FARMERS' FINANCES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21943, 29 October 1934, Page 12

FARMERS' FINANCES

Sir, —Members of the Government reior gravely to the serious financial position of farmers, but instead of doing anything immediately to relieve it., introduce rush legislation, providing for a new dairy board, methods of marketing and improving the quality of produce, all of which —however excellent they may be in theory—can do nothing to relieve our present necessities. Ha ving done this before the industry has had time seriously to consider the proposals, the Government calmly proceeds to leave us to struggle i:i the financial mire until next February. Why the indecent haste to close the session so sooni' So iar as the actual report of the commission is concerned, how do we know that the new dairy board will bo any better than the old one, how do w« know that T.8.-free butter will sell any better than the present article if it is not advertised and marketed properly ? Further, nil army of dairy instructors sitting all day in the cowshed will not make some farmers adopt hygienic and- cleanly methods of dairying. Finally, all the recommendations instead of immediately financially assisting farmers involve further heavy expenditure, and those who looked forward to the Dairy Commission's report with hope are once more plunged back into tho slough of despond. Maukti. 11. F. Haycock.