COWS AND DISEASE.
LOSSES OF FARMERS.
INSURANCE SCHEME SUGGESTED. A proposal that dairymen should found an insurance scheme to recoup themselves for tho loss of cows condemned because of tuberculosis was made by Mr. J. Parlane at a recent meeting of the Christchurch Dairymen's Association. Mr. Parlane said it was in the interests of dairymen to see that their herds wero clean and free from tuberculosis. The Department of Agriculture had done » great deal in this direction, and there were quite a. number of herds round Christchurch that had a "clean" certificate. It was a costly business to replace cows that had been condemned, said Mr. Parlane, and for that reason he suggested an insurance scheme similar to the one the butchers had for stock condemned at tho abattoirs. The Government paid half value of a dairy cow that had been condemned, and under an insurance scheme the dairyman would probably get another third, of the value. Mr. Parlane said probably a scheme would be formulated later.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20244, 2 May 1929, Page 14
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