BRITAIN'S WHEAT SUPPLY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10160, 9 February 1911, Page 4

BRITAIN'S WHEAT SUPPLY.

The effect of the proposed reciprocal agreement between Canada and the United States upon the British sup-" ply of wheat is being seriously discussed in the Motherland. In some quarters it is thought that the agreement would result in a large portion of the Canadian supply going to the United States. This would mean that the United Kingdom would havo to look to Australasia, Egypt and elsewhere for its bread supply. It is somewhat remarkable that, simultaneous with the' Canadian agreement, a new source of wheat supply for the United Kingdom is being discussed. This is from British East Africa. The area under wheat cultivation in that protectorate is rapidly extending, and is now nearly sufficient to supply all the requirements of the country itself. It is expected that in a very few years a considerable surplus will b« available for export. The examination at the Imperial Institute c.f samples of wheat specially grown in British East Africa shows that these wheats would command a ready sale in the United • Kingdom at jiics comparing favourably with the finest descriptions of grain at present imported. ~