Farmers Denied Proven Remedies

Northern Advocate, 14 July 1949, Page 5

Farmers Denied Proven Remedies

WELLINGTON, Thu. (P.A.).— “We are not endeavouring to weaken the Stock Remedies Act or its administration, and we are convinced that the proposals we submitted will, in the long run, both strengthen the act and give fair and equitable treatment to farmers and manufacturers alike,” said Mr A. D. Boyd, president of the New Zealand Agricultural Chemical Manufacturers’ Federation, in a statement today. 1-Ie was replying to yesterday’s statement by Mr W. N. Perry, Dominion President of Federated Farmers.

"Meantime,” added Mr Boyd, “we wish to be assured that iarmors are not deprived of standard universally accepted, proven and tested remedies nor manufacturers and distributors Irom making, or selling them. “We hold no brief for quack remedies, if such exist, any more than we could expect Federated Farmers to do.” Mr Boyd said the act was welcomed by reputable manufacturers in its original form, as it ensimed undesirable and “backyard” remedies would be eliminated. CUSTOMERS PUZZLED

The act, however, he said, recently had been amended, giving wider powers to the board and resulting in over 60 remedies being refused registration for the current period, and consequently these were no longer available to farmers.

These, he added, were not back-yard remedies, but had all been previously registered under the act, and many of them were used throughout the world. “Our federation has merely protested against the refusal of the board to reregister these remedies, and asked for reasons, together - with the right of appeal which, at present, does not exist/’

Mr Boyd added that farmer-cus-tomers were puzzled by the boai’d’s attitude.