THE EXPORT OF SHEEP.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3579, 19 July 1912, Page 2

THE EXPORT OF SHEEP.

FARMERS IN CONFERENCE. SOME INTERESTING MATTERS DISCUSSED. rpuß PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 CHRISTCHURCH, July IS. A conference of the Canterbury Agricultural and- (Pastoral Associations was held yesterday at Christchurch under the chairmanship of Mr J. D. Hall (President of the Canterbury A. and P. Association. In his opening address the chairman dealt with the desirableness of establishing in the Dominion a National A. and P- Association for purposes of dealing with matters of common interest to the agricultural and pastoral industry, such as conferring upon county' councils the power to .provide funds' for the purpose of instituting agricultural and pastoral stations for experimental research. Legislation would be influenced if the legislature had the opinion of su r h an association to indicate whether or not such legislation was practicable or desirable. A number of remits were agreed to, including one advocating a Pure Seeds Bill and a Stallion Bill. At the evening sitting Mr A. L. Josephs moved that in the interest of the Dominion it is highly desirable that the slaughter of pregnant ewes should be prohibited after April in the North Island and after May in the ■South Island, and that no lambs should be killed if less than 281bs in weight after the month of March in any year and that legislation be passed to enforce these measures for the good of New Zealand. The mover said it was high time that something was done in the direction indicated. It was against the interests of the Dominion to export sec-ond-class meat and gave a powerful lever to the detractors of New Zealand meat. Mr C. J. C. R cakes said At was imperative that an endeavor -sliold be made to keep up the high standard of the Dominion’s meat on the Home market and the killing of in-lamb owe-s was nut £oing to Help that. It would be ia good tiling if inspectors were allowed to deride if meat of the description described was fit for export. Ultimately it was agreed that Government Inspectors should be given more extended pow ers in the direction of preventing the expert oit inferior carcases, which, though healthy, are likely, owing to leanness, to present an unfit and unmarketable appearance after being frozen and defrosted.

Several additional remits were agreed to. including one urging that a practicable scheme for building homes for farm-workers should bs forwarded to Parliament, and also urging the Government to take immediate stops to import farm workers and domestics. The conference has concluded.