WHEAT PRICES.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1917, Page 3

WHEAT PRICES.

Representations have been made to the Government- by some of the local rnillors that a special regulation should be introduced prohibiting the. use. of wheat for feeding fowls (says the “Otago Daily Times). This course has been forced on millers by the alleged action of a South Otago farmer . This farmer has been holding over 1000 sacks of milling wheat for several months with the hope that the Government might permit an increase in the prices fixed by the regulation. At present tlio highest price which can he received is 5/10 per bushel. This hope, however, appears to be doomed to disappointment. But the farmer haa now gained his ends by the other means. When the regulations were passed it was laid down that they should not cover any transaction under the 50 bushels. The farmer therefore is simply selling his 1000 odd socks in smal lots of under 50 bushels, and has received as-high as 6/6 per bushel from buyers, who intend to use the wheat for feeding fowls. As regards 3 utilising wheat for feeding fowls, it is stated that at the Milton poultry farm no wheat is now used, and that highly satisfactory results are. obtained from feeding oats, barley, and rye corn j with plenty of green food.