FARM SURVEY

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12799, 21 July 1939, Page 4

FARM SURVEY

PASTURE LANDS

The following letter from Mr J p M. Smith, Fields Superintendent c! the Fields ■ Division of the Depart ment of Agriculture, Hamilton, ref:: read by Mr P. T. Keam, at the nual meeting of shareholders of tbti Tauranga Co-operative Dairy Assi-' ciation on Monday: “Further to or discussions of July sth with refer ence to the feed taint trouble tha:.. . is being experienced by your Con- 4 pany, the following arrangemeiii W have been made to further the it vestigations commenced last seasoifc*| “On receipt of the necessary it j' formation frojn your Company, 0r,....,' Instructor at Tauranga, Mr Ailc|» ; will carry out a detailed survey c.' ; . certain farms with a view to obtan-j ing information on the' ■ follom*; points: K (1) Composition of pastures, wb 6 '.' herds are grazing. , (2) Pasture management system rf practised. (3) Presence of any known || producing plants. , (4) General cleanliness of sheds a:. surroundings. (5) Water supply, access to swaoL • drains, etc. ■ , p (6) Any other matters that Wb have a bearing on the troufif - “We would like to extend H survey to cover not only where trouble is experienced, • also . adjacent farms where 11 ; cream is being produced. “V’ Company would, therefore, aoMr Alio of farms' immediate!} trouble starts and at the same j give him the name of tke, J farmer not having any trouble. co-operation would be appreci L “In addition to the survey V; 5 hoped to commence some mental and demonstration w£» J your district in connection wu J : taint trouble, and proposals na> j ready been submitted to our . [f Office for approval. On this approval we will be P* eas^ ; i come out and discuss the - matter with your Directors.