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TASMANIAN WHEAT
SHORTAGE
ARRANGING FOR SUPPLIES.
GUARANTEE OF 6/9 FOR NEXT
YEAR.
GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OF
PRIZES.
In connection with the brief reference
made by the Premier (Sir Walter Lee) a,
few d it ago, relative to wheat shipping
for 'Russia and is stated on inquiry if
told that he had been in coolum with
the milling, North and South on
this matter in view at the fact that the
old tennent with tin we hear Jloird li d
expired on December M I list, and t ii vs
agreement was now under eeunderaiKu
li had been decided that he (the 1 li-
met) and the representatives if he
millers should meet the Atiotr iii in AND at
He and md settle the fruit of the new
n¡,rciiuent and arrange for the supply of
ipprimniiUij l million a bushe a of
wheat for the current year require
ments It was also proposed or Die time
time to endeavour to provide for the
more systematic and continuous delivery
of wheat by the. Controller of Sliiaoin,,
in order to her p the mills go in" without
interruption during; the year He is
near added that he was an engine. to go
to Melbourne on the above matter about
the end of the month
I be Dunne spent ing in regard to
what production in J asman i Mid he
had been conferring with the six Gibbon
and Munich the southern millers and
Messrs Monds and Affleck of the North,
and had used lined from them that they were
prepared to aliens st next, to pay
C 11d per bushel for this Jenkins it is
manian grow a wheat and in addition
there were now aVo prepared to enter in
to in agreement with the Government to
purchase next years crop is the same
price He added that, living Mibnuifd
this matter to t Cabinet, be no" doubt,
to intimate that the Government had a
speech to (Tutu is to be the "lowest-, of
wheat in this State, St- Oil per bill set'
forth in next st on s crop of for q
wheat delivered at the Hobart! in I 1 into-
certain railway stations The Premier
stated that while in the North during
the week and be made inquiries is to) the
probable effect such a guarantee would
have on production next year and he
was generally rumoured that the federal of
at the price u mied would do much to
stimulate the production of wheat In
addition to this "naran ce, and with
the further view of encouraging the
farmers of Tasmania to grow wheat, the
Government had decided to set aside
1919 to provide two prizes of £50 one is
for the best to acres of wheat grown
north and south of Oatlands respectively
Messrs Gibson and Murdoch had made
c ited that, in addition to this prize of
150 they would be willing to contribute
few yards a second prize the idea being
that it the other millers would also can
tribute the agricultural societies North
and South night also join in and make
up the amount necessary for two second
prizes of land in each case The Minister
of Agriculture (lion I 13 gave )
had this matter in li mill, and when the
conditions of entry and judging were
complete they would be advertised for
the information of farmers interested
The Premier added that he quite got
used that farmers would grow which paid
best, but at the same time, in view of
the experience of the past he was satisfied
that it was the absence of a reasonable
guarantee of priv of that had tended
to bring about the slump in wheat production
'the guarantee now offered,
he believed would give a fresh impetus
to wheat production and the prizes
offered should lead to friendly competition,
and result in more careful cultivation,
and consequently improved wields.
The Premier said, while on the subject
of wheat, he desired, in view of the reported
good quality as, well as the small
production of Tasmanian grown wheat
this year to appeal to growers fo reserve,
as far as possible, their wheat for
milling and seed purposes and not to
use it for fowl and pig feed, but to
utilise for the latter lower grade wheat
a percentage of which He would be com-
I pelled to take from the mainland for the
milling supplies to be obtained from
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