COMPETITION IN PRODUCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 91, 15 July 1881, Page 3

COMPETITION IN PRODUCE.

♦ The prospect before EnglWi farmers is not exactly encouraging I 1 appears likely there will be more corn than ever available fir export from America this year. Larger areas are under cultivation, and the crops promise to give larger returns. Moreover, thf demand from other European countries will be less than it has been foi ten yeara past, and there will be move to spare at cheaper rates for us.

Wheat will, theiu.o.e, l j« c.ib..p>:i than ever in England, and all that is Horae grown 'will probably t c undersold. Everything snems against the producer in this country Cornpeti- • t?'oa pursues him even in thu rnisiug of stock. As we know, gieat effoits have been made to improve the bieed of cattle, no only in America but in j the Australian 00l .nics Th« liest ' animals have been' sent thither to; bree-d ftoin,i regaidh-ss- ol expanse, | aud the progeny aic carefully looked ' after when they aru worth it. It is i the same with thi-pp-reaiing. Colonial a-genls are constantly on -the ; look'ont-for good .tarns, visiting coun- J try fairs and auctiuns, and buying up \ tho best that offer. The immediate ; result is a marked improvement in the quality of the colonial stock, but ' it is at ■ the cost of that at Home. , Unless the exportation of valuable rums is closely watched wo shall bo unable to loop up the standaul of Home-grown-mutton, which at present stands deservedly high. The competition does not end \vi ]> live st^ck. It is sriil niDi'o no ivo as regard .« vejwetables.frnit-i, dikl oven out. flowers. Thu ftrst-n.-imed come from all parts, and it is no longer a treat to get peas and new potatoes in February. As to the fruit, that id also to bo got at the cheapest rates, and it is the sfunu • with cut llowms 1 , which are imported from France, and even from further afield. — Homo News.