The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915. FODDER AND FOODSTUFFS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 73, 26 July 1915, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915. FODDER AND FOODSTUFFS.

When the last mails left Eng-

land prospects for the hay crop were excellent and the British

fanners were .setting out to do their very best to supply the enormous demand for fodder. It is stated that a year prior to this, when the hay crop was secured, there was still a large supply of old hay in the stacks. This was fortunate, a,s big inroads had been made into stocks to supply the victualling of horses in the Expeditionary Force, and also in Britain. That there will be large requirements in the next few montlis is undeniable, and supplementary or catch-cropping in the autumn is likely to be resorted to in order that the supply of fodder be increased. The demand for hay will make it awkward for the wintering of stock unless ample .stocks are possessed by the farmer. Last autumn at Home was too dry and there was a scarcity of feed, and the cost of feeding stuff was very high. If the farmer eiders the next English winter with insufficient fodder, this factor would he the means of reducing the (number of stock wintered. A difficult [.woblcm, a commercial authority points out, has to be faced, because il the> high prices ruling for meat tempt the farmer to graze liberally, where will .sufficient fodder be found for whiten" needs when the Army's want* are satisfied? There, was every prospect of plenty of grass and good weight of herbage on temporary and permanent fields in June. Doubtless every possible field for hay will he saved, while if the cornfields are early cleared, fcjiere can be a large area devoted to supplement the store of winfur fodder. Milk continued to realise very stiff rates, and butter is abnormally high, dearer than ever before for ihe seas-on of the year. There is little prospect of much drop in quotations, as mails- people are earning good money oil (Jovertunent work, audi can afford to psiy dearly for what they want. Mutter and eggs are arriving al the port of Archangel, but I here is no immediate prospect of them being shipped; (■'ovornuicnt transport seems lo mo-'opolise the purl. Cl' •••" ■ '"" 1 be mails left London was dearer than ever. More cheese is likely to be made than imagined, as the prives ai'**

so liigß, while fho Government wants foi the troops will continue an important factor in the situation wliilo tlio war lasts. ll' we feel the pinch oi' high prices here in New Zealand, it is abundantly clear they are having td make even greater sacrifices in the Old Land.