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FARMERS' UNION

PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE

SPREAD OF CATTLE TICK _A meeting of the Wellington provincial executive of tho Farmers' Union was held at Marton on Saturday, Mr. W. J. Poison, president, occupying tho chair, Tho Agricultural Department wrote to tho effect that the matter of fox glove was receiving attention, and that further inquiries were being made regarding tlio weed. Air. 1). Ai'Lean, of Raetani, said that fox glovo was becoming a great -mcnace in his district, as it was getting into the-bush. Other members pointed out that it was making serious inroacL) in the Wavcrley and Waitotara districts. The Dominion executive wrote that tho proposal to hold an exhibition of primary products was impracticable at the present time, owing to the heavy expense lhat would be incurred in moving such an oxhibition from place to place. Tho same body, in reply to a motion forwarded concerning tho publicity- campaign, wrote that it felt tho time had come for important questions affecting the farming community to bo presented to tJio public in a way which would counteract pernicious and erroneous statements made from time to tinio. At no period in tho history of tho union had tho future appeared moro hazardous to the producer. Prices of wool, meat, ulieoso, oats, potatoes, and other priinarv products were falling rapidly, while the cost of working the farms was steadily rising. In order to place the truo position before the people of New Zealand, a committee had been set up to organiso ai !m mana B® a publicity campaign. Ihe Director of the Live Stock Division of tho Agricultural Department • wrote that tho whole of tho district from Manukau on one coast to Aotea on the other was more or less infested with cattle tick, while as far south as Opotiki isolated Cases had been found. Spraying with a suitablo dipping .liquid had been found to lie elfectivo in destroying the ticks on cattle. Mr. Dairy mple said that in th north of Auckland tho matter was a serious one, and the cattle were liable to be sold and sent into uninfected districts. On his motion it was resolved: "That this executive viows with alarm the steady spread of cattle tick, a case being reported- as far north as Tirau." Information had come to the knowledge of tho executive that ■ spraying ,wns useless •in dealing with the pest, and the executivo wa-s of opinion that all cattle in the infested distxicts should be dipped, and that a (Strict quarantine should bo enforced, and the Act strictly carried out. It was also decided to ask. tho Dominion executive to invite Mr. Young to attend its next meeting to explain the regulation regarding the cattle tick. . |, The Government's authorisation of the issue of banknotes against wool advances was referred to, and the opinion was expressed that thiß was not going to help tho farmer much, as tho advance would be small and the cost of storage and interest charges would bo heavy. The matter was eventually left in the hands of the j>residcnt and Mr. G. L. Marshall to bring before tho Dominion executive..

Air. It. H. Guthrie mentioned tho need for moro organising teachers for the backblocks schools, anil tho following resolution was passed, and ordered to bo forwarded to tho Dominion executive: "That, having in mind the suocess which "has attended tho grouping of schools under organising teachcrs, this executive is of tho opinion that the system should be so extended as to ensure that much moro frequent visits are made to individual schools in each group/ and that tho organiser's status bo mado that of a group lieadiuastor. Tho following remit from the Wanganui sub-provincial executive was endorsed and ordered to bo forwarded to tho Board of Trade: "That the l'rices Investigation Tribunal be disbanded, and that the Government bo asked to appoint inspectors with similar powers to inspectors for weights and measures." The president reported in connection with the proposal to protest hgainst tho abnormal increase in the oversea freight on cheese, that representations had been made by the Dominion executive to tho Government' on the matter. Ho was pleased to note that Sir James Allen's arrangement with tho shipping companies in obtaining ' reduced freights would save on cheeso alone .£128,000 to tho producers. In connection with the motion from the Wanganui sub-provincial executive urging more regular 'and fuller reports on the Homo markets, the president reported that tho Agricultural Department was g'-v'ng every assistance in the mattor, and fuller reports wero now being supplied to tho city papers.

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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 73, 20 December 1920, Page 8

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FARMERS' UNION Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 73, 20 December 1920, Page 8

FARMERS' UNION Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 73, 20 December 1920, Page 8

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