FARMERS' UNION

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21334, 29 November 1934, Page 16

FARMERS' UNION

NORTH CANTERBURY, 1 EXECUTIVE I LATE DIPPING OP SHEEp , 1 FAVOURED 1 The North Canterbury provi = executive of the: New Zealand » mers' Union met yesterday J*" noon. There were present- fc* F. G. Armstrong (in the chair) j Hall, R. G. Bishop, J. w. n u'.ii ■ Fisher, H. W. Mcintosh, R. Lan, H. G. Parish, T. Mould, and Fiecken. '••C A circular letter from the D<w ion secretary enclosed a copy 0 f i"" 1, mit from the Auckland execuK* which was directed by the DomW 1 ■ executive to be submitted to nrw H cial executives for consideration *rt?" ■ remit was: "In view of the very' Jr I able services the New Zealand M«I E Producers' Board is providing the? dustry, through the Manawatu =1 Waikato Pig Recording Clubs thconference is of opinion that tacreasS recording and instruction facihY should be made available to all raisers, the cost to be met by a lew on all pigs killed and the a? ministration of the levy to be in??' hands of the Pig Research Council The circular was referred to iiu next meeting of the dairy conuataZ for consideration and a report. Local Elections A remit from the Eanks Penin«,i. branch: "That the Farmorf jS* endeavour to have the law amendS 1 to prevent 'plumping' at local JjodJ I elections," was discussed. It wasde. i cided to ask members of the exem 1 tive to bring the subject under the 1 notice of members of Parliament iZ I their districts. IM I Another remit from the Banks 1 Peninsula branch, "that the regula I tions be altered to ailow farmers hi 1 the South Island to dip sheep up to 1 the end of June," was approved, with I the substitution of May for June. 1 Mr Parish said he dipped in June I this year, and had never had cleaner I sheep. It snowed all the afternoon and night on the day he dipped, and » he did not lose one of 700 hoggets. After a general discussion on the report of the Dairy Industry Commission, the Agriculture Act, and the present position of dairy farmers, Mr J. D. Hall moved that the Dominion executive be asked to take the necessary steps to obtain the feelkj throughout the Dominion on thepreart position of dairy farmers, and that the advisory committee be asked to prepare a questionnaire to be sent to every district and branch of the union in the Dominion. This was seconded by Mr Arm. strong and carried. Mr Mcintosh moved that the dairy committee and the agricultural committee be asked to report to the next meeting of the executive, "on the present tendency of trusts to gain moa©. polies of primary industries in New Zealand."