BARLEY FOR PIGS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 134, 11 March 1940, Page 3

BARLEY FOR PIGS

BACONERS IN DEMAND When asked to commont upon tlie special arrangements made by the Government for the importation ol Australian barley for pig production, Mr W. A. Phillips, Chairman of Directors of the New Zealand Co-operative Pig Marketing Association, Limited, said that on the current hooks value for pigs, -which was now about %d per lb above that available last year, barley at 3/4 d per bushel ex main ports was both an attractive and profitable proposition. The Department of Agriculture is to be commended for its effort? in; this direction, which will supply a vital need at a time when farmers without supplies of supplementary food at an economic cost would have been hard-pressed to carry their pigs into marketable weights of the class desired. The price fixed for supply from February Ist is for cash with order, and for a minimum quantity of 10 sacks. "It is most desirable," said Mr Phillips, "that the utmost, advantage should be taken of this offer by producers to increase their production of baconer weights, i.e. over lOOlbs hooks weight, and to this end it is to be hoped that Dairy Gompanies and all other kindred organisations will make a special effort to assist their shareholders to facilitate purchases at this cash price. The minimum quantity of 10 sacks may be excessive for some, but this difficulty could be overcome by two or three farmers joining together for the purchase of their requirements." "Bacon is one of the most vital .Food requisites for the allied forces, and now that a satisfactory supplementary food supply is assured at an economic cost, it behoves all sections of the industry and trade to co-operate with producers to the utmost of their ability to extend our exports of bacon pigs." "This very welcome development'' concluded Mr Phillips, "together with the latitude afforded to us by the Imperial Government to ship pigs under one hundred pounds up to 25 per cent by weight of our baconer exports, should completely irrest any fear in the minds of farmers about finding a ready and profitable sale for every pig they can rear."