THE BACON QUOTA.
EFFECTS ON TRADE. MR W. A. PHILLIPS’ OPINIONS. OFFSETTING PROBABLE LOSS. Commenting on the announcement, Mr W. A. Phillips, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Co-operative Pig Marketing Association, said that an independent and liberal quota for bacon pigs offered a satisfactory immediate alternative to a probable reduction in the porker exports, which, even on last year’s figures were substantially above the average for the previous three years. “ I sincerely hope that our vla.ryfarincrs will at once realise ihe :ital iinporianco of carrying as many as possible of their pigs to bacon weights i.c. over 1201 b. —and thus assist the Meat Board and ow Government io keep faith with the British authorities, ’’ said Mr Phillips. “Having regard to the future, it would, in my opinion, im. fatal to Ihe. industry if we failed lo produce to the absolute limit ihe number of bacon pigs provided for. 11
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19455, 20 December 1934, Page 16
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