STARCH FROM POTATOES
A CANTERBURY PROJECT. A factory for the extraction of starch on the bank of the Rakaia river, within from potatoes will be opened at Barrhill the next few weeks, according to a statement made by Mr T. C. McLachlan, of Corwar, chairman of the Mid-Can-terbury Farmers’ Potato Pool, at Christchurch. Some delay had been caused in establishing the factory because of negotiations to see if Government assistance could be given. He had now been advised by Mr E. T. Cox (Dunedin), one of the promoters of the industry, that a subsidy of £6 a ton on manufactured starch, which was equal to about £1 a ton on potatoes, would be given by factory would be brought from Dunedin the Government. The plant for the and erected in a large shed on his property, which had been chosen because of its central position for growers.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1940, Page 9
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147STARCH FROM POTATOES Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1940, Page 9
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