FARMERS’ TOPICS DISCUSSED

Taranaki Daily News, 8 August 1930, Page 6

FARMERS’ TOPICS DISCUSSED

POOR VISIBILITY ON ROADS. PRICE OF OATS IN TARANAKI. The monthly meeting of the South Taranaki executive of the Farmers’ Union was held at Hawera yesterday. Mr, E. J. Betts presided over an attendance of 13 delegates. It was decided to support the acclimatisation societies’ efforts to have the protection removed from stoats and weasels. , It was decided to forward to the local bodies concerned the following list of bends and corners with poor visibility: Skeat Road, Ball Road-Main Road junction, Auroa (near railway station), Ohangai. Road-Whakamara Road junction, Waihi Road-Glover Road jinction, Turutuni Road-Glover Road

junction, Waihi Road-South Road junction. The trouble in most cases is due to boxthorn hedges, but in the last two cases there are large signs. Mr. J. Cocker suggested that recip-rocity-could be arranged between New Zealand and . Canada for the exchange of butte?’.and timber. . Air. Cocker also advocated 'the removdl of duties on Cereals used-for -the-feeding" bf pigs. The Presbyterian Women’s Training Institute forwarded details of-its teaching system in Duifediri schools and 'asked for sympathetic assistance. The enclosed , syllabus was handed to Air. Cocker for a report. The Southland provincial secretary wrote asking for details of wharfage rates on oat to Wanganui, Patea. New Plymouth .and Waitara. He was making comprehensive inquiries as growers in Southland only got a low price for oats, while' he was informed that in the North Island, Taranaki particularly. the consumer paid an exorbitant price, which made it appear that the transport and distributing charges were the cause.

The - secretary (Mr. E. K. Cameron) reported that he had supplied the inkformation. : i Air. Cocker moved that the attention of the' Dominion executive be drawn to the fact that cattle interests had no representation .ion the Aleat Producers’ Board? On the-face of it it was grossly unfair, he said. The motion was carried.

The president reported upon the conference of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, the Sheep-owners’ Federation, the Employers’ Federation and the Counties’ Association to discuss the new taxation.

MANUTAHI DAIRY COMPANY. DIRECTORS’ ANNUAL REPORT. ' In presenting the 21st annual report "of the Alanutahi Dairy Company, the chairman, Mr. S. C. Tonks, states: — The price realised for the company’s produce shipped on open consignment has enabled the directors to make advance payments of Is 6d per lb for butter-fat supplied to the end of November, 1929, and Is 4d per lb for but-ter-fat supplied’over the - balance'of the season. The amount to the credit of the appropriation accoun’ will provide for a further payment' to suppliers, but until the balance’of the'cheese unsold is disposed of and the account sales are to hand it will not be possible to state what amount will be available for distribution. Three directors, Messrs R. S. Scown, H. Cornwall and A. F. Wills, retire by rotation. Alessrs Scown and Cornwall offer themselves for re-elec-tion, but Air. Wills does not seek reelection, as he is leaving the district. The season’s, statistics are:—■"

Milk,. 8,567,6761 b. .(increase 83,3.351 b); butter-fat, 365,492.61 b. (increase 15,268.2 lb); cheese, 914,2111 b (increase 9031 b); creamery butter,. 59,0941 b (increase 54,83Slb); whey butter, 22,2351 b (increase 67041 b); average test, . 4.26; average grade, cheese 91.955, creamery butter 92.724, whey butter 89.699. The weight of butter made from each pound of butter-fat used for the manufacture of butter was 1.225021 b, and the weight of cheese made from each pound of butter-fat used for the manufacture of cheese was 2.8661 b.

MOKOIA NOTES.

The euchre parties held by the Mokoia Hall committee continue to be well patronised. On Friday night the prizes were won by Mrs., Cornwall and Mr. F. R. Williams. Music for the dance was provided by Miss J. Lander and Mrs. Holdem. : '

Mr. and Mrs. R. Wills are now out and about again after being confined to bed with influenza.

The next function arranged by the social committee of the Alpine Club will be held to-morrow at 7.45, when Mr. L. L. White, Auckland, will show a programme of movie films. One ol these was taken by Mr. White on the occasion of the big gathering of Alpine Clubs at Dawson Falls in June. Other films will be shown depicting the Ruapehu Ski Club’s last winter sports meeting at the Chateau, the West Coast and Fox and Franz Josef Glaeiersi The club has extended a' welcome to the general public.