WOODVILLE & DISTRICT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 177, 28 June 1941, Page 8

WOODVILLE & DISTRICT

Active interest in tlie Saturday night ouelire parties held in Maharahara West School is being maintained and at the last party, .Mesdames Hancock and Lcsli.: •and Misses Hall and Sandbrook were'the winners of the first and second awards, respectively, in other sections. The next drive under the auspices ol the Southern Hawke's Bay Cull Slock Drive Association is announced to leave Danncvirke on Friday, July 4. The stock collected will be taken to the Tedding works. Over 300 head were taken in this month’s drive, the entry being considered very satisfactory for this timo of the year. When Mr E, B. Tennent, Director of Primary Production, was present at the farmers’ meeting at Danncvirke on Thursday, Mr H. S. M. Quigley, secretary of the Farmers’ Union executive, took the opportunity of enquiring about the prospect of replacing the fields instructor (Mr Holden) who luls been transferred to attend to the linen flax industry. Mr Tennant staled that there was no near prospect of a full-time appointment being made, but the appointment of an officer to share the district was Lcing considered. Mr Quigley referred to the possibility of further correspondence ensuing on the subject, and Mr Tennant promptly replied, ‘‘‘l’m certain of it 1” It was the familiarity with Mr Quigley’s dynamic driving force which sprung the spontaneous laughter which followed.

YEAR'S PRODUCTION PLAN. Addressing farming interests at Dan- ( nevirke on Thursday in connection with i the 1941-42 production plan recently announced by the Minister of Agriculture* 5 (Mr Barclay). Mr R. B. Tennant, Directs tor °f Primary Production, paid full tri- i r bute to the farmers for the way they had j j responded to last year's requirements in every respect. Britain definitely needed j t the whole of our produce, but the 1941-42 r production plan had to be adjusted to suit; fi the refrigerated space available, he pro * ceeded. The plan had three specific* ob- -» jee tires: (1) To provide what Britain ~I asked of us—wool, cheese and linen flax; j (2) to grow crops to maintain our standard of living—wheat, oats, malting barley, • seeds and maize; (3) to maintain the cur-] • rent potentialities of primary production—--1 supplementary fodder grass and clover j ♦ seeds. Britain would take all of our wool i for the duration of the war and one year | ■ after, and 160,000 tons of cheese. Linen * flax. which at present only concerned the , South Island, was required by Britain for , many uses, and the 14,000 acres of this j , year would he increased to 25,000 acres. Within a year, wo had exceeded the flax 1 . production of Northern Ireland, and the quality was exceptionally good. It was thought that there were suitable areas for : this product in (he North Island, and I trials were pending. It was expcclcd that 1 linen flax growing would al.-o he a valuable, post-war industry. Britain also wanted from 5000 to 10 000 tons of peas, for which a drive would be made iti the North Island. It was particularly desired that New Zealand ho self-supporting in wheat, and the ' objective was to sow 300,000 acres A J large quantity of oats was required for | the Army in the Middle East, and it was : i essential that last year’s acreage bo main- j ; tained. It was desired to he solf-supporl- ‘ ing in malting barley instead of import- . ing supplies. It would In- seen io that G brewers and maltsters would take their ji requirements from local growers. The re- . suit of negotiations was a rise to 4s lOld and 5s 3d for stock and stack thrashed barley respectively, while North Island grown wheat was fixed at 6s 2d. To meet t the problem of winter feed, it was essen- l tiai to have an adequate supply of seeds 1 for forage crops —swedes, turnips, rape, | carrots, mangolds sugar-beet, etc. In these 1 we must lie self supporting, and imports „ from Britain were rut oil. Due to fore- c sight, we had a surpVis of rape seed and i were able to export some to Britain. |' Small seeds, clover, grass, etc., were pro- j fitable crops, and were wanted here and i overseas. Mai/e, some of which was formerly impel tod. had been increased from j 6030 to 12,000 acres, with good results to \ the pakeha anti Maori growers as well as g to the State. Primary production councils had been criticised, hut in the main they had been a decided success, and their work - was greatly appreciated. In regard to ihe third objective, Mr Ton- 1 nent added, wo must maintain our flocks and herds in a state of productive capacity. There could be no going back in the farming indt stij Whc knew what to- g morrow would bring? Who could have said | a week ago that Russia and German 7 would Ire at war? There was no cause for pessimism in regard to the restrictions, e and New Zealand had a moral obligation *■ in regard to production. The tide was turning now, and New Zealanders could help tlie Empire and themselves by maintaining the productive condition of their farms. LATE MR~pT MCCARTHY. A well-known rc.'denf of Ballanoc, Mr ( Patrick McCarthy passed away at his re.-i----dence last Monday at the ago of S 7. He s was born in 'I ipperary, Ireland, and came to this country when a young man. Bush- ( felling and contracting occupied hi# utton- j tiou for some years, and he then went to £ Ballanoc where, 50 years ago, he took up a section of land, drawing the block upon which lie built his home, and remaining there until his death. For the last 25 2 years he had been engaged in dairy farm- a ing. Mr McCarthy did not take part in public affairs, although he was a director of the old Ballunce Valley Co-operative Dairy Company. He was married in Feiid- - ing to Miss D. M. Browne, late of County " Clare, who, with two sons, William Pat- a rick and John Joseph (both of Ballance) 11 and a daughter. Mrs A. K. Bayliss (Wai-nui-o-mata, Lower lfutt) are loft to mourn their loss. Rev. Father Cashman officiated at the interment which took place at the Ballance cemetery on Wednesday. The pall-bearers were Messrs . Jack and James O’Neil, M. Murphy, R. 11 Brotlierstonc, J. Sargent and C. Meng.