BREEDS OF PIGS
MOVEMENT AFOOT TO LIMIT? PUBLISHED COMMENT OBJECTED TO BY DOMINION COUNCIL [United Press Association! PALMERSTON N„ This Day. Maintaining its responsibility was to give equal recognition to all breeds, the New Zealand Pig Breeders' Council decided to lodge a protest against the comment published by the superintendent of the pig industry in the ,'uly issue of the "Journal of Agriculture." in which he advocated the elimination of some of the existing breeds.
The matter was brought up when the North Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Pig Breeders’ Association forwarded a resolution drawing the attention of the parent body to the remarks published. The writer added it was felt that there was a movement afoot to limit the number of breeds of pigs in the Dominion, the inference being that eventually one breed only would be retained.
The branch expressed the opinion that no Government servant should issue remarks derogatory to any one breed unless he was able to give proof of the unsuitability of that breed to fulfil the requirements for which it had been raised.
The chairman, Mr G. S. Ross (Bay of Plenty), said it was the policy of the council to treat all breeds alike. The comment mentioned should not have appeared in the ‘Agricultural Journal.’’ The subject would have been better left alone.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 8 September 1938, Page 8
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