Meat Board Candidate Addresses Farmers

Northland Age, Volume XVIII, Issue 77, 8 July 1949, Page 1

Meat Board Candidate Addresses Farmers

RISE IN KILLING CHARGES Mr. R. R. Blade, Federated Farmers’ candidate in the forthcoming Meat Board Electoral College election, addressed the Sub-provincial Executive of the Federated Farmers on Tuesday, and stated that a further rise ir killing charges' granted to meat operators in respect of increased iaboui costs, and exchange rates on by-pro-ducts would cost the farmers an an nual sum of £750.000 from pool ac counts. He went on to say that in the f-ic< of figures disclosed by freezii g com panies’ balance sheets last year, the increased charge seemed unfair am completely unnecessary. Recent developments show.d tha it would be wise for the farmer b withdraw certain products from stabi lisation on falling markets, st.*e! M> Blade, instancing pelts, hides an fats.

Any increased prices should be incorporated into farmers’ schedu’e payments, continued Mr. Blade, adding that production over the past two or three years had proved that fat lamb schedules had become out of ba'ancc with those for beef and mutton. To regain the correct balance of beef and mutton, pioduction botTi for export and local consumption, con-

siderable increase in beef am] wether schedules appeared to be absolutely necessary to absorb the greater part of the recent 74 percent meat contract increases. In thanking Mr. Blade for h illuminating address, the meeting also expressed the greatest confider. -e in Mr. Blade as Federated Farmers’ candidate in the electoral college.