PRIMARY PRODUCTION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26040, 2 January 1946, Page 6

PRIMARY PRODUCTION

COUNCILS’ WARTIME WORK MINISTER EXPRESSES THANKS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 31. Letters have been sent by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr B. Roberts, to the 37 Primary Production Councils thanking them for their “ generous and faithful” work. The councils were established during the war to assist in the promotion of food production. They will cease to operate after March 31, the Minister having decided on this course as the result of a request by the Dominion Executive of the Farmers’ Union that they should be closed dbwn. After referring to the early return of his department to its former strength, Mr Roberts said he hoped' that before long community centres and rural cooperative activities would be a major part of their work in rural districts. He commended the encouragement of Young Farmers’ Club activities to all the members of the council. He added tha! during his term of office he had looked on the members of the Primary Prod’ ction Councils as generally being the cream of the farm leaders in the cc mu. unity.