Mr. H. Whiteasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give the chief reasons for the differentiation of prices paid to operators of threshing machines in the varying counties; and if the differentiation exists between county and county in the charges for Government controlled machines.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsThe nature of the country, differing climatic and farming conditions and type and sizes of farms would be among the factors which have led to varying charges being established as between county and county for threshing by contractors; the charges for contract threshing with the Government machines operated by County War Agricultural Executive Committees are similar 2083W to those of established private contractors in the individual counties and would thus reflect the variations.