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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. \T the prea(.-ut uine a certain amount of interett has been stirred up in New ilea•,„d in respect lo the Ottawa Conference. Who is nirrine it up > Is it the actual iar•atr cr is Ha coterie of Parliamentarians I 1, sounds like another effort to place the Productions of New Zealand and the method of xMt natation in the hands of a Control \v« alwava view with a jaundiced eye the handing over of anything that we produce in New Zealand to a third party. Our job ( at s .reb»nt in New Zealand is to go on working produce what we can, to renovate and i-uild up our soils, and to erad.cato the mi* takei that we permitted to be created dur.ns limes of abundance. The greatest thing that we reauire in New Zealand is good home marUtTand « we produce the goods the world a bL-Tcre will como and acquire them, but v.<afraid that this will not be so if dele--»tes are entrusted to visit these Conference*. It is far better to let Great Britain, who is jnite capable of handling the matter, deal v ith it Let us be grateful to have good mar■■•«t« at our own door with freedom of access to the British markets. The latter we alrcodv have, but the man on the land in -New Zealand to-day can stand no further pinching: u/ restrictions. The average price for lamb at the various fairs in England the latter part u f March was 15Id per lb. Tho prices recorded at our local centres do not appear -o be in line. We have good men in Can:erburv and they are better kept here. Once •.hry visit other centres the niiragical effect ..f the changed surroundings provides a possibility of upsetting their mental alignment, and w« wake up to find New Zealand being committed to something that, at the present time, we really do not want, and which in future we may find to be a bugbear. H. MATSON and CO. MOOKI SPRINGS 1 ' SOLIDIFIED SOLIDIFIED MOLASSES. j MOLASSES. ! Perfect and Practical way to Feed Molasses to Live Stock. H. MATSON and CO. have imported a quantity of MOLASSES Solidified for the benefit of farmers of Canterbury. A SOLID MOLASSES BLOCK In a steel container, approx. 1001b in each. Communicate with H. MATSON and CO., CHRISTCHURCH. CO-OPERATION AND MARKETING. It it impossible to write on any agricultural topic this morning—and particularly 011 the new spirit of co-operative organisation which is beginning to permeate the farmers of England—without thinking of Sir Horace Plunkett. That work for all practical purposes was completed some years ago. Though no political change is likely to uproot it, he may perhaps be eojrted fortunate in having died at a moment when the omens for peaceful progress in Ireland are more obscure and confused than they have been for a decade. In any sase he bad the satisfaction of seeing the Irish farmer endowed, largely by his own enUtosiasm and industry, with a co-operative system which is far ahead of anything that has yet been achieved in this country. His Foundation stands as hit monument, and his Umg and often bitter experience will prove of greater value than ever now that the English fanners are at last face to face, and in no unwilling mood, with the case for united action with the Government and above all among themselves. For the change in' their attitude is plain '- iee. So lately as sis months ago the anal Farmers' Union was fighting reso- — ._.y against the principle of the Agricultural Marketing Act. Their main and not unreasonable objection to Dr. Addison's measure waa that, while tending to tie the hands of the British farmer, it would leave his foreign trade rival free to import his produce into the open market of this country without any counterbalancing restrictions. With the advent of the National Government and the prospect of tariffs or quotas as a means of protecting the home industry from this unfair competition, the force of that objection has been radically- modified, and the policy of marketing reform is now assured of the support of organised farming opinion. Helena in fact is the essential condition rightly laid down by the Government as the price of (tractive protection. The farmers were told the other day by Lord Radnor, in speaking of the reception given to the members of the Pig Industry Council by the Minister for Agriculture, that toil implies no reflection on them as a disorganised rabble, who cannot expect Government help till they have put their own house in order. , The position of the Government is that, having done what they cun .to remove the difficulty that hindered the farmers from taking action, they trust them to do their part. What that part is hat recently been explained in almost' identical language by Lord D» La Warr *'MOOKI SPRINGS" "LIXIT" MINERAL BLOCKS Are essential and Give wonderful Results. They stand up to the weather oat in the open SALT IS THE STAFF OF LIFE Stock can make a meal oat of SOLIDIFIED MOLASSES AND "LIXIT' SALT BLOCKS. H. MATSON and CO., N.Z. Distributors. and Lord Redno.-. Taking the Quota System by way of example they have both linted out that we can only regulate imports to this country to the extent that we regulate home production. If we are to impose • quota on the foreigner, said Lord De La Warr, we have to be in a position to impose a home quota. Or, as Lord Radnor put it, British farmers must so organise their own industry as to be in a position to say to the Government, "We are able to offer you * specified quantity of an article the imports m which w* wish to be restricted by a Judging from- the schemes which are being brought to the Ministry and the many letter* received from farmers promising their Mpport and urging the Ministry to pro- «•«* with the work of evolving fresh schemes. Lord De La Warr seems to have »o doubt that those engaged in agriculture res of if to the full. Of the schemes already on foot or contemplated first consideration has been given to the question of milk supplies The Council of the National Farmers Union has concurred in the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture to set up a nommlssioa on this subject, and farmers are 5* w waiting with some impatience for this Commission to be appointed and set to work. no one recognises more keenly than milk producers that some more comprehensive form of marketing organisation than that which Jus been in operation since 1922 is required to ensure a fair market for the dairy farmers in remote counties such as Somerset and Obeahire, at well as for those who enjoy the advantages of proximity to London. With regard to the industry of bacon production, about which our Agricultural Correspondent wrote » week ago, the Pig Industry Council. which includes representatives of both pig breeders and bacon-curers, has also requested the Ministry to set up a Commission to deal with ita organisation. Hop-growers have put forward a scheme under the Agri "~" * *T«i*«ttn» irt . n H tn ig BC heme has le Ministry and awaits the approval of the majority of hop growers before Parliament is asked to give legal force to its provisions. The problems of potato marketing are being tackled by farmer* themselves, and a scheme for presentation to the Ministry is now under con* sideratioc. H. MATSON and 00. GIVE OF THEIR BEST TO THE MAN ON THE LAND. CONSIGN YOUR SKINS AND HIDES TO H. MATSON and CO.. CHRISTCHURCH. LIVE STOCK TO H. MATSON and CO., ADDINGTON