The Hawera Star. SATURDAY JULY 5, 1924. ORGANISING PRIMARY INDUSTRIES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 July 1924, Page 4

The Hawera Star.

SATURDAY JULY 5, 1924. ORGANISING PRIMARY INDUSTRIES.

Delivered every evening Dy & o’clock in Hawera Manaia, Okaiawa, Eltham, Mangatoki, Kaponga. Awatuna, Opunake, Otakeho Manutahi, Alton, Hurleyville, Patea, Waverley, Mokoia, Whakamara, Ohaugai, Meremere, Fraser Road, and Ararata.

The time when haphazard methods of production were employed is rapidly passing, and throughout the civilised world various industries are being placed upon a better commercial basis. What are known as secondary industries have been better managed and controlled than the primary industries, mainly, we snppo.se, because >n secondary industries concentration is possible in a way that is impossible, with primary industries. Each secondary industry is, as a rule, confined to one or two cities in a country, whereas in the case of a primary industry miles of territory separate the people engaged in it. It has therefore been much more difficult to organise primary production upon a satisfactory basis and to control it by modern commercial methods, and, as farmers know, the lack of effective organisation has resulted in losses which can ill be afforded, especially in these days when land is so dear. In many directions improvements have been effected in the dairying industry. The attention paid to pasture, breeding, testing, quality of the product, management of factories, cropping, manuring, milking sheds, and winter feed has brought rewards to the producers and enabled New Zealand to reach a veiy high place on the London markets, but leading men in the industry are convinced that greater results can be obtained by carrying organisation further, and it is with this object in view that the Dairy Control Board has been established and the necessary legislation passed to bring the scheme into operation. Another important move was made this week, when 'representatives of South Taranaki dairy companies met in Hawera and discussed the question of federation, which will be further dealt with at a meeting in tho near future. People outside of the industry are hardly in a position to advise producers on the questions involved, but called upon to criticise or advise producers on the questions involved, but if a, country like Denmark, which is not richly blessed by Nature, can by organisation reach such a prominent position, New Zealand should be able to improve her position by organisation suitable to conditions prevailing in this country. The production of a first grade article twelve thousand miles from the country of consumption is not alone and where such a valuable industry is concerned it is in the interest of the whole nation that efforts be made to secure the best returns from it. Connected with the industry are many men with a good commercial knowledge and with business acumen, which, added to their close association with the producers, place them in a position to analyse accurately proposals for improved organisation, and their statements and decisions merit the attention of all farmers. We believe that these men are doing their best in the movements in which so much interest is being taken by producers, and it is to he hoped that the schemes which are to take effect in the near future will prove very successful and lead to the elimination of most, if not all, of the difficulties which in the past have worried farmers so much, and which have meant a great difference to the individual, and in the aggregate a loss of many thousands of pounds to the Dominion. It is encouraging to find that leading men in the dairying industry are very keen to effect improvements, and it is reasonable to expect that such honest endeavour will bring its rewards.