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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 301, 15 August 1929, Page 5

The North Canterbury Executive of the Farmers’ Union decided at its meeting recently to support a remit from the Little River branch asking that an endeavour be made to secure a duty on cocksfoot seed imported from foreign countries (states the Lyttelton Times). The chairman; Mr. Colin Mcincosh, said that an effort in this direction was well worth while. Tests had shewn that New Zealand cocksfoot was much superior to that imported from Denmark. Mr. A. Fisher: Is New Zealand producing enough seed to meet requirements ?- The chairman said that enough .would be produced jf _ the market were available. The position was that the Danish producers sold their seed at lower prices than the New Zealand seed. Mr. W. W. Mulholland expressed the opinion that there was very little' chance of getting a duty put on imported cocksfoot. The best results, he considered, could be obtained by way of education. The North Island people should be informed that for the small additional cost they would.be repaid a hundred times each year. A motion supporting the remit from the l Little River branch was tlien carried.