HIGH PRICE OF FODDER.
SKKIorS SITUATION IN VICTORIA* By Cable--l'resa Association—Copyright. Melbourne, March 17. A deputation of users of fodder pointed out to the. Minister of Agriculture that a year ago clialf was procurable at C! per ton and now stood at €lO l»s. Jt was calculated that there, wag a shrinkage of 20(1.000 tons ill the, fodder stocks in Victoria. Prices showed 110 tendency to case. The Minister of Agriculture'" replied that, there was not much hope of relief, the Government was importing lucerne from California at C 8 10s landed. Chaff bought in New Zealand cost £5 to £5 los. Bags, freight, and other charges brought the cost to from i'fl to £9 153 landed in Melbourne. There were also risks importing from different countries owing to various stock diseases
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 239, 18 March 1915, Page 4
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132HIGH PRICE OF FODDER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 239, 18 March 1915, Page 4
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