FARMING RESEARCH

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1929, Page 5

FARMING RESEARCH

SCHEME FOR EMPIRE. NEW ZEALAND TO JOIN IN. [By Telegraph, IV Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 9. Hon H. Atmore, Miinister : in-Oharge of the Scientific and Industrial., Rcseatnch Department, announced to-day that ' the Government has decided to participate in the scheme df the Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaux, the establishment of which was one of the recommendations made by tho Imperial Agricultural Research Conference in 1927, which recommended the establishment of three bureaux, and of five correspondence centres, as follows:—Bureaux—Sqip science, animal nutrition, animal'health; Ccirrespomlence Centres—Animal genetics, agricultural parasitology, plant genetics, fruit; production, economic botnny. • ' ,E’ U rt ; • ' ••

The Conference, said the Minister, was no doubt prompted to take this action in view of the success attend-

ing two Bureaux of Entomology 4 ar.d Mvcology which had already been; established, and which were rendering oanspicuouß service to 1 workers ►in these plmsep of science throughout the Empire. In order to put the Bureaux on a proper basis, a . preliminary financial supervisory body ;■ uas : constituted, -representative of all' of •.the participating;. Dominions pand Crown Colonies. New Zealand was. iepresented on this’ Alexander Crabb, of the High Commission er’s Office, and Mr Nevill L. Wright. Liaison Officer of the Department of Scientific and Industrial was estimated that the annual- cost of £20,000, and the contribution; of the United Kingdom,- -the . Dominions, and the Crown Colonies, ~’wits ’ New Zealand’s annual contribution being fixed for £1250. . r /“'lt is important to-realise,” said tbe Minister, “that these ,-Bureaux- In themselves will not undertake any specific research work, but will serve as collecting, distributing, publishing and co-ordinating Bodies,” , ! ■