FARMERS' CONFERENCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16279, 12 July 1916, Page 9

FARMERS' CONFERENCE

! ♦- ■ j THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. | PRODUCE AND WAR PRICES. I j [BT (TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION*.] I WELLINGTON. Tuesday. The annual conference of agricultural I and pastoral associations opened to-day. j In his presidential address Mr. W. Perry I stated that the commandeering and fixing fj of the price of meat had worked very > ' satisfactorily, but the same could not be ' . said of wheat and chaff. Producers should ! :be well satisfied with the result of Go--1 vernment action to secure adequate shipping. One of the biggest problems was , : that of absorbing into the most fitting • occupations returned soldiers. He hoped '_ . the conference would be strongly in svm[pa thy in securing good land" "for every soldier capable of working it. i The Minister for Agriculture also ad- ' dressed the conference.. He said fresh , legislation this year was out of the quesi tion. The necessary production should be kept high, and consequently the Department was prepared to give every advice to the man on the land. i Mr. \Y. I). Hunt, Southland, was : elected president. The following remits wore adopted — That it should bo notified in countries ; where New Zealand stock is sold that no stock should be recognised *s studs unless ' accompanied hy a certificate from a Breeders' Association or Stud-book authorities. That the branding of lambs should he permitted up to nine months' old. instead of being compulsory within six months, as ' now. i That at each high school there should , be a small area of land suitable for farm ; experimental work, and that a science j master should be attached to such school Ito supervise the agricultural education of : scholars and work in conjunction with the j Department of Agriculture. ] That it, be a recommendation to the ■ various sheepbreeder?' associations of New .Zealand to have all sheep for sport care- . fully inspected and approved of as being ; typical of the particular breed. ; The following remit was defeated :— | That this conference is of opinion that the tare on woo] should he abolished, and that farmers should he raid for actual weight delivered. The mover. Mr. Be:.ven, of .Amuri. said that £75.000 a year was being taken from the pockets of the farmers by way of the tare on wool. j