CO-OPERATION IN THE PIG INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 888, 6 August 1910, Page 8

CO-OPERATION IN THE PIG INDUSTRY.

'[ ®IG DAIRY COMPANIES' SCHEME. P, • ■; Proposals .thai;, farmers should co-op-;ji, erato to further the pig industry ai]e ';ii-: not lie\v, aud havo been talked over' j[i •;-;;frequeiitly.; An jimportant step in tho ; ;'jiyV. industry, however, was taken at Manga- ; ' vtoki ; (Taranaki)- on Tuesday when an meeting "of. the share/holders- of .tlio Mangatoki Co-operative . .'DairyCompany. = was ' held to consider proposals .for joining neigh-. |'s|. ;f..bouring, dairy companies for . the more : if J .. effective* marketing of their .'sb»i«holdi ers' pigs,:-by securing, /through a ;com- : "i[ bination of dairy companies oil co-op-' v'|t-- /-erative lines witla a view, to establish--■jj : : ing :an' export trade .in pork. i p Explaining the Scheme. Mr. :.Jacob Majx,. chairman of /tho L.'ii/: Mangatoki , directors,/who: presided, said 'i-'K'that his. 7 directorsilnad given tho matter :7,||:VV®f the pig - industry.', very careful con-, fiideration, and- the; nine of -them wero -that 'thero,.should" be .-aa //]>:■ of some'of; the companies . ■;.3p ; ' : ior .the.rpurpp.se of carrying ,on the. pig 'vipv. business on the ..lines"proposed, The ■j, j|, i' lnore the better, < fpr"there • would then ff® be'a, better market 'for pigs than there ' was at the present .time, and: this would. eV;ji; .;;be .fdr.'.the':benefit -;of. .all people on. f land.// Dairy Companies were iden- = 'v:j|7/tified'with. ; (besides butter.arid cbees'e) K/jF':;^freezing"and : box-lmaking, and in' :iref" "' ard to. th(!se the 'farmers had- benefited y combination. V :' ■ , . . ; - j| All Taranaki Should . Join. ' , £.j!'. :.'jTho ■whole of. .Tfiranaki-should co-op- j '/ ' Iterate' in the.'markutiiig o!.'pigs'.' There "//was <1 splendid market;'for' the export of :pork. A few years ago . the United jr..States swamped Great Britain;with pig ;meat-, and now America was rapidly beprices fhad gone. ijV ■ . ji"'lip j "three" years iigo: they were only s|. - /of what they ' were to-day. JV'./!': There. ,3iad been >'£, ' fallmg-off. in the imports. into • Great' Britain- with a'corA .responding .rise" in,, prices. In. future . the export of pork..would be a very . large item . here. :If /they were to re-](':-lievo. the 'local; market'by" sending Homo a balf - or: a ..third -of what.' .they. pro-: «>/;:j'duml it would bring about tetter con-;-V.:ditioiis.-fchaii now existed.' To. do that tterei'must , be - amalgamation, and the exports-trade could:.bo; worked on the same" lines as, the dairy produce is now. The/Eltham, Kapoiiga," and Mangatoki. ill; ~ jf companies would pay, out this year be- / ; tweon. them something' "like £150,000 for biitter-fat. Foivevery ,'£. a farmer received for butter-fat he should . add ; :.sfafcout '4».',- or say,:'one-fifth for pigs. There was ;i possibility of. the three com-: upanies named turning out from £25.000 'V s{to-- £30j000 -/worth of pigs per year- in. }'• j ijconjuction; with dairying;. Pigs needed t?;: j j.-fco. inspected j but pasteurisation. of and .whey obviated that /, to .'a j'.. . . largo extent.- . ■: | . Method of Operation. fei'/f:ti ! -Witb "regard to tlio method of operhe'suggested working on the'basis, the'output.'pl-'tiie'iaiffereiit 'factories* • '''present'- organisation and credit of j-. .- ;';the cpmpanies' conld'i be"used ,to a , : cer-' ' :tain extent for. tliei benefit of the pig • .'industry, but no company need lose a' . /. ' 'pound of;.butter-fat.':/ Thoy'- should not industry, at the expense Qyiyiiof'the liutter-fat.' 'He organisation of 7■compahios. be: used to ; // /1 finance and! f acilitati : the' handling: of ' ;y . ..the pigs. -•Individuals would not bo :.:'5//: : ;;sharenplder's.' • The;TOiripahies would be, y.; 'and -.every'milk supplier would 'be; en- - - titled to supply pigß on the co-opera-S-V.V.i'ftive, : principle . and get the , benefit of : / ''.ho co-operat-ioii. - ■' .. Mr. Reuben "White: How would you i ;. Jinanco the business?- . H: jMj;,;Marx explained- that- supposing pi 4.S tip /many thousand pounds were, rcquir<H :for: the-.'pig :busihess' : the dairy co'ni-: j'' . - panics, would' take it,- up, using their ; credit. As the, companies' output in- !-• .• creased or varied, 'there would: be ad/j astments; from year to year.. If the, :-i- checse 'people did not turn out 'so many E;;'.: ; ,: pigs in , proportion" to the butter people yy .- they would not be loaded, so heavily, •V .'-C'e calls /would, be v-sry light,''-'aiid'-rt' j.-, - would be easy- to esliablish a sinking. t/iVt:fcnd,io meet all liabilities, which would ,r..:... to really infinitesimal: v:/1 The meeting: then resolved to affirm' {./■ -: tlio . principle and to "recommend that, t'.. 'tho directors should in prac-A:vtico^.-:;p.z : - ". ' ' k . Kapongi Dairy Company , will k !¥-" ; >?!» w y. discuss similar proposals with-. . ir.. th 6 next fortnight.'!, ■