Farmer and Consumer

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 275, 21 November 1935, Page 6

Farmer and Consumer

“Farmers arc criticised sometimes for caring too much for what may be called show profits,” said Mr. Wilfred Roberts in a recent 8.8. C. broadcast. The shape of a pig’s ears makes no difference to the quality of the bacon. Shows have been blamed for causing too much stress to be laid on fancy points. There is something in this criticism. The test of a good sow should be the number of pigs she can rear and their size at weaning; if these things are right it docs not really matter if she has an ugly face.

And the over-fattened bullock that wins a ticket at the Christmas i'at-stoek show may not be the sort of beef you want to buy. But this only means that the standards by which stock are judged want changing and bringing into line with modern requirements. The show idea is all right; :it is the judges who arc wrong. No, not even the judges. It goes much deeper than that. The producer, the farmer, is not close enough in touch with tlie consumer. Bo many farming problems conic down to that.

Public Schools in the Dominion that are not used as polling-places on election day will be closed at neon on that day.

The city’s canine population is a large ono according to tho dog registrar’s returns, no fewer than SSO dogs of all breeds and sizes being on his books.

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In readiness for tho erection of a new four-floor block in Broadway for the A.M.P. Society, workmen aro at present engaged in tho preliminary work of demolishing tho present twostorey structure.

“Various pension payments a.re made by tho Post and Telegraph Department on tho 23rd of each month. Commencing to-morrow, Friday, such payments will bo mado on tho 22nd of the month when tlie 23rd falls on a Saturday. This will enable payments to bo spread over a full day instead of threo hours. A special early preChristmus payment of pensions will be maths on the 19t.1i December,’ 1 '