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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 78, Issue 5, 16 May 1949, Page 504

Pig Broadcasts UNDER the auspices of District Pig Councils broadcasts will be delivered in June as follows: — Auckland—lYA, on June 28, at 12.35 p.m., “Preservation of Skim-milk Curd for Pig Feeding,” by H. H. Preston, Supervisor, Northland District Pig Council. Napier—2YZ, on June 10, at 7.15 p.m., “The Case for the Pedigree Pig,” by H. A. Hopkins, Supervisor, Taira District Pig Council. Dunedin and Invercargill—4YA and 4YZ, on June 13, at 7.15 p.m., “Sound Feeding Methods,” by N. Macdonald, Supervisor, Otago and Southland District Pig Council. Rabbit Skin Levy Raised AN increase in the rate of levy on rabbit skins produced and sold in New Zealand was announced recently by the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. E. L. Cullen.'■ The new levy is 20 per cent., a rise of 10 per cent., and will be effective for the 12 months beginning on June 1, 1949. The Minister said the increase had been fixed on the recommendation of the Rabbit Destruction Council, and in view of the fact that the levy was payable , only ’at the time of auction or on direct sale to the. wholesale trader, buyers were being given due notice of the increase. The rate of levy is based on the full market value of the skins and the new rate would apply up to and including May 31, 1950.