Cheaper Food for Pig-raising

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 4, 5 January 1940, Page 6

Cheaper Food for Pig-raising

LARGE SUPPLY OP AUSTRALIAN BARLEY PURCHASED Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Jan. 4. .Special consideration had been given by the Government to the provision of reasonably cheap feed for bringing porker pigs up to baeoner weights, said the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W. Lee Martin) to-day. This was in line with the request from the United Kingdom Government that we ship as many baconers as possible, as there was no market for porker weights. “The Internal Marketing Division has entered into arrangements for the purchase of a largo quantity of Australian barley. This supply, which will be marketed as nearly as possible to cost basi.-s should materially assist farmers interested in pig-raising/' said Mr. Lee Martin. “Provided costs of freight and other charges are not altered, the price of this barley to consumers will be 3s 4d per bushel ex wharf, a price which is considerably below this year’s figure. “It is expected that the first shipment will arrive early in February, when the new price wiM come into operation. Orders for supplies should be placed with merchants in the normal way, but I would like to stress that consumers requiring feed barley are entitled to purchase from merchants at the above price subject to cash accompanying the order and a minimum of 30 sacks being purchased. This announcement will also be of interest to the poultry industry.”