PIG MARKETING

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 10

PIG MARKETING

ASSOCIATION’S AFFAIRS. FARMERS PLEDGE SUPPORT. VENUE FOR KILLINGS. (By Telegraph—Special Reporter.) AUCKLAND, Thursday. The activities and aims of the New Zealand LID-operative l’is .\larketins Association were iully ventilated at the Auckland Provincial tioniurcuue to—day. A remit to the «:nect that the conference exliorts ull inenibrrs in the Dominion to give the i‘ullost possible support to the association us the only eo—uperaliye bully handling pig 111 ml owned by llie lurniers was brought forward by Air it. E. ulcmunls \.\wukino Point), and received practically unanimous support. Several speakers, howct'er. con—tended that the association should kill (it the Auckland Farmers" l’reezms“ Company instead of at other works in the province. .\lr elements suid all members should back their only cO- - pig trading concern. liven it‘ better prices were paid by l-Il'O-prietary tirins larniors should still support the assocnalion ior ii' the asso—ciation experienced another year us it had during the past season the farm—ers would be able to manage their own pig marketing busmess. “ Lip service will not do the association any good," said Mr l“. U. Huberts (Te Kowhai) and he appealed to every member or the Farmers’ Union to stand behind their word and strongly support the Pig Marketing Association. "The association is the most cooperative body in New Zeaiand,” said Mr W. H. Allen (Tirau) in urging members to support the association. An idea of the growth of the association could be gauged i'rom information that this season it had handled approximately 150,000 pigs. other speakers contended the association should kill pigs at the parks of the Farmers‘ Freezing Company for it had to be remembered that the majority of co—operative dairy companies hall shares in the Freezing Company and that it was a (to-operative body. " You have to recognise that the association operates all over New Zealand and has to kill at a dozen works," said Mr W. H. Allen. “ The association is determined to help the farmer as much as posslble and it has to he remembered that in the Auckland Province the association has only a temporary agreement with other works. If this agreement is unsatisfactory it will be ended, for the association was meant to cater only for farmers." Uniform Grading System. The remit was unanimously passed but a. further motion moved by Mr G. T. Crawley (Te Awamutu) that the association be asked to kill as much 15 possible in the Auckland province it the Farmers" Freezing \Vol'lis was also carried. The following motion moved by Mr D. B. Higgins (Matamata) was carried unanimously: “That the Government he asked to establish an official and uniform grading system applicable to all pigs slaughtered, the standards set. being based on both local and export market requirements, the'gradins to be carried out by Government graders, and the cost of the same to be met by a levy on all pigs slaughtered. whether for local or export trade."