DOES PIG-RAISING PAY?

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1929, Page 10

DOES PIG-RAISING PAY?

• • • THE COST OF “TOPPING OFF.” QUALITY NOT ENCOURAGED. “Fishiness in pork” sounds rather con-, tradictory, yet the Stratford sub-pro-vincial executive of the Farmers’ Union spent some time at its Saturday’s meeting discussing this factor in growing pork for export. The matter was introduced in a report from the North Taranaki executive, whereupon Mr. T. T. Murray (Toko) said that the sooner buyers of pork and bacon paid on a quality basis the sooner would a better article appear on the market. • “At the present time,” he said, “pigs are bought on weight, irrespective of quality, and there is no encouragement to top off a pig with grain.” It was, he said, a matter for co-operation as between buyer and farmer. The chairman referred to investigations in progress at Massey College, where farmers were advised to feed pigs over the last five weeks on hard food. That would eliminate the fishiness complained of at Home. A type of ham known colloquially as “horse pod” was recommended by Mr. z J. Woods (Huiroa) as being a fine food for “topping off” pigs. The secretary: I have tried them but they all got the blight. Mr. Woods: Well, try planting in the. autumn instead of the spring. Then you will be successful. The chairman said the ’base , of the trouble was that the price paid was not commensurate with the cost of production, especially if the pig was to be fed on grain. A discussion took place on the subject of wheat duties and the adulteration of pig foods, Mr. Hunt urging farmers when they bought pig foods to see tluit they got what, they were entitled to. No motion was before the meeting and after further discussion the matter was dropped, but members stressed the desirability of pork, being paid for according to quality rather than weight alone. ELTHAM QUARTERLY RETURNS Following are the quarterly returns of the Elthani Magistrate’s Court for the quarter ending September 30, the figures in parentheses being those of the' corresponding quarter in 1928: ; Civil summonses issued, 35 (60); amounts sued for, £622 Is 5d ( £1320 ss); judgment summonses issued, 10 (9); distress warrants issued, 1 (0); ’warrants of committal, 1 (0); summonses served by bailiff, 89 (112); summonses served by registered post, 5 (6); warrants executed by bailiff, 5 (0); civil fees collected, £2s* 19s (£9 3s); fines paid, £202 5s ( £2B 10s); licensing fees paid, £5 2s (£3 3s); sittings before magistrate, 8 (7); sittings before justices, 5 (7); criminal cases, 107 (106);-fines payable to local bodies, Eltham Borough Council £25 10s, Eltham County Council £7 15s. Hawera Acclimatisation Society £2O, Main Highways £33: Following are the returns for the Opunake Court: Civil summonses issued, 43; amount sued for, £928 5s Id; judgment summonses issued, 9; distress warrants issued, 0; summonses served by bailiff, 82; summonses served by registered post, 4; civil fees paid, £5O 2s; criminal fees paid, £lO 10s; fines paid. £2O ss; sittings before magistrate, 3; sittings before justices, 3; criminal cases heard, 36. KING’S THEATRE, STRATFORD. “BLINDFOLD.” Admirers of winsome Lois Moran, who saw her play a slightly sophisticated role in “Shaip Shooters,” will have an opportunity to see her go the limit as a pampered little coquette who has become the dupe of a gang of high-class jewellery thieves. She comes to’ the King’s Theatre to-night in the Fox production “Blindford.” In this picture she is a plain little news-writer in the beginning of the story. Later she suffers a terrific mental shock and becomes the victim of amnesia. Crooks take advantage of her mental condition and make her think she is one of them. . They dress her in expensive gowns and jewels, rent a swanky apartment for her and use her to lure trays of expensive jewellery to her abode. How she does step, in all her gorgeous array, while m that condition. It undoubtedly is Miss Moran’s best role to date, not exceptiug even her part in “Stella Dallas.” Otheis in the cast of this Charles Francis Coe story are George O’Brien, Earle Foxe, I Fritz Feld, Maria Alba, Don Terry, Craufurd Kent, Robert Homans and John Kelly.