FARMING AFFIARS

Chronicle (Levin), 24 October 1946, Page 7

FARMING AFFIARS

— ■ ■■' r(This column is supplied weekly hy Pederated Farmers of N.Z. The information given is official, but any views expressed are those of -the Federation and are not necessaxiiy those of this newspaper.) A Towijsman's View In a reeent communication from Mr. F. A. Chivors, secretary of the Christchurch Faiuine Fmergency Committee, a striking tribute is paid to. the efforts of tlie farmers of Canterb.u/y .m striv- . iug after maximum productiou. . , "I have lately ha(J the - chan'ce to niove. extensiv.ely a-bout the , e,ountiy districts and I have been away fronx t)ie main roads aud seen farms that the avorage niotorist dogs, not know exist, aud it has- been tremendously encopragiug to see the' work, that is being done. ' ' While it is inevitable that we think largely in terms of, wheat, meat .and butter, it is V(dl to-kuep.in rnind. that important contributions are .being made in other wu.ys. Town millc supply is an exainple where very. great eflic.ieiicy is being dispiayed . and. in many. areas more land is ueiug brought into pasture for this purpose. ,lhen there is the land that must produce greeu feed aud ha}', and other, types .oi feed for present aud iuture u»e. 1 won.deiq.hpw many people realise how the New Zealand larmers aud agriculturul workers com- • pare in el'iieiouey aud production with their prototypes in other parts of the world. 1 ha\ e takeir-sonie ligures fiom Ihe labics jniblished recently in a. iiritish ti'.! .ernment .pubiication, Britisli Agricull ui'C, issued in 1911 by the Briihh f'uuucil. These t.al/ies d. al with the net output in moncy and the rmmljer of people fed per agricultural worker in the various countries.

To lui' tlm seefus to emphasise tne vital cwntnt.'U'lim ' New Zealand is making to woriu food supplies and I niu sure tlmt ii u similar survey could be made iiut the coiuing year's produ«'tiou, it v. ould show the New Zea- , land farmei's iu even more favourable ligiit. bhe thanks of the Fainine Emergency Comniiit.ee are 'iue.to the many farmers uiio, while ldohiiig; fp'r satisfaction in regai-'.l to their clitiiits for increased prices, great er supplies of fertiliser and lime, while looking', for more labour, both far.u 'ind liomestic, are still going aheud and making evcry eff'ort to respond to the appeals that are being made to them.

Tyres and Building Materials Pcplying to a rdso'lution from the Fo.iU-uoa "Rouncil oi pederated Farmers ivgar-tnig tne reprgseutatioii of the d'-'deratioii on ili,sU;.i;"f committees dealing ,vii a tiu allo atiou of ceinent, l.uiiding materiuls and tyres and tubes, nlr. ]i.° ii. Tennent, Acting Director-Cem-rni of AgricTilturc, stated the, liuiiding 1 ..uit i oller had advised that in few in.-iaiu es wero cement allocationj | cummit i ees in opefafion. It had beenj j deeided, however, that where farmersj I weri- deVii ou> oi' prbeuring supplies of; ' cement for use in c'ohnection with their i j fuiiiiiiig opernlions, they could contact, ' au (illi- er of the Department of Agri-|

| culture and liave tlieir aiiplication agreel to by him iu accordanco with, tiie degtee oi' prioritv which 'lie con-j sidered" it merited. This, said hlr. Ten-j nent, should enablc farmers who wereiurgeiitly 111 need oi, supplies of cement to ha1, e their orders lilled at the earliest* possiole date. " With regurd to the question of tyre and tuiie cominitiees, said ]\Ir. Tennent, "1 nm int'ormed by the secretary ot ihe ii"par{ ment of Industries and Commerce that the cbnstitution of these com ■.! 1 1 1 ee- pi o vides for a farmers' n-pre. • rmti . e to be included in thei pe'i - oi uei, aud the records held by the Industries and (fomuierce Department indirai e that ihe Farmers' IJnion is rc['re. c.itcu 011 all the udvisory coiulniHess e. tabli: hed at those towns in which dist lict tyre and tube controllers are .-lituated." 'ihe secrelnry of Ihe Department of ; lii'lnst il''-> aiid* ('oinluerce had further cnni'iie!,) ed that a ;>])lica t ions i'or_ tyres weii' coi'sidiwed and permits issued iu nccmdaa'-e uith the provisions of the prioiity list, which clearly indicated the priority to be gi\en priiuary ]iroducers. As ihe- ela.s.- of applicant had repreM'utiiiiou ou ihe committee, it was felt that iis inl' n t: wero fully pro'teeted.

No. or • Net People Output per Fed per Worker. Worker. New Zealand .... £150 53 Au.stralia ....... 300 29 Great Uritaiu .... 205 17 U ailed ;Sl:tle:-> ... l'^;5 Denmark 155 12 Canada 135 12 N'eUieriaiei.s ..... 120 10 Delgium ........ 100 9 Switzerland 100 7 France 90 5 Cennany 70 7 Dire 05 0