THE WHEAT YIELD.
PRICE FOR 1941 FIXED. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 27. The Government has decided to fix tbc price of wheat for the 1941 harvest at 5s 9d f.o it. the grower’s nearest port for Tuscan on the March basis, announced the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Hon. D. G. Sullivan) to-day. In making the announcement Air Sullivan thanked I lie ivneatgrovv.jrs for their efforts in the past and for the crop produced in 1940, which was nearly sufficient ior the Dominion s requirements. He wished specially to thank the growers who had responded to his apneal after the outbreak of the war. The Minister said it appeared, provided the weather held good, an even greater area of who: 1 1 would be sown for the 1941 harvest. He had been greatly cheered by the receipt of many personal letters from wheatgrowers advising him of their intention to increase their sowings this year.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 10
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155THE WHEAT YIELD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 10
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