PIG MEAT PRODUCTION

Chronicle (Levin), 26 July 1947, Page 4

PIG MEAT PRODUCTION

BRITISH FARMERS WORKING TO? England will in the future make an effort to produce for herself a iarge proportion of the market in pig mea/s. This was the -opinion of Mr. A. Eongwill, assistant superintendent of the Department of Agriculture, who spent some time in England during the war, speak-mg-at the annual meeting of the Levin Dairy Company. Before the War the English farmers produced one third of the total consumption of bacon and three-quarters of the pork required for the home market. In future England will make an all but effort to produce more of her livesiock needs, because it is the best way to conserve the foreign exchange, he said. If New Zealand wanted a place on the livestock market in England, she would have to guarantee a continuity of siipply, said Mr. Longwill. He stressed the fact that he was talking about the future, that is in two or three years. "The most important pig meat for export to England in future years will be

porkers. This is taking the longer view of things. Actually, at the present time, we want an increase in both porkers and baconers." ■ In referring to the.types of cows bred in England, Mr. Longwill 1 mentioned that before the war there were very few farmers who bred a purely dairy cow. They rnostly used a dual purpose cow Now, however, there would be many farmers who would specialise in either dairy or beef types.

"Nothing will convince me but that the condition of the drains was the cause. There has been no case of typhoid in Levin for 12 months, so from where else could the infection come?" There were quite a number of children living in the houses, their ages ranging from six months to 12 years. No Cure — No Rent "Last February we all decided not to. pay rent until something was done but a few weeks ago the branch manager of the State Advances in Wellington, Mr. G. C. Thornton, went round and indueed us to pay again." No assurance that anything would be done had been given, only the statement that the tenants - would be sued if they did not pay up, yet when Mr. J. J. Maher, National M.P. for Otaki, called on Mr. Thornton before these visits had been completed, he was told . that the complaints were being attended to and that the tenants had all agreed to pay their rents. One of the tenants, while atiempting to clear the water from his lawn, found that the storm water pipes led into the soakage pit which was already overourdened. In one house, the seepage pit, placed right beneath the circular clothes line (the most inconvenient place possible) had for months been overflowing, making the.grass sloppy and greasy. Department's Answer When the complaint above was referred to the State Advances Oorporation head offlce in Wellingcon, the following statement was made: — The houses referred to are provided with septic tanks. The diffieulty over the drainage system provided for these houses has, on occasions, been brought to the notice of the Corporation's inspebtors, but there was no evidence until recently • of anything but temporary stoppages, and these seemed to be associated with periods of heavy rain which resulted in the surrounding earth becoming waterlogged. . When a few months ago attention was drawn to more extensive blockages, a thorough investigation was called for by the Corporation, and the borough engineer and Public Works Department engineers were brought into consultation. At first it appeared that some major adjustment might be necessary, and alternative means of disposal were contemplated. However, it was decided a,s a trial, to arrange for a clearing out of the septic tanks and the results 1 so far obtained encourage the expectation that the cause for complaint will in this way be removed. The matter will be kept under observation, and further remedial ' j measures taken as and when this I becomes necessary. ■ The present system will, of course, be connected to a borough j sewerage system, if such eventuates in Levin.