WORTH ASSISTING

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 3

WORTH ASSISTING

: tMC-GROWtNCvIN'• . DUSTRY. , PIG.EXPERT WANTED. •••';*« can .bt;ar' the; ■ the burden oE -jusfc.on& moie qxpert," wothink '.it: sjiould be. ah 'cxper,t-.versed in the ways-of : J ;pfggy.' Thero'. are'a' quarter of' a" million pigs'; .'in New .Zealand, ;andif the evidence;.'of : some, people; bo', true,\they are mostly • mismanaged : : .- r 'thrpiigh;inexp'erience:T ;:Pbrk/is' ; admittedly a' most;profitable' crpp for a; dairyman 'to., grow, ' but;lt;' is .still, only;' a ,by-product-,• aitd, 1 ; 'as' /such;.it. has not; receiWd the*close-;and. con-. ; istallt >stuHy'that'is, -ductiqn-pf the' rlominant; product; the-milk. . ■ Uaify. farmers - profess'' to ' know -[something ' v about xows,' arid tfieir. products,-, but : tliey do ■[not'/necessarily'-profess ' : t'o' : ; liilow anything .'about"pigs,. except that,tliey are.said to pay., -,' tiacoh .factory '"managers •'are- looking -eagerly' .-for supplied,. and arcprepared- to build .up • aCgocd.-industry; that will- be a .raluablo'aa- [ junct to" dairy farming! B.ut : .they- appear to be hindered, by ignorance on "the , part of the ,pig:..raisersi ; which, is! hanlly-.-'Jikely ..tovdia-' . appear except under 'the guidance- of a • cap•■ab|e ;pig ;.expert.'.'.Possibly' among'.'-the experts'- already [ ; attached to ..the' Hon. 1 - R. .M'lNab's .Department, there already [exists a ,man : ;capable pf>undertaking' the role.' But it- appears necessary ' that , the work' should ifsa pig.expert:doe's not .'already. e?ist'-. in the, Department's; ranks, there; is. ample' work' "wftiting'ariy gentleman who may'be appointed I ,fpr -the position. He • should;.be»;f toj- make ■ a:thorough 'tour of ' ''far"mihg,territories, to' meet the f,vniers. ihdiVidually; r face to "face, 'and "talk pjg'.'.. ( t-0: them. ,'. He sho'ulcV.be' able, to,ex-, plain' tlie ; : relatires qualities', of," the different '.breeds,'.. the; relative; virtues [of; hiiyirig.; or . breeding the,young stock,' 'the';most' 'suitable: ■ arid':profitable ..ccmrses' 1 offeeding, -the best , crops to grow. to*,suppleinerit the dairy'waste, arid whether the; pigs 'should- be.housed or ' roughed ,'iii the open, and whether fattened all'. their lives or ; only "finished' off." 'How ; many farmers' kn'bw'.the [best number'-: of [pigs' ' .on 100 rgalloris [of milk per day,\ plus . t?e [crops.'[that .theyj - with; thmr ,converiierico "on .[their availtible land,' can grow? . .[How m'any ; [ know,."the . best rotation' of crops to •.grow.ifbr'i'the:;purpose.?.:; How;.many.; would lyiow, straight .off, wb.at breed, of .sows [to .go • Jjnd -biiy7< and:.what boap .'.to'.-mate' -them'^with ■flts-therfastest'?"';lf:[thq:;.far,mca , s knew.: these things,, there -would",, [no doubt, be an im- » mediate[-revival <ot.-'the' pig-rearing industry. :.. -If;the ■farmers'..bbgahvtb;.see,';,yisible;facts, that, the [loss [. involved in" their 3 present' neglect of this- by-products-would build [thein; a bnght new ;hbuse;[iri' .years, or pay off 'the 'mortgage-'in 'ten, - they.- would- begin •to turnaround ; ;and '.bless .'the Minister who appointea'[the ;experfr—and .'perhaps - also" : the • newspaper 4that/J;suggested-: him—who ■ [tnado •these-thing6'po , ssib]e.;;'Thereis;fa[me' for-the MiriisteiVf or -'Agriculture yn'^this'; riiatter; and money -fon,the- dairy' farmer, if/they can, succeed. in . persuading Him jto,'.dp/.someihing.:effeehveinthew'ay; suggested.,':Ths.'situation requires[,':-riotr.;aV,ha'phazard;';lecture: or,! [an.- Ocr casional * Departmental 7 report", -.but; a.- dowri•Tight''carapaigri'. j 'We vearliestly-, commpiid'it;