District Committees for Facial Eczema Warnings

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 95, Issue 6, 16 December 1957, Page 563

District Committees for Facial Eczema Warnings

THE Department of Agriculture's field advisory work for facial eczema control has been reorganised and field officers of both the Animal Industry and Extension Divisions, in co-operation with farmers, will carry out the work in future on a district basis. This article enumerates North Island districts, the constitution of local committees, and the radio stations and newspapers through which warning advice will be issued.

METHODS for the control of facial eczema are fully described in the Department’s Bulletin No. 383, “Losses from Facial Eczema Can be Prevented”, which all North Island livestock farmers should study. Facial eczema advisory committees, consisting, of officers of the Animal Industry and Extension Divisions and local farmers, have been set up to carry out advisory work so that farmers may be fully informed on control measures, to issue warnings when seasonal conditions are likely to favour facial eczema outbreaks, and to issue advice at critical periods when immediate action is required to safeguard flocks and herds. Farmers should discuss any individual or local problems with the officers of their district committees. In the list below only the names of Departmental officers on each committee are given, but arrangements are being made to add two or more farmers to each committee so that adequate district advisory services are secured. Final details of the constitution of each committee and local advisory information will be given in the newspapers and through the radio stations enumerated for each district. In each section of the following list the members of the district committee are given first, the counties covered by the committee second, the radio stations serving the district third, and the newspapers circulating in the area fourth. The designations of Departmental officers have been abbreviated as follows: Livestock Instructor, L. 1.; Instructor in Agriculture, LA.; Veterinarian, V.; Fields Instructor, F.I.

J. A. Smith, L.I. II G. B. Halliwell, I.A. IXN Whangarei IYA Auckland W. J. Burns, I.A. IXN Whangarei C. Ensor, V. R. S. M. Mason, L.I. C. E. Ballinger, I.A. IXN Whangarei * G. T. McNally, L.I. W. B. Wards, F.I. IXN Whangarei IYA Auckland

Mangonui North Hokianga "Northern Advocate” "New Zealand Herald” Bay of Islands South Hokianga Whangaroa “Northern Advocate” "New Zealand Herald” Whangarei “Northern Advocate” “New Zealand Herald” Hobson West Otamatea "New Zealand Herald” “Northland Times”

W. J. Finch, L.I. C. M. Biick, F.I. IYA Auckland IZB Auckland KSrw'Mw I®! SI PjHjgy G. Wallace, V. N. D. Harrison, L.I. G. Haddow, I.A. IYA Auckland IZB Auckland . G. Durham, ■ V. . A. M. Doggett, L.I, D. M. Merry, I. A. ■ IYA Auckland IZB Auckland

Rodney East Otamatea “New Zealand Herald’’ Waitemata “New Zealand Herald’’ » South Franklin “New Zealand Herald’’

.A. Fisher, V. E. Nelson, L.I. H. McM. Bull, I. A. IYA Auckland IZB Auckland W. L. Stringer, L.I. G. L. Banfield, I.A. IYA Auckland I. S. McLaren, L.I. G. L. Banfield, I.A. IYA Auckland ' G. R. Mackintosh, L.I. J. R. Murray, I.A. IXH Hamilton L. P. Wells, L.I. S. D. Clay, I.A. IXH Hamilton IYZ Rotorua M. B. McKenzie, L.I. A. V. Allo, I.A. IYA Auckland IYZ Rotorua A. Crabb, L.I. B. A. Gunning, I.A. IXH Hamilton IYZ Rotorua iwfwiwfr , J. R. Tocker, L.I. M. G. Boyer, I.A. IXII Hamilton G. Kent, L.I. W. L. Osborne, I.A. . IXII Hamilton F. G. Sherwood, L.I. W. V. Brandford, F.I. . IYA Auckland

Manukau North Franklin “New Zealand Herald” Coromandel Thames "New Zealand Herald” Ohinemuri Hauraki Plains “New Zealand Herald” "Hauraki Plains Gazette” “Thames Star” Waikato Raglan North Waipa. “Waikato Times”. "New Zealand Herald'’ Piako .“New Zealand Herald” Tauranga “Bay of Plenty Times” “New Zealand Herald” Part Matamata “New Zealand Herald” South Waipa Part Otorohanga “New Zealand Herald” Waitomo • Part Otorohanga “New Zealand Herald”. Taumarunui (now includes Kaitieke and Ohura) “Taranaki Daily News” “New Zealand Herald”

A. G. W. Stevens, L.I. C. 11. Taylor, I.A. IYZ. Rotorua SOSSSSM' E. 0. Pedersen, L.I. S. R. Hewitt, I.A. IYZ Rotorua K. G. B. Wilson, L.I. S. R. Hewitt, I.A. IYZ Rotorua R. E. Alexander, V. E. : B. Smythe, L.I. H. de O. Chamberlain, I.A. R. Whitehead, E.I. 2XG Gisborne owaggb B. L. Grindell, L.I. E. C. Ayson, I.A. . 2YZ Napier . 2XG Gisborne . ,1. J. Byrne, V. J. G. Niccol, L.I. F. H. Collin, I.A. 2YZ Napier 2ZC Hastings A. J. White, L.I. A. K. Booth, I.A. . ■ 2XA Wanganui 2ZA Palmerston North 2YA Wellington OB* A. .1. White, L.I. G. R. Moss, I.A. 2XA Wanganui ■ . 2YA Wellington A. R. Murdoch, L.I. S. H. Henry, I.A. 2XP New Plymouth

