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to our Colonies, who ■will supply not only all tlie 

 wheat but all the barley, oats &c., we require 

 (and not supplied by ourselves). Maize is to 

 come in free — and that, of course, is largely used 

 as a stock food by all classes of farmers. 



By tariff reform we shall get, as has been 

 suggested, the whole of the grain — wheat, barley, 

 and oats; whilst the meal we shall grind out 

 ourselves. It is clear, therefore, as already sug- 

 gested, that Ave shall get a large increase in the 

 supply of feeding stuffs, which must lower the 

 cost of feeding the poultry, pigs, cows, bullocks, 

 and horses. To this extent every working-man 

 and every farmer who keeps one or more head 

 of such stock will benefit. 



There are, however, some other feeding stuffs. 

 For instance, we import a lot of rice and rice- 

 meal, the latter of which is, at any rate, used 

 largely by some stock-owners. As this comes 

 mainly from our East Indian possessions it will, 

 under tariff reform, come in free of duty. We 

 also import cattle cakes from India, and here 

 again, such will come in free. On the other 

 hand, we get from the Continent and from 

 America linseed and linseed cake, and also cotton 

 cakes; but the duty on these — even if a duty is 

 imposed at all (which, being in the nature of raw 

 material to the farmer is not likely to be the 

 case) — will not, we may take it, be more than 

 10 per cent., and certainly this will not prove 

 a serious item, as the quantities are not large 

 when considered from the point of view of each 

 farmer. 



