CALF POOL ACTIVITIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 131, 6 June 1939, Page 12

CALF POOL ACTIVITIES

Reporting on the operations of the and Auckland Calf Pool Federation, Mr. W. A. Phillips, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Cooperative Pig Marketing Association, stated that while these local federations had annexed further pools, several had also been added to those administered by his association. Although as a result of these changes a reduction in the number of free or independently directed pools was indicated, the volume of calves which was available for disposal through his organisation was very satisfactory and likely to be even greater than last year. "Our association," said Mr. Phillips, "has welcomed and fostered the advent of pools, since only by the application of this principle has it been possible to pursue our activities on cooperative methods." When the New Zealand Co-operative Pig Marketing Association took over in 1933 it had handled 164,000 calves. In 1938 the association handled 237,000 calves. Mr. Phillips added that the association had spread to include every district in New Zealand with the exception of Wairarapa and Southland, in which areas calf pools had been in operation for some years past.