regarding the potato shortage are in .he nature of a “scare” stofy. Ho points out that although figures in the Monthly Abstract of Statistics show that for the season 1938-39 the return from the potato crop is the lowest for many years, it has to be remembered that the high prices which have ruled for some time have naturally restricted the demand and, as a consequence, the low yield is offset to a considerable extent by this fact.
The Dunedin merchant stated that although stocks of potatoes were decreasing daily in Dunedin, there could not be said to be an actual shortage there. There was certainly no likelihood of a famine, irrespective of whether Canadian potatoes were or were not brought into the country. Indications pointed to crops in the North Island being on the market earlier than last season, and once they began to come on the market it would quickly settle down to something approaching normal.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20050, 23 September 1939, Page 10
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187OUTLOOK FOR POTATOES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20050, 23 September 1939, Page 10
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