ANIMAL RESEARCH

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 February 1939, Page 8

ANIMAL RESEARCH

NEW DIVISION ESTABLISHED DR. J. E. FILMER APPOINTED DIRECTOR (United Preee Association! WELLINGTON. This Day. I The formation within the Department! of Agriculture of a new division devot- j ed solely to the prosecution of research i into animal diseases and animal pro-! duction investigations was announced at the week-end by the Minister of! Agriculture, the Hon. Lee Martin. Dr. J. F. Filmer has been appointed di-! rector of the new Division of Animal Research, and Wallaceville and Rua-j kara have been created animal research stations. “All scientific officers of the Live Stock. Fields and Chemical Divisions : that will enable Dr. Filmer to intensi- j fv the department’s activities along the • lines of animal research are to be trans-, ferred to the new division.” said the j Minister. “In addition, it will be neces- I sary to strengthen staff along pathe-! logical, genetic and animal parasite lines. “As far as Ruakara is concerned, its animal work, as an integral unit of the new division will be greatly extended and Mr P. W. Smallfield has been appointed superintendent and will devote ! the whole of his activities to the work I of the new division. “For some time I have felt that it was essential that the various more or | less unco-ordinated animal research 1 workers in my department should come | under unified control and direction, to-1 gether with a considerable strengthen- j ing of such research officers. Hence | the formation of the new division, one that should be of the very greatest service to New Zealand farming. “A feature of very great importance in the creation of the new division under unified control will be its ready ability to co-operate freely, not only with all branches of the department,! but also with other organisations prose- i outing animal research, that are not; under the control of my department.” i