BIG THINGS AHEAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 899, 19 August 1910, Page 8

BIG THINGS AHEAD.

; :-fc' : -T^-P lo^^ of: th6/pig;:iidustry..wero\ ~ preferred:;to meeting' of £hb ■ ;,^;Eltham:'Dairy>Company s ;by/. ; Mr.: : :T.'vO;' said that 'Canada's''product ;'.j«tiTO i^qf;..p«rtfcandMbac6ni'was>d«cWsing l . .;':,which- opened- up ; a ''great-future.'for-tho' ft >,pig industry .(in:lvew. Zealand: V Eastiyear. ; of;pbrk-and bacbh W;- ifrozen, was --.'sent';-to England:;iwith:'. very: J ratMactoryj results,: and it'is-'anticipated' o;.'tms-will give;,a big impetus to pig, rais-:';:™g-■'.lt'.was confidently;expected that this. .Viindustry; .would soon' rani.nextito .dairy- : : 'M*B'; | i Q; .'importance." ■■/• The, question: '."Was" :;'.'now'.raised—Were: the farmers 'going -to •;.' take.: up ; this; export ibusiness themselves' i.iO.r.'form.co-operativei? concerns -similar to ffi'.bpx" and freezing concerns,\or,'were tney (•:...going,to.--allow:themselves to.bb'exploited :-bytprivate' individuals;;', 'v. ;' : -.; The;, export: trade; put; the pig.industry :.:'on;a totally different/footing to the past .: i. when they wererestrictedto.a local mar--■::Jket;_ and the'pres'ent' could be well dikened ~ytD that period of; dairying when co-opera- .-■; tive. dairy'companies were 'called into ex':i;:istence, and this-and'other things wrested .j. .from the- hands of-'proprietary - concerns JKhad.made dairying the splendid success it ;■- was • now. .: The: pig•• industry, he'-." be;,r:pJieved,;was going;to.,be abig thing. They ;-:,would;probably have■ secured 3'l-2d. per iib.more at Home-than waa offered loc--;::.aUy. .'■ ;• . ■ .',.'■.•:".-";,;/■; '■•■■■. ■■ ■■