VIEWS OF FARMERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22269, 23 May 1934, Page 11

VIEWS OF FARMERS

GRADING OF PRODUCE A SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS. (Pee United Press Association.) HAWERA, May 22. A proposal that all dairy produce for home consumption should be subject to Government grading on the same lines as produce sent overseas was almost unanimously adopted at the-annual conference of the South Taranaki Farmers’ Union to-day. A further remit that all premises from which milk’ or cream for the manufacture of dairy produce is supplied should be registered in the same manner as those for the town supply was overwhelmingly defeated. Support was given to a remit to the effect that the Minister of Agriculture be urged to increase the number of officers in the live stock division, the curtailment of such services at the present time being regarded as false economy. It was also decided to ask the Minister to instruct officers to be in attendance at all stock sales. A remit that all meat sold for human consumption should be subject to inspection and stamped accordingly was lost. Several delegates expressed the opinion that if the department-.adopted the suggestion the farmers tliemselves Would be the persons most affected, and would not be able to sell meat to their neighbours unless an inspection were made. - . A remit that regulations should be gazetted setting a definite standard of quality for pollard and meat and bone meals was adopted.

A suggestion that the Government should be urged to introduce a Bill to conduct a State lottery was lost by the narrow margin of two votes.