STRONG PROTEST MADE

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1934, Page 8

STRONG PROTEST MADE

TESTING ASSOCIATION CRITICISED. FARM COMMITTEE DISCUSSION. A strong protest at methods adopted by testers of the South Taranaki HerdTesting Association in testing cows on the experimental farm at Okaiawa was made by the Waimate West experimental farm Committee at a meeting at Manaia yesterday. It was decided to write to Mr. E. M. Bardsley, secretary of the association, asking for. better consideration of the farm manager in letting him know when the testers would be on the farm. Statements were made by one or two committee members that if the consideration was not extended, they would be strongly in favour of keeping the association’s testers off■ the farm altogether. The chief complaint was that, whereas with other testing members it is customary. to inform them a day before that the tester would be paying a visit, in the case of the experimental farm information had been withheld by Mr. Bardsley until the morning of the day. on which the visit was paid. The chairman, Mr. J. M. Smith, said it appeared to .be a slur on the manager, Mr. A. G. Patterson. After considerable discussion it was decided that the association secretary be asked to inform Mr. Patterson of a visit by the tester with as much time as in the case of other testing members of the association.