Farmers Want Preview Of Addington Entries

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30156, 13 June 1963, Page 11

Farmers Want Preview Of Addington Entries

Farmers will approach the North Canterbury Stock and Station Agents’ Association to discuss improvements to tne S° re ® hee P section of the "ee«ly Addington market. A summary of the total store sheep yarding the day before or on the morning of the sale !* sought, as well as the labelling of the store stock pens with the vendor’s name an d the number of stock. This decision was reached by the executive committee of the meat and wool sect.on of North Canterbury federated Farmers yesterday, it also decided to approach the newspapers to ask whether ail advertisements about stuck for the Addington sale could be grouped. Moving a remit from the Cheviot branch which asked for the summary of store stock entries, Mr P. D H Bush said it would show farmers whether there was going to be a short or flooded market. Several members said that such an estimate could allow .armers, if there was a short yarding, to rush stock in at the last minute and cause a sudden switch to a flooded market. If a summary was provided, either by radio or newspaper, it would enable farmers who did not frequently attend Addington and had to travel considerable distance, to know whether the journey was warranted. This could work the other way with the buyers, Mr G. R. Gould (Amuri) said, and if there was a short yarding they could stay away. In Melbourne and in places in other countries such estimates were given without causing any detrimental effect, said Mr T. G. Maxwell (Omihi). The chairman (Mr R E. Hiatt) suggested that the stock firms could be asked to compile a list of the total entries and forward them to iocal agents for farmers’ information The more information that was available to both the buyer and the seller, the greater the stability of the market, Mr C. G. Robinson • Dunsandel) commented. The remit was carried Labelling Pens For persons who did not attend Addington pach week, the labelling of stock pens, especially in the store classes, would be a great help, said Mr Bush, moving the matter be taken up with the stock firms. Seconding the motion, the other Cheviot delegate, Mr R. C. Webb, said it was a forward move and could also be a chance to try to do something about footrot control. Some years ago, labelling

of pens bad been normal practice, but in recent times it appeared to have lapsed said Mr S. McG. Wood (Ohoka). Messrs Bush and Webb were appointed a sub-com-mittee to meet the agents. Meat Quotations A request to the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board that it publish the Imported Meat Traders’ Association weekly report from London, will also be made. A remit to this effect from the Sefton branch was adopted. Members Co-opted Messrs C. Hilgendorf (Meat Board), H. C Bethell (Wool Board) and J. F. G. Blakely, a former North Canterbury president, were co-opted as members of the section.

The vice-chairman (Mr W. N. Dunlop i and Mr J. C. Ingold (Ellesmere) were nominated as the section delegates of the Canterbury Shearing and Woolhandling Competition Committee.