DAIRY CATTLE
•: lIORT AGE OF FEED »'SES IN SOUTHLAND | Per Press Association. | INVERCARGILL. Sept. 27. Ihe seriousness of the situation faced by Southland dairy farmers, as . result of shortage of feed, due Io the late spring was revealed in a dis cussion by the Farmers’ Union. One estimate placed the losses in dairy rows in the area between Mat aura and the sea coast at over one thousand, t he intake had dropped in some dairy ‘factories to half and others had not yet opened. In some cases ihe loss amounts to 50 per cent. The position was attribute*! to the dry last season and lack of nourishment in a lot of turnip crops. The meeting resolved that step- be taken to obtain an immediate rebate on railway freight on pressed hay from Canterbury to feed dairy stock and that the matter be taken direct Io the Prime Minister and the Southland member of Parliament.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 228, 28 September 1935, Page 8
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