OUT TO HELP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 124, 27 May 1936, Page 5

OUT TO HELP.

DAIRY INDUSTRY. PROMISES BY MINISTERS. NEW ORDER PROPOSED. (By Telegraph.—Special Reporter.) HAMILTON, this day. Ministerial and Parliamentary guests were present at the annual re-union of dairy factory managers, which was held in the entertainment hall at the Winter Exhibition Building last night. There was a large attendance of managers and assistants from all parts of the Auckland province. The Mayor of Hamilton, Mr. J. R. Fow, presided, and among the principal guests were the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, Prime Minister, the Hon. W. Lee Martin, Minister of Agriculture, Mr. C. H. Barrell, M.P. (Hamilton), Mr. R. Coulter, M.P. (Waikato), Mr. J. Thorn, M.P. (Thames). Mr. A. F. Moncur, M.P. (Rotorua), the Hon. B. C. Robbins, M.L.C., Mr. G. M. Valentine, assistant director of the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. W. Dempster, chief dairy instructor for the Auckland province. ' Prime Minister Speaks. Proposing the toast of ' The Waikato Winter Show Association," the Prime Minister said it was a privilege to have such a toast entrusted "to him, because he believed* the time had come for the application of machinery and science to | raw materials. An agricultural show, or any other, for that matter, would give some indication of what could be done along scientific lines. In this respect the Waikato Winter Exhibition appeared to be outstanding. "Some day I hope to declare in no uncertain voice that at last science and machinery —and money, too—have become the servants of mankind, not masters," he declared. "There is more to be done than simply to produce turnips and suchlike things, and simply take pot luck afterwards. It is our duty to see that the produce of this country gains for its producers that to I which they are fully entitled. The farmers of this country have doubled production during the past 10 years, but their income has remained where it was. That is not as it should be, and it will be the Government's endeavour to alter this state of affairs." "The Government is interested in the primary producer—there is no doubt about that," declared Sir. C. A. Barrell. M.P., in replying to the toast. "If the producers of this country do their part, the Government will see that they are adequately compensated." Departmental Co-operation. Mr. Lee Martin proposed the toast of "The Visitors," and paid tribute to the officers of the Department of Agriculture who had year after year worked strenuously in the dairy section of the show as judges. He understood that the' results of the judging for many years past had been accepted without question. (Applause.) That showed that the factory managers had confidence in the officers of the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture. It was a fact that the managers and their assistants had made a splendid dairy exhibit at the show —the greatest dairy show in the world. "It had been said that factory managers would.not take the care they now exercised in their work after August 1 when the Government took charge of marketing. I do not. believe that," said the Minister. "I fee] sure they will take just as particular care, because they will have an incentive to produce even better quality, if that were possible. We have got to strivfi for quality and the Department of which I am the head will render every possible assistance in the future." Continuing, Mr. Martin said that in the near future the Agricultural Department proposed to introduce a system of farm instruction which would tend to improve matters considerably. When one considered the magnitude of the dairy industry—the principal one in the Dominion—it should have every encouragement. Proper farm instruction, he felt sure, would be welcomed. (Applause.) "We ask for the co-operation of dairy factory managers and farmers generally, and we feel sure it will be forthcoming."