BOVINE T.B. COMPENSATION

Chronicle (Levin), 24 January 1947, Page 8

BOVINE T.B. COMPENSATION

VIEWS OF FEDERATED FARMERS Dissat isfaction over the extent of conipensat ion jiaid to dairy faclory suppliers for cows condemned with f iilierculosis was expressed at a meeLiiig of the .Manawatu provincial executive of the Dairy Fection, Federated Farmers, held in Palmerston Xorth yesterday. It was I'elt that the. amount of conipensat ion jiaid for a destroyed animal was insutiicient to cover the Joss siislained bv the farnier, and that ihe systein mider which the town milk suppliers received a liigher rate of conipensat ion than the factorv suppliers was grosslv unfair. rJ'he inatter was discussed at some length and it was resolved that the maia executive. be upproaehed to have the compensatiou brought into line witli market values and that paid to town milk suppliers. Several remils froin branclies were considered by tlie meeting. Following on a remit from Opiki 011 pig collectioii, it was decided to approach the , stock carrying coricerus with a view to Jiuvnig collections uiade once a week wliere , he 'mimbers of pigs vvarranted it. A remit from Linton, "That the Direetor of the Dairy Division be ask ed to nolify the executive of ihe Dairy Section, Federated Farmers, at the same iLnie lie iiotifies any dairy factorv inanager concerned, when in vestigatfons discTose tliat the factorv is short-pav-ing suppliers for Initterfat, " aroused considerable discussion. It was held tha.t in sucli cases the individual suppliers should be notilied as well as the company' directors, so that they could take what action they thought At at tlie suppliers' meeting. It was decided that steps be taken to have the Dairy Division enipowered to notify each supplier, 011 application, on the yield and amount of butterfat paid for. The meeting liad a full attendanee, witli tlie exception of the Manukau delegation. The chairman was J\I i> R. Graig, of Otaki.