COCKSFOOT QUALITY.
The Government is- to be asked by the North Canterbury Farmers' Union to prohibit export of any but certified cocksfoot seed from New Zealand, and to insist that,- where certified cocksfoot is used in a mixture the description must be indicated on the sack. This "decision was reached at the annual conference of the union as the result of a proposal brought forward by the Banks Peninsula branch. Mr. F. G. Armstrong, in advancing the proposal, said there . was more . seed in New Zealand at the present time than the local market could absorb. Farmers were realising that certification was valuable, as it gave a guarantee of quality. Banks Peninsula had already undertaken certification. Mr. A, Fisher commended Peninsula growers for work already done in the district. New Zealand seed had a high reputation overseas.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 123, 27 May 1933, Page 16
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137COCKSFOOT QUALITY. Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 123, 27 May 1933, Page 16
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