FARM PRODUCTION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 October 1939, Page 3

FARM PRODUCTION

GOVERNMENT TO SET UP DISTRICT COUNCILS CO-OPERATION INVITED On the recommendation of the National Council of Primary Production, the Minister ol Agriculture, Hon. W. Lee Martin, has decided to establish district councils to assist in the promotion of increased production with '■<- view to carrying out the policy recommended toy the national council. "It is felt that full advantage; should toe taken of the offer which has been made so spontaneously tor ail sections of the farming community to assist the Government in fulfilling its obligations to the United Kingdom by maintaining and, where necessary, increasing the supplies of foodstuffs and other primary products for the British market," said

ihe Minister. "1 1-nve accordingly decided to establish district Councils of Primary Production, composed of

representatives of farmers' ant! woris

crs' organisations in the chief farming centres of the Dominion, and have arranged that meetings will be convened by officers of the Department of Agriculture with the view to setting up these councils."

Among t lie organisations from which members of the district council will be drawn are: Farmers' Union. Shec.';owners' Federation, New Zealand Workers' Union, Young Farmers' Cllibs. Agricultural and Pastoral Association and local producers' organisations. The chief functions of the district council will be broadly to implement the recommend?! I ions of Ihe National Council .of Primary Production, to advise the national council on local develop ment. and the requirements of local production, farm labour and farm requisites and supplies, and to deal with such problems as the supplj' of farm labour and personnel.