TRACE ELEMENTS DEFICIENCY
FARMERS ASK FOR RESEARCH As a direct result of the experiments done with copper sulphate by Mr W. B. Trotter at Fairlie. the annual conference of the North Canterbury district of Federated Farmers yesterday decided to recommend its headquarters to urge the Government to obtain the best possible biochemist to investigate trace elements deficiency. Making this recommendation. Mr C. G. Gardner said that the departmental attitude to Mr Trotter’s experiments had been negative in outlook, and Mr Trotter had been subject to “nothing but ridicule.” Mr Gardner suggested that in this field there might be as great a scope as had confronted Lord Rutherford in the atomic sphere. “Who will say there is no association between many of the ills of mankind and trace element deficiency?” he asked.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19500603.2.151
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26129, 3 June 1950, Page 8
Word Count
131TRACE ELEMENTS DEFICIENCY Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26129, 3 June 1950, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in