COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1066, 12 July 1917, Page 11

COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE

CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON. Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 12. The annual conference of the New I Zealand Council of Agriculture opened I to-day, when addresses were given by I the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald and Sir | Joseph Ward. Mr Massey was not pre-i ! sent, owing to a family bereavement. | j Referring to finance, Sir Joseph Ward i remarked that the Government had an I enormous task to provide for this year, I land if the war continued there would Ibe a greater burden next year. But he I did not think the war would go on to I next year; still there must be some ad- ! justments made. The Hon. \V. I). S. Mac Donald, referring to the shipping problem, assured his hearers that the position was really ! very acute, but there was now an im . provemeuts which would enable proI ducers to get produce away. It was our duty now to increase production, and he hoped that legislation would be brought in this session to help small men to produce more. The farming eom--1 munity was asking the Government to I have examined phosphate and other (rocks for mammal purposes, but he' i would remind them that there was now j but one man available to do the work. ! There was a world shortage of experts, I and New Zealand should train its own. I Regarding wool, he believed it would be disposed of next season on the present conditions. The president then gave his retiring j address dealing with several subjects.