PRIMARY PRODUCTION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 83, 3 November 1939, Page 2

PRIMARY PRODUCTION

DUTIES OF COUNCIL V EFFORTS TO ASStST FARMERS The District Committee of the National Council of primary production met yesterday,. A request was eeived from the National Council /f asking the committee to ascertain the following particulars concerning the district : (a) The number.of cowboys, plough men, shepherds, rouseabouts, etc., required. The wages offering for the jobs concerned, the accommodation provided and any other particulars of conditions, etc. (b) The number of farmers who would employ married men if they could arrange to erect or to provide accommodation for them. (c) Whether or not farmers willing to take inexperiencQ/l Mjm" and teach them. ; The district committee | asked to arrange for the setting up of a sub-committee, consisting of representatives of the N.Z. Workers Union, Farmers' Organisations and Young Farmers' Clubs and the Placement Service, to meet and consider the results of the survey. The N. 3, Workers' Union and the Officer should then endeavour to lilt*

the positions offered from the §Uj)= ply of labour available in the district or (so far as the Placement A Service is concerned) from the plj r available in other districts which is not required there.

If it is evident that the,shortage of labour cannot be overcome by the steps suggested above, notification should be made to the Labour Org-, anisers;, Council of Primary Production, Box 715, Wellington, who will endeavour to take further steps to remedy the position. Seasonal Labour. It is suggested further by the National Council that seasonal labour be dealt with in the same way, but the following additional suggestions are made in regard to it: — (a) Young Farmers' Clubs have suggested that they may be able to provide gangs for shearing or other work. This possibility should be vestigated. (b) Local organisations are asked to urge farmers to try to arrange "runs" for shearers as far as-possible, and to suggest that f a r m er- s endeavour to obtain the services of shearers from stations on the higher country who may be idle In view of the fact that there is a strong possibility of a shortage of shearers this year, it Will be necessary that all possible steps be taken to make the fullest use of the shearers available. It should be pointed out to farmers that if they are willing to keep in touch with stations which are relatively handy and to provide transport, it may quite often be possible* to obtain the services of shearers.