AUCKLAND FARMERS' UNION

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15096, 12 September 1912, Page 4

AUCKLAND FARMERS' UNION

THE SALE OF DAIRY COWS.

ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATION'

The Auckland provincial executive of the' New Zealand Farmers' Union met vesterday in tho office of the secretary (M r Sclimitt). There were present: Major Lufik (president), Captain Colbeck (Maim rewa), and Messrs. J. E. IMaksril) (Waiuku), J. Boddie (To Kuiti), Hoes (Waerenga), J. 11. Hamilton (Buck*, land), R. D. Duxfield (Huritua), S. g'' Jodd (Otau), J. Albrecht (Waiuku), _\ \ Bowler (Matamata), J. Flanagan (Dru'rCi' C. M. Banks, and A. I). ]oil. An exhaustive report of the proceeding of the recent Dominion conference of farmers at Wellington was presented h the chairman and "Captain Colbeck. Th work done at the conference was stated f" bo on the whole is factor.-. Votes of thanks wore passed to the chairman and Captain Colbeck for their work as delegates at the conference.

A complaint was received from t.i lß Cleveuon branch in respect to the aliened misrepresentation of tho condition of da in, cows sold at auction sales. It was state! that it was hardly safe to buy a cow said to bo in calf, as many empty cows'were represented as being in calf. Cows vera also .sold that were not sound.

. Mr. Boddie said that tho misrepresents t'on referred to would be serious to'thosa people just starting in dairying and know ing comparatively little about cows, jv* perienced dairy farmers, however woni,? not bo deceived. 1 oU ' d Mr. Dux field suggested that unsound cows should be marked at sales' Of course, a guarantee could not bo'riven that a cow would corno in at a cerfiin time. 1

lho chairman advocated that uniform action should be taken, on the part of tha auctioneers in providing a remedy for th« complaints made. On the chairman's motion tho matter was referred to tha Advisory Committee. 1 A letter was received from tho Bombay branch urging the executive to move in the matter of inducing; auctioneers to re due© what was termed the excessive: : charges of commission. From the Mauk" branch a remit was received urging'that a farmers' co-operative auctioneering company he formed in the Lower Waikato" Both matters were left in the hands of Messrs. Flanagan. Mai-gill. Bell, andHamilton, to go into thoroughly and'reporb to the executive. 1

The Dominion secretary forwarded details of a _ proposal to " form a seed-' growers' association, each member of which,' would carry out an experiment each year in connection with tho growing of now seeds. By this means, it was held im.'' mense good would be done. The matter ' it was decided z will be considered at a future meeting. The executive recently sent a letter to? tho Governor expressing regret at hia ? ' approaching departure from New Zealand ; Lord Islington has sent a, reply in appreciation of the kind wishes of the various branches of the union to himself and Ladv Islington. -