EXPERIMENTAL PIG FARM

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1926, Page 1

EXPERIMENTAL PIG FARM

At the last meeting of the New Zealand Aleat Producers Board it was decided to approach the Government and tlie New Zealand Dairy Produce Control Board with a view to making experiments in the breeding, fattening, etc., of pigs suitable for 'export. . It was suggested that these experiments should be conducted in conjunction with our dairying industry, on a suitable farm possessing all the necessary facilities. These experiments would extend over a considerable period' and the fullest investigation made; as a result, valuable data should be available for the farmers of this. Dominion.

A. committee was formed by the Board to go into the matter and it was resolved that a subsidy • should be given to finance these experiments. The Meat Producers Board sometime ago distributed gratis a number of bacon pigs amongst the different bacon curers in Great Britain, and the reports from these firms show that we can export the pigs suitable for the British market. The next stop is to experiment in the development of the breeding of the best type and also to make tests as to feeding, particular attention to be given to foods that can be used in conjunction with the bye-pro-ducts of our dairying industry.