CORRESPONDENCE.
(To the Editor). Sir,—Being in Wellington for a few days, I made it ray business to interview several of the corn and chaff dealers, when a number of them complained of the way that Wairarapa chaff was put on the Wellington market. I was shown sacks of Blenheim chaff and Wairarapa chaff, and the former was much belter got up, being well pressed and cut, and the sacks well sawn, but some of the Wairarapa chaff was not well cut, nor the sacks well pressed and filled. A badly-filled sack not only looks slovenly, but is an actual loss, as 140 sacks is the maximum allowed on a truck regardless of weight. It stands to reason that the greater the weight the less the cost of transit. I would like to impress upon farmers the importance of insisting that their chaff should be well cut,, the sacks well pressed and filled and better sewn, and that no damaged sheaves are put through the machine. We have a strong rival in Blenheim, and if we lose the Wellington market: we have no other outlet.—l am, etc.. DUNCAN McLACHLAN. Opaki, March 3rd, 1908.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3129, 4 March 1909, Page 4
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192CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3129, 4 March 1909, Page 4
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