POOL FOR BOBBY CALVES

Evening Star, Issue 22975, 4 June 1938, Page 9

POOL FOR BOBBY CALVES

GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED (Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 3. . In a statement to-day the Minister in Charge of Marketing (Mr W. Nash) announced it was the intention of the Government to afford every possible protection to the voluntarily formed bobby calf pools during the coming season. “A vote of all dairy farmers was taken towards the end of March on the issue of the formation of compulsory pools embracing the whole of the Dominion, and under the protection of the Dairy Board,” said Mr Nash. “The result of this vote, however, was inconclusive, as certain districts appeared to favour the proposal while definite opposition was registered in other districts. At the same time, the Government desires to be of assistance to this important branch of the dairying industry and, accordingly, I arranged to discuss the matter with the New Zealand Dairy Board and was hopeful that some method of co-operation in giving assistance to the voluntary pools could be carried out in conjunction with my department. The Dairy Board was of the opinion that, as the season was so far advanced, little good could be gained by giving assistance at such a late period. “ I have therefore arranged that the Internal Marketing Division will be given the necessary authority to enable it to give protection in any defined area in which at least 80 per cent, of the producers give written evidence of their desire to form a voluntary pool for bobby calves. In such circumstances, it will be possible to introduce a regulation making it obligatory for all producers within the area which is defined to market their calves only through the local pool committee which the farmers themselves will elect. I wish to make it clear that, only as representations are made to the Government, will the Internal Marketing Division be instructed to give the necessary supervisionary interest that the calf pools themselves would require. All applications for protection should be sent in as soon as possible, together with written evidence shoeing that at least 80 per cent, of the producers have agreed to support the voluntary pool principle.