DAIRY FARMERS’ UNION

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 197, 22 July 1931, Page 4

DAIRY FARMERS’ UNION

OPIKI BRANCH. A well attended monthly meeting of the Opiki branch of the Dairy f- armera’ Union was held in the school last jreek. The president. Mr H. Seifert, occupied the chair, and opened the meeting by introducing the guest of the evening, Mr K. J. Faivcett. if.A., farm economist. Department of Agriculture. Wellington, who had kindly consented to address the members of the local branch on how the Jaw of averages works out in connection with breeding troubles and other diseases, and the deductions which could be made from this study. The facts and figures have been carefully collected from over sixteen hundred herds, in various localities.

The speaker prefaced his add ress tv j tlx a very comprehensive outline of the economic situation of the dairy industry at the present level of produce prices, adding that everything indicated the present level of prices being maintained for at least a period of years, and that the high average of prices of the previous then seasons had definitely gone for

good. A series of figures sho-sring tie amount of interest farm lands could pa y. according to production, at a range of prices from Is to 17d per pound for buiterfat, forth a number of questions from interested members of the meeting. _ Dealing -vrith the problems of disease, breeding troubles, and replacements in the

dairy - herds of the Dominion- a great deal’ox carefully compiled information from a large xnncl>er of farms and herds brought out clearly ihai tie percentage of disease -sraa not as high as ■ nstially thought and in most cases considerably letter than in other great dairying countries. 1 At the conclusion of the address the speaker replied to a number of questions. and tras asked if if tranld be possible to establish a recording group in the district. Mr Fa tree it said that

his department ironM be -very glad to enlist the co-operation of _ ibe local farmers in the mazier, as it TronMbe ; of particular interest to him, being the £rsi grout) of its kind in the I'lanatratu. The members unanimous It decided to take up the trork. The meeting closed -srith a 'joje oi thanks to the sneaker 2nd chairman