NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' UNION.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13737, 19 May 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' UNION.

(, In the report to be presented at tho Provincial Conference of tne .New Zealand -''armors' I nion to be held next iiiursclay and Friday, it is stated that on the new system of collecting grain statistics coming into operation, the Executive of tlie Union expressed approval, provided the furnisiung of the information asked for were made compulsory. Later, when it was found that not only was there no compulsion, but that only a few farmers were asked for information, and that both yield and acreago wero arrived at by guess work, the Executive came to the conclusion that information so obtained would be too unreliable to be of any value. The Executive notes with satisfaction that, partly owing to the agitation of sheepfarmers, the late hours at wool sales have now been discontinued. Two matters which have unfortunately been rather lost sight of owing to pressure of other subjects, are (a) the proposal to provide enrolment books for tho use of enmloyers and employees in agricultural work, and to establish a labour agency, and (b) tho question of disposing of surplus wheat. The Executive feels that it is a subject for congratulation that a number of branches of the Union, with a provincial executive to control them, have been established in South Canterbury.