§ 148. Mr. Yorkasked the Minister of Food the average price paid for Canadian wheat, in dollars per bushel and in shillings per hundredweight, in 1938, 1945 and the first six months of 1946, respectively; and the average price per hundredweight paid to home producers, including the acreage payment, during those years.
§ 1938. Dr. SummerskillThe following is the reply:
AVERAGE PRICE OF CANADIAN WHEAT. BASIS NO. 1. NORTHERN MANITOBA. F.o.b. in Canadian dollars. C.i.f. in shilling and pence. Per bushel. per cwt. dollars. cents. s. d. 1938 (a … 1 09 9 3 1945 (b) … 1 49 15 6 1946 (January/June) (b) 1 72 17 9 (a) The 1938 figures are based on the average C.i.f. cost at Liverpool, calculated from a weekly quotation. (b) The 1945 and 1946 figures are based on purchases made by the Ministry of Food. Average Pries of Home-Grown Wheat
The ascertained average "At Farm" price was computed for the purposes of the Wheat Acts for cach Cercal Year beginning on 1st 111W August and ending on 31st July. The ascertained average price per cwt. for each of the Cereal Years 1937/1938 and 1938/1939 was 8s. 4.394d. and 4s. 6.786d. respectively. There was no acreage payment at that time but growers were entitled to "deficiency payments" representing broadly the difference between the "ascertained average" price and the "standard price" provided under the Acts. The ascertained average price and the deficiency payment together amounted to 9s. 11.3d. per cwt. in 1937/1938 and 9s. 7.3d. per cwt. in 1938/1939.
1945 and 1946 (January/June).
The seasonal fixed "At Farm" prices to growers prescribed under the Wheat (Control and Prices) Orders applicable to these periods range from 13s. per cwt. in August to 15s. 4d. in July. The acreage payment of £z per acre which growers may claim in addition to obtaining the fixed sale price may be assumed to be equivalent to 2s. 4d. per cwt.