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auctions. H. MATSON AND CO. p| MATSON an d 00. VALUE OF STOCK LICKS. ■WARNING TO STOCKOWNERS. Cheap advice to stockowncrs to prepare their own stock licks evidently has appealed to some sto* kowners, who have put chcapuoss before the real value of the scientifically made stock licks. And it seems some of them are now realising that they are no better qualified to preparo licks for their stock than they are of dispensing physic for themse.ves. Stockowners in South Africa are now being warned against the false economy of home-made stock licks, which are "the dear est in the long run." A writer in tho "Farmers' Supplement" of the "Sunday Times," printed at Johannesburg, states: — "It is not the cheapest of stock food from a price point of view that is really the best and cheapest in the long run. Moro often than not it is the most costly that gives the best return, and on examination is found to be the cheapest. Few of our farmers, however, look at things in this light. They are too often guided by the price of a commodity, and too apt to try their hand at making up some mixture that they think is quite good enough, when, if all things are taken into consideration, it will be found to be not only dearer than a more expensive and properly combined product, but worthless for the purpose for which it is intended." L I X X T. This commodity is prepared in dif ferent forms, suitable for various requirements, both as regards ail ments, and the locality of the coun try. It is being recognised from Auckland to the Bluff, and is earn ing recognition, not from newspaper boosting, but to the satisfaction of actual users, and it can be ac quired from most of the principal Stock Agents in the Trade. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IT. THE SEASON IS STARTING, ANr PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. H. MATSON and CO. OUR OWN DOORSTEP, "If everyone swept his own doorstep the City would be clean." There is a fine flavour about this old Chinese proverb. Its wisdom was never more needed than now. There is a craze at the moment for swoep ing other people's doorsteps, for getting the Government to sweep all the doorsteps, to appoint inspectors to see that in the interests of the common weal all doorsteps are swept—by somebody else. It is often forgotten that those activities on other people's doorsteps, the cumbrous in terferences by the State, the inspections by men in uniform, may be the taking over from the individual duties which he ought to perform himself, which he cou d and should perform better than anyone else. A Government pays a deplorable price for a cleaner City when it renders its citi zens unfit to sweep their own doorsteps. Yel that is the price paid when paternalism and grnndmotherliness and interference begin to flourish. Farmers requiring MANURES, WOOLPACKS, CORNSACKS, and ANY COMMODITY ESSENTIAL ON THE FARM, H. MATSON and 00. WILL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEIR'ORDERS. H. MATSON and CO. Community of aim there must be, but it should never kill individuality of effort. All these things apply to men anc women. The progress of the State is dependent upon the individual will to progress and the individual will of men and women grows only by exercise, not by compulsion. In this firm we desire the City to be clean but we do not wish anyone to sweep our doorstep for us.' . We desire the commerce of this country to be the finest in the world, to be maintained averywhere at the highest standards of usefulness to the public, of thoroughness In workmanship, of reliability,_ of soundness and economy in administration. But our idea of bringing that about is to attend to our business ouidelves, and give it our most ultimate effort and abili' y—-ourselves to seek every thinkable method of doing it better. It is not our idea to get the Government to bring about these desirable results by legislation and inspection, partly because we believo it to be impossible, and partly because we do not consider it desirable even if it were possible. The exercise of individual will and courage and enterprise is among tho supreme pleasures of life and wo would not *"rfeit it for all tho l State efficiency. We hope that the City may be cleaner, but we know that in these respects at least no one sweeps his doorstep more diligently. INSURANCES—Many occupiers of land And it necessary to keep their farm buildings, or their implements, etc., insured. WHY NOT GIVE THIS BUSINESS TO H. MATSON and CO.t We are farmers' commission salesmen, and being' a _ section of the mercantile fraternity, we can undertake this with no increased cost to yourself, with the Btrong- ' est Firms, and at a low I'ate. H; MATSON and CO, IF INSPIRATION COMES. Two City men met in the Btreet the other day. Said one: "How are you doing in these hard times J" The other replied: "1 don't seem to be able to do anything. I can't get inspiration," Few days pass but you will near some* thing similar. "I'm not in the mood for work to-day," Bome young fellow will announce when he reaches the office, and forthwith prepares to put in as slack a day a possible. ' "Thin is one of my off days," a young woman will say when Bome piece of careless woTk 1b pointed out to her, and think it both an explanation and an excuse. This -cult of the mood, this watting for "inspiration," appears to be one of the most fashionable forms of self-indulgencq»at the moment, An experience seems to >Tbe not worth having unless you "get ft-thrill," "get a kick" out of it. Work 'is not strenuously undertaken unless ' you "feel like it." Most of this talk is because of laziness. It used to be regarded as the privilege of poets to wait for inspiration, but it always a privilege exercised chiefly by minor poets. The great artists have worked as hard and as regularly at their arts as an? accountant at his figures or any carpenter flt his bench. There is certainly no room for this talk in the industry, the commerce, the profession of 1930. SHEEP DIP. FOOT ROT TONICS.. Now is the time to get this attended to. All farmers know that a cure one year may not be efficacious the next year. At the present time we are marketing an article that under our own supervision we have proved over a period of several years to bo a wonderful tonic, and can be used with very little trouble, either on a small or big flock, and is largely used by big flock-owners in Australia. H. MATSON and CO, 'You do not get inspiration by sitting waiting for it. You do not hasten the mood for work by indulging the mood of idleness. In our experience, inspiration is rather to be regarded as the reward of work than the preliminary of it. It is common among those who criticise and denounce what they call "modern civilisation" to talk as if the regularity of organised business were a kind of slavery. They talk of It as the acme of servitude lhat a man should have to be at his desk every morning at nine and not leave it before six But those who have watched life and work with impartial eyes have found _ this regularity to be more often n salvation than a burden. There is inspiration In the very regular ity of it. The rhythm of it penetrates tem perament. Many a man sets out from home perhaps feeling slack and indifferent and uninspired, but when he has been a few moments -at his accustomed place he feels his interest quickening, hiß observation becoming more acute, his will towards efficiency gathering force, till once again it dominates him through and through and fills him with the pleasure of effort. Talk about moodß and Inspiration should be kept for a man's hobby, not for his day's work—for his golf and his bridge, not for his profession. Even then it strikes as savouring more of weakness than of strength. Our *iew In this firm Is that work is a happy duty—a duty does not wait for mood*—that work is essential to health and the joy of life, and these are the conditions of inspiration. •- Let a man set about bis Job with all his heart and inspiration will come sooner, much sooner, than he expects. M73oa H; MATSOH and CO.