A HOSPITAL FARM

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14711, 17 September 1918, Page 8

A HOSPITAL FARM

NEW PLYMOUTH'S EXPERIENCE

In connection with the proposal of the Wellington Hospital and.. Charitable Aid Board to purchase a dairy farnj m order to secure an assured supply of good milk all the year round, the memDers of the .Special Committee have already had a number ,bf fairly suitable properties submitted to thenJL ior sale or lease. One very suitably-situated property m lhe Hutt Valley, which • may, if' properly worked, meet with the board's requirements, is to be personally inspected by the members of the Farm Committee, and they hope to have something concerning the proposed innovation to place before the next meeting of the board. The committee has been advised that the New Plymouth Hospital and Charitable Aid Board has a dairy farm under its control, which fully supplies the vequirements of the hospital and the home connected with the cjiaritnble side of its activities. The balance-sheet of the farm is exceedingly interesting m view of local eventualties. From its 17 cows the milk obtained was 13.194 gallons. Of j that quantity the . hospital took 9000 j gallons and the home 4194. Charging the institution Is per, gallon, a credit I balanco of £186 is shown on the year's ] working. Wages paid only amounted to £256. When the* report- was written tho stock consisted of 17 cows, four j heifers, and 30 pigs. ■ j

From the above figures it "will be seen that the New Plymouth Hospital and Home c/>nsume about 33 gallons a day, whilst the daily all-the-year-round requirements for the Wellington Hospital, Ohiro Home/Fever Hospital, Children's Hospital, Seddon Shelters, and Nurses' Home is 100 gallons. The New Plymouth Board is fortunate m being able to show, a- profit whilst charging itself only If per gallon. Wellington, Avithout anything to show a profit on, pays Is o.jd per gallon, plus 10 per cent, (a wartime addition). It may be arranged that a representative of tho Wellington Hospitalßoard will visit the New Plymouth Board's, farm to investigate its working, possibly 1 as a guide to the lines on which tho proposed" hospital dairy farm will be run m this district.

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