NEW WHEAT PRICES.
Welling! ou, Yes t evil ay. The Minister for Agriculture' '(Hon. Mr ■S’oswnrth.v) announces that Cabinet has agreed to the, f (>!- , lowing minimum wheat prices for the season 11)20-21: —Tuscan 7s ad per bushel, Hunters 7s (id per bushel, pearl 7s 9d pec bushel, with 3d increment per month from May Ist, the increment being to cover storage. The farmers asked originally thiit the prices be Bs, 8s 3d and 8s 6d respectively, and that they should cover the 1921-22 season as well. Mr Kosworlhy said to-day. that the prices agreed upon were those offered by him to the conference on February 2ti(h. The Government had fixed the price for one season - only, in the hope of being able to adjust matters so as to allow a free market at the end of that time.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2103, 16 March 1920, Page 3
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138NEW WHEAT PRICES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2103, 16 March 1920, Page 3
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