INDUSTRY IN TASMANIA
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
One of the features of the ann conferences at the recent Launceston . u 'as the decision to do something . to improv e the type of pig m the co yWhile tliere are some good P'R? j chief breeds, especially Berkshire!®nj "iorks in Tasmania, there is no gua behind them. Hence the need for recoidsJt was decided to form a branch of tne Australian Pure Hen! Book Society. . Mr. J. Mcintosh, the Victorian p g jude© said such a branch was uigen y . needed if the pig standard was to . ' raised, M r . J. T. Armstrong, Tasmaman chief dairy officer, also urged the n««* a recording system to ensure the sn g of high-producing strains. I , desirable to breed sows which would sn ? high standard of litter production, ana .it was also eminently desirable t P J attention to rapid maturing qua"™es With the marked growth of dairying j Tasmania during the last few y ea _ is considered that there should be.a o g future for tie pig industry, providing *• Properly organised,)
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21347, 23 November 1932, Page 5
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