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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18641, 20 May 1932, Page 6

A Sideline. —More and more people arc turning to poultry-keeping as a sideline to assist them in carrying on over the diftieuil period, for the reason • Imt |lie price of eggs lias not been effected to llic same extent as that of other primary products, said llic secretary of Hie New Zealand Poultry Assi>i-i;i 1 ion (Mr .1. N. .Mcl.ean;, speaking in Clirislelmreh. Farmers, farmers' wives in particular, and suburban residents, were contributing lo ihis stale of affairs. Under existing conditions no seelion of poultrykeepers was exploited to the same extent as the. tanners, and this could continue until all poultry-keepers who marketed eggs were protecled mil assisted by incorporation in one solid organisation. special legislation had been enacted to assist, practically all primary industries, with Hie exception of the poultry Industry.