Taupo “Rotorua Tost’’ ' . • “New Zealand Herald” Whakatane “New Zealand Herald” Part Opotiki Mataroa “New Zealand Herald” Cook Uawa Waikohu Waiapu ' Matakaoa “Gisborne Herald” Wairoa . “Gisborne Herald” “Daily Telegraph” (Napier) “Wairoa Star” . Hawke’s Bay Part Waipawa Part Patangata “Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune” "Daily Telegraph” (Napier). Rangitikei “Wanganui Chronicle” "Dominion” Waimarino Parts Wanganui and Rangitikei "Wanganui. Chronicle” “Taranaki Daily News” ; Stratford Part Eltham Part Inglewood “Taranaki Daily News” "Taranaki Herald”

J. H. MacDonald, V. R. J. Maclntyre, L.I. A. C. Burgess, I.A. 2XP New Plymouth. MW .J. N. Spooner, L.I. B. A. J. Smith, F.I. 2XA Wanganui 2YA Wellington - S, Jamieson, V. J. F. Munting, L.I. A. A. Duncan, I.A. 2XA Wanganui 2YA Wellington H. 0. Mackley, L.I. C. J. Christie, I.A. 2ZA Palmerston North 2XA Wanganui 2YA Wellington

Clifton . Taranaki Part Inglewood Part Egmont “Taranaki Daily News” “Taranaki Herald” Hawera Waimate West . Part Eltham Part Egmont Part Patea “Taranaki Daily News” “Taranaki Herald” “Hawera Star” . Waitotara Wanganui Part Patea Part Rangitikei “Wanganui Chronicle” . “Wanganui Herald” “Dominion” Kiwitea Pohangina Part Oroua Part Rangitikei ' “Manawatu Evening Standard” “Times” (Palmerston North) “Wanganui Chronicle” “Wanganui Herald” "Dominion

fIIFMWfr C. R. M. Jones, L.I. L. W. Blackmore, I.A. 2YZ Napier 2ZC Hastings 2ZA Palmerston North G. T. Williamson, V. D. R. Thomson, L.I. . J. A. Graham, F.I. 2ZA Palmerston North 2YA Wellington J. P. MacMillan, V. R. G. Gill, L.I. J. M. Hopkins, I.A. 2ZA Palmerston North 2YA Wellington J. Mullins, V. G. F. L. Hudson, L.I. ■ F. G. Spite, I.A. YA Wellington HSEBHW P. M. Flodin, V. ” F. P. Doogan, L.I. D. I. Glue, I.A. YA Wellington

Pahiatua Woodville Akitio - . Dannevirke Waipawa Waipukurau Part Patangata . “Daily Telegraph” (Napier) ‘‘Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune” “Central Hawke’s Bay Press” (Waipukurau) “Dannevirke Evening News” “Times” (Palmerston North) ► Manawatu Part Horowhenua Part Oroua Kairanga » “Times” (Palmerston North) “Manawatu Evening Standard” “Dominion” Horowhenua ■ (south of Manawatu River) Part Hutt “Chronicle” (Levin) “Dominion” Featherston Wairarapa South Masterton Castlepoint Mauriceville Eketahuna “Wairarapa Times-Age” “Dominion” Makara , Part Hutt “Dominion” “Evening Post”

B.Agr. Degree to be Introduced

ANEW agricultural degree, Bachelor of Agriculture (B.Agr. and B.Agr. (Hort.)), is to be introduced by the University of New Zealand next year. It will be additional to the existing degrees of B.Agr.Sc., B.Agr.Sc. (Hort.), and B.Agr.Sc. (Dairy Tech.). The course for the new degree will extend over only 3 years instead of the 4 years necessary for the present agricultural degrees. In future the first year of any of the agricultural degree courses may be taken at either an agricultural college or one of the universities. Graduates Needed by Department Graduates from all the agricultural degree courses are required by the Department of Agriculture for its technical staff. Vacancies exist for

Instructors in Agriculture, Fields Instructors, Soil Conservators, Research Officers, Farm Management Officers, Machinery Officers, and Drainage Officers. The Department’s aim is to build up its general farm advisory staff with B.Agr.Sc. graduates who in their fourth academic year have specialised in plant or animal production. Research Officers are employed at the Department’s agricultural research stations on experimental work and are mainly drawn from graduates in the M.Agr.Sc. degree, who may also find openings in the farm management and economics section of the Department. In-service Training B.Agr. graduates who have special aptitudes or interests for work will be

given in-service training by the Department or will take special courses to qualify as special instructors such as Drainage Officers and. Machinery Officers. Students who wish to follow a career in agriculture can obtain information about the opportunities available in the Department of Agriculture by applying to the nearest office of the Department or by writing to the Staff Training Officer, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2298, Wellington. Copies of the syllabus of the coursesfor B.Agr. and B.Agr.Sc. degrees are obtainable from the Registrar at either Massey Agricultural College, MasseyCollege Post Office, Palmerston North, or Canterbury Agricultural College,. Lincoln College, New Zealand, who, will also answer any inquiries about the courses. .