SUGAR-BEET FOR NEW ZEALAND
PRICE THE DIFFICULTY EXPERIMENTS TO BE MADE (Special to THE SUNJ WELLINGTON, Monday. Duriikg the past year there has been much discussion of sugar-beet growing in New Zealand, but the position is still rather indefinite. Beet has been grown in various localities, notably Canterbury, with very satisfactory results, several districts showing themselves eminently suitable for the raising of beet, and the beet itself proving to possess good sugar content. But a farmer cannot grow beet unless he has a guarantee that he can sell it at a reasonable price, and the present work is all in the direction of ascertaining whether the yield will be such as to make the establishment of a factory a reasonable' proposition. Great Britain Is endeavouring to develop the sugar-beet industry by granting high protection, but the farin' there is so great that the New Zealand Government could not consider one like it. Nevertheless, without some protection or bounty, the sugar-beet Industry could not get a footing in the Dominion, since cane sugar is now stated to be retailing here at a price lower than that in any other white country. The attitude of the Department of Agriculture is one of encouragement. To-day Mr. C. Cockayne, Director of the Fields Division, stated that the latest place to manifest interest in the growing of sugar-beet is the Clutha district, and that, in order to help these farmers and the farmng community generally, the Division had decided to lay down a number of experimental plots this season. The area will be sufficiently great to give evidence of the cost of production, and, while it is not expected that any sugar will b<* produced from the crops, farmers will be able to use the beets for stockfeeding. The department will thus get a line on the difficulties which farmers are likely to experience in growing beet, and the price at which it will bo necessary to sell the product to yield a reasonable return to the grower.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 70, 14 June 1927, Page 14
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333SUGAR-BEET FOR NEW ZEALAND Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 70, 14 June 1927, Page 14
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