grain at times, while Farmers are waiting for a suitable oppor- 

 tunity to market it. Would it not be very much better for 

 Farmers to take all their surplus grain to a rat-proof granary 

 in the district immediately it was thrashed ? So far as seed 

 wheat is concerned this could be supplied direct to seed mer- 

 chants, who would sell it direct to the Farmers. With regard 

 to grain for grinding into flour, &c., it should be possible to 

 put down plant to deal with same and thus avoid sending 

 away milling offals, which are required by the Farmers in 

 the districts where the grain was grown. 



COUNTY FOOD EXCHANGES. 



Where there are two or more District Food Factories 

 in a County, it would be necessary to have an organised 

 system of distributing any surplus of food in the County to 

 other Counties or possibly Countries. For this purpose each 

 District Factory would need to keep the county Food 

 Exchange informed of any surplus food there was available 

 at the Factory, so that arrangements could be made for its 

 transfer. Further these Exchanges v/ould be able to inform 

 the Government on very short notice as to the approximate 

 amount of food there was available in the County. 



It should be noted that it is only the surplus foods at the 

 District Factories, that would be " shipped " about and 

 this would prove an enormous saving of hitherto expended 

 energy. The surplus Food would be sent direct from the 

 District Factory to whatever other Factory the county Food 

 Exchange should decide. An arrangement could easily 

 be made between different County Exchanges for the sending 

 of certain urgently required foods, direct to retail salesmen 

 in another County. 



STATE SUPPORT. 



One of the first questions which would need to be 

 settled, is who would provide the necessary Buildings. If 

 it is to be a National system the State would need to take 

 the initiative or stand at the back of the Producers for the 

 first two, three or more years. Further it is difficult to see 

 how all the Food producers in any given District could be 

 induced to take all their surplus produce to the nearest 

 District storehouse or Factory unless there was either a 

 Government order compelling them to do so, or uniform 

 prices for the Country, which would have a similar effect. 



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