CASUAL FARMERS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22198, 7 December 1946, Page 6

CASUAL FARMERS

REPLY TO CIRCULAR PLANNING OF WORK VETERINARIAN'S REPORT “The results received from the ircular sent to farmers shows how inrcl it is to arrange work by asking lor the co-operation of the farmers,” ;aid the veterinarian to the Gisborne Veterinary Club. Mr, R. Crawford, last -light at a meeting of the club council when reporting that only one-eighth of 'he farmers circularised had replied to his memo. The purpose of the circular had been to give him an indication of the amount of work to expect during January, February, and March to enable him to plan his-work. Thirty replies had been received and note taken of the following work: Contagious abortion, 980. T. 8., 32; colts castrated, 5: horses’ teeth, 22; bots. 23; rams examined. 505; rams vasectomised, 1: dogs inoculated, 70; lambs drenched Phenoth, 19,800. As an indication of the casual methods of some farmers. Mr. Crawford told of a farmer he had seen on the road. The farmer stopped him and said he was not accustomed to replying to circulars, referring to the one requiring information of the services required. “I want you to do 150 heifers. Make a note of that, will you,” he said. The result had been so unsatisfactory that Mr. Crawford said he would be compelled to send out a further circular, and hoped the response would be an improvement on his last experience.