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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 78

Government Poultry Farms

Government Poultry Farms.

Nor have poultry farmers been forgotten The Government have established poultry stations at Ruakura, [unclear: Mouma] [unclear: Burnha], aid Milton, which are wtll equipped as to meet the dematt poultry farmers for poultry and eggs ol best kind for breeding purposes; further assist the industry the Gov have established depots at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, whet poultry is received, graded, killed, plucked prepared, packed, and frozen at uniform charges of bare cost. What has been the effect, for instance, of this Socialism for the poultry farmer? A few years ago there was not one poultry-raising establishment in this colony conducted on anything like a large scale. Now there are many, all up to date, and all conducted on profitable and commercial lines.—(Applause.) The Government have recently received a letter from a large poultry farmer in the North guaranteeing to ship not less than 17,000 head of poultry to the London markets next season, provided we make provision at the Auckland depot to handle the number. Here, again, instruction is freely given by State-paid poultry experts by frequent demonstration of poultry-plucking etc., at various shows, the table qualities of various breeds, and the requirements of if port and local markets. If any of you as flax-growers and millers you know that the Government have done since 1901 by grading and Government instruction at the mills as to the proper method of preparing fibre. Nor have State aids been confined to any class of farmers—all classes have benefited. For example, we hear now and then of railway concessions, but is it at all generally known that the farming and pastoral community have directly benefited special railway concessions to an amount of nearly £500,000 since 1895 in rates for frown meat, live stock, butter, cheese, and other products.—(Applause.) I have no time to even mention many other directions in which the State has caught, at the expense of the colony, to help with land and, money, communication, free storage and free instruction the farmers New Zealand. No one can deny that it was Socialism, but, like the lady in the gonzola story, the farmers have always page 9 shown great relish for what, if called by its proper name, Mr Massey says they now condemn. The fact is that for the last sixteen years—ever since the Ballance-M. Kenzie Administration took office—Farmers' Socialism has been so constant and increasing that its true and essential nature is not appreciated, for so long as it is Farmers' Socialism and not City Socialism it seems as orthodox a policy as one man one vote.