FACIAL ECZEMA WARNINGS

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28445, 27 November 1957, Page 18

FACIAL ECZEMA WARNINGS

Committees Formed In North (New Zealand Press Association) WANGANUI. November 26. Facial eczema committees are being set up at Wanganui. Taihape and Raetihi to study weather and temperature conditions and endeavour to warn farmers when an outbreak of the disease might occur. Experts of the Department of Agriculture will combine with farmer members to form the committees and the Wanganui committee will include representation from the Marton area. The location of the committees will mean that they will cover the coastal belt, the hill country inland from the coast and the higher Waimarino plain area. Departmental approaches have been along the line of watching certain variations of temperature from the average of those at the corresponding times in the previous 10 years. Wanganui farmers have developed a study of-the correlation of the minimum grass temperature and the maximum air temperature. Both theories have been essentially tied to weather conditions which produce lush growth after a drier spell. The Wanganui committee is expected to continue the studies instituted by the farmers, along with other approaches to the problem.

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