THE WHEAT PROBLEM.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1500, 22 January 1916, Page 3

THE WHEAT PROBLEM.

(Pee Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Jan. 20. Referring to the wheat question, m reply to criticism. Air Alassey to-day said that, farmers can do bettor than grow wheat, and if at a time like this The duty on wheat and Hour were permanently abolished. Ihen mo Mould have to'face Die result that in future years we would have to import a very large proportion of what was required at '’greatly increased prices com pa roil with what we had been paying in leteiil years, lie was anxious to avoid that. Wheat growers had done their duly during the Avar period by sowing an mcieased area in cereals, and it was no wonder that many would ieel that Die time had come to give up wheat gloving and to go in lor another branch ol agriculture in connection with winch there would ho lees ahn.se and more profit. ... The Government Statistician had said tiiat there was sufficient wheat to last from now till March 14. This means that there is considerably less than a. million bushels in stock. When the. 100.000 bushels were borrowed from New South AA ales there was only ten days’ supnE in hand.