FARMERS PLAN FOR MORE PRODUCTION

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 239, 4 July 1940, Page 5

FARMERS PLAN FOR MORE PRODUCTION

Hawke’s Bay Meeting

WOOL, CHEESE AND

BACON FIRST

Larger Areas In Grain

Dominion Special Service. HASTINGS, July 3. Plans for increasing production on

Hawke’s Bay farms were discussed at. a meeting of farmers which was called as a result of a similar gathering addressed about 10 days ago by Mr. Polson, M.P. Au organization on the lines suggested by Mr. Polson was discussed, and committees were appointed to bring before individual farmers the urgent need for increased production in whatever direction their areas were best suited and to sift out other information. . Mr. C. Marchant, a membci oL the Dairy Board, said it was felt that: a rapid expansion of cheese produetio was necessary, and . the only way to do that was to transfer milk at piesent sent in to butter factories into cheese manufacture, borne 10 days the British Government had asked New Zealand to increase the output of cheese by at least. .15,000 tons, and up to as much as 30,000 tons. At present only about one-fifth of New Zealand's milk supplies went into cheese production. Output of Bacon. Mr. Marchant appealed to. dairyfarmers to pull their full weight in efforts to increase the - 10,000 tons, which meant about 100,000 frci-dit carcases. He referred to the facUhat the Hawke's Bay District had been asked to grow 10,000 acres of barley during the coming season .k--producers, he said, were asked t( ? br about a substantial increase in the "’gj” O. C. said the requirements for I J , " ca6e t J nrimarv production allocated to Hawke’s Bay for thei coming season were 10,000 acres of barley, 10,000 acres of grass-seed, and 1000 acres o ITUlize. , . f <-T7 TTnrOn the suggestion ol Mi. \V. uai tree it was decided to recommend the m'ina"einent committee to investigate the -practicability of utilizing an area on Ahuriri lagoon for barley growing. It was stated that, though there was no wish to regiment farmers, powers of compulsion would be iniokcd if farmers failed to meet the ‘ mauds for increased production. It i no one’s wish to force farmers to do anything,” said Mr. Marchant. It your duty to do it, but bufortunately there are some people who do not realize their .duty.” Order of Preference. Speaking of the order of preference for the production, of farm produce outlined by Mr. Bolson which placed e""s at the top 01. the list, Mi. Lesley said the order since released to the Dairy Board was wool, cheese and bacon, with beef, mutton and him , m equal degrees of urgency, with prfci <iU Mr. t Begley criticized suggestions that the drive for increased primary production could be most, efficiently organized through the county comic Si ch a suggestion, he said, was not ptactic able, and would .be unfair to ridiib, members, who already a mendous amount, of work. Theie w the organization set up at the outbreak for councils of primary production Mr Begley referred to a scheme recently put forward by Mr. J. B. Campbell, 'which provided for the formation of 'i Department of Production. J -hat / 7„Li vir Tte"lev. a means ot meant, said Mr. ise ß iej, < centralization ot control by the Min ister arid a. department which could not have a knowledge of farming ami its requiremou -; as sound as that o U 1 The" meet ii. . ..■rided to take steps to employ a full-time organizer.