EXPORT OF PORK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 78, 12 January 1928, Page 4

EXPORT OF PORK.

GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY. PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 11. The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. 0. J. Hawken), conferred to-day with a number of representatives of * pork-buymg firms, including the co-op-erative marketing associations which exist in the North Island, to deal with the pork export trade. The Minister is unable to discuss the? business of the conference until he has submitted some proposals to Cabinet regarding the method of allocating the Government's proposed annual subsidy to the pork export industry. It was gathered that the difficultyfacing the carrying out of the subsidy system is to evolve a plan which makes certain that the Government bonus will actually be in addition to the price paid by the buyers, and that the farmer "willget the full subsidy. It is understood that if possible the> subsidy will be naid only on porkers for export, but another problem is to organise some system under which the animal can be traced definitely throughout the; whole transaction as-, there are frequent rejections after killing and veterinary examination. The Minister has at his disposal theexpenence of four co-operative marketing associations in the North Island operating in Northern Wairoa, Waikato, Taranaki and Wellington, and there is a proposal afoot to organisethese farmers' associations into a federation.