THE TAMAHERE FARMERS' CLUB AND SELLING CATTLE BY LIVE WEIGHT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1952, 10 January 1885, Page 3

THE TAMAHERE FARMERS' CLUB AND SELLING CATTLE BY LIVE WEIGHT.

TO THK KDITOK. Sin,—Whatever n.y opinion may be re?pecting the sale of cattle by live weight, it is not my purpose at present to express—it is merely the expression nf opinion made use of at the last meeting of the Tamahere Fanners' Club, which appeared in your issue of Tuesday last, that I cannot allow to puss unnoticed, though 1 have no fpar that their views will havo in any w.-iy impressed the mind of anyone, exceptinj/ the respective gentlemen who gave expression to them. From the report of the meeting, it seems that the T.imahere Farmers' Club expressed the views of the farming community of Waikato, and that all eattloraisers, at any rate, were of the same opinion in respect to selling cattle by live weight. As to the unanimity of the grazing community in this matter, let me tell the Tamahere Farmers' Club that, excepting its numerous (!) members, there are few others in Waikato bothering their heads in the nmtter. And not only this, but a large number of the gentlemen who send fat stock from this district to the Auckland market —several of whom individually send more cattle than the entire club put together—have intimated to the auctioneers that they do not wish their stock sold by weight. Messrs Runoiman and Rhodes evidently made a big noise at the meeting referred to, but with all deference to the public spiritcdness of these gentlemen, I would ask them how many fat cattle they send to Auckland every twelve months. We may be told that in moving in this matter they have been actuated by purely philanthrophic motives, and that their action is the more praiseworthy for its disinterestedness, but my experience is that there are few men in the district with a genuine grievance who have not the courage to speak for themselves. An outsider would naturally think, from your report, that the Auckland auctioneers were " run" and solely supported by the influential body referred to, or at least by a few of its more prominent members ; but perhaps those few prominent gentlemen will bear me out in stating that the reverse is the case, and that they are " run," and have been "run," and are still supported by the very men with whom they seek to rake up a grievance. Asking pardon for trespassing so far on your valuable space, I am, &c., J. S. Bltkcand.