THE FARM INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 426, 8 February 1909, Page 2

THE FARM INDUSTRY.

WEALTH BY THJE ROADSIDES; k FOR OUT-OF-WORKS.- ; ? : £2-A;DAY:;BY CUTTING GRASS SEED.'; [■J saw a statement in a newspaper ;only a few days ago (writes one.of our travelling correspondents) that so many: men out of work at this time of the year had hot been known before. Why in the world: don't these :' unemployed" take, a run into' the 1 highways and.byways of-(the country districts';.where there is-gold to be picked up by. the hatful? The. last-few days, wherever I have been— all the way:from the llangitikw Itiver-to" the Manawatu-r-money can be": 'made quite ; . easily' by cutting the-cocksfoot seed which is going to Waste on all, sides.'; -\". ';\ . .:"' 'Abundance of Cocksfoot. ;; 0 : ■•; > ~ Wn pii I;- passed ;the .Halcombe ; Cemeterv the other day I thought what• a sin : it-was to see,-such: splendid-seed'-left, uncut. ,In most.places on the sides of the'roads.'and inside,tne fences there is any.quantity. When, one approaches ; Feildin'g and Palmerston-there is to keep ; scores: of ; meri hard at work. Grass-seeding requires prac-' tically no skilled knowledge.'- -, It Ms'; work' which any man with.: ordinary' .brains -i can ,'tackle, the. most important 'thing.'being to' know.the- difference'' between 'tall. is .some. place's .there-is' : -a'good: deal— and -the itself; .also > how to • avoid cutting Yorkshiro:fpg.(; ■•;;'';;.. y.:'. ; ; ■ XV; A. Duffer Could ; Mak^ In Fitzherbert ;distriot^idsorthere. ; ;s"ahy: ;amount of good, cleansed to. be had ! for:the nnntei. and ' I - i ai ! 1 c f rt ?in*hat;atthe price of' cocksfoot as it isv.to-day, the .veriest auffer.: oould: make ten-shillings, avday.Vclear. of all : expenses, .while a-man. who-had any; know--lfcdge,of the.work/or.-who :could-:pick it up: quickly,- could 'Tnako'.-.twd poundsa :aay: easily v : oo.:hfire.ia.aE opportunity:for"many bf men, ; who are; seeking .work—are -ther really' doing :so,?-to :mako,a^goodCheque;V Many.■ a: sack.of cocksfoot I;have cutfor two, pence half;penivv,i pound, and. money: ■by. it,; Now, -for,:nice, -clean, ■" bright seed" •trom,sixponce : .;to got. '•'!' :Da'y.:^, ,-■■/:,-? 1 •^ : ™* a w >%°Wy alittle- -knowledge: of'the ' average; a 'iack W£sr ■ ..while,those who are;export-could do-cb'nsider-' - When -you ;consider that cpntains.from. seveaty-. to .'ninetyipbunds of : seedi-it -can'; be .readily;.seeri thatnhere money,in it.; .The .tools.required are :a ! reap ; £i. :ll ? d; m soyt ¥ ? tone n (wKori: would cost about 35,^,0^48.),,a; flail:(whichvis easily: made), : and ~a.thrashing: sheet (which■ micht cost anything: from, ten a'poun^ .Jo.bg bought,;:the;gra S s-seeder: r could set-to work;-to reap...this, golden, .harvest .whioh is• .galhng;to}'him 'to'.betaken.' ■ ''■•'• -' " ''-' : ' only:is there this splendid:opportunity tf m& ,qf--things- is-,calling :but,to-tHe- farmers VOf-.Co.n™9.»V»ahy.are.-too Ausy,to 'tackledirrasS :seed,ng but..thbre',are- 6thers % vvh o a,goodfew:r,ounds;at-the ; :^M% '1 '^^r^^? Wtne ; 'Mdsterton Sai.^^:^ id^#r|S mer .he d : ..-in -...Mastorton:-;-during: CWmas.week u , wrote .thanking ;the'ass|: mm k^f^'i^W^^' steward ; .. tor , the ■ • Hereford : sec tion,, dt the;, forth-com,n«;^pw,;,rtce;;Mr-;A,;^:^fg:; — *■ ■ mote .disappointment at' ing, iHol- : reported, that,he.'had^replied :^ m »?vF e Sa^in£ ; whici:it; was: proposed, oon^ .Ctlmt^^-smoke^ Wdges,;be heM;m;the.::granaßtand tvi% u '■???? ef expenses' .. Mr'.' Lett: stated .that .this .'practice' rhid. beeii' ve-ry 'rig qestfulvat-■norttor* shows,: and;it' * carried;out: at: very; little^nleKTneS meeting".however ; a:proposal:, ; ii,i? 6 WWaj'-Committee ■ recommended': that the.application', of. Mr. m o.;Cooper" foF the a ;: snial^paddock' 1 hi association, .adjoining:-his: property', Cmt -TZ'fif' out?: SS!Sdflo^ ; ll ■:'i'-'?K'^? an .mvitat.o.nsjor the;second day":-of"-the ? ' B how warded ; tp.the: inspectora::ot;: B tock,v ; now^m ; conference'. In : Welllngt<:lil; , ■'•', '■■■ - ' : " 9y >-™-. .-.-. ThirtyHine' new- rnembers: were' ; elec'iid :; ;'"" v o.?.Buchahah;^l.R e9 H°':W ; Bunny, -W, H. Booth/ and I^M m aW--rt r Presenting-,the::,Wairarapa ■& & : rt^ d request, that:reasons::should be''giveni'Whyv the mtendM in future^;matia ; ge-the:annual SHv,n flir^ -W ;from Carterton..;. After. reoemng ;thV deputation, the committee decided ihat/: .in '.the interests of : ■M'^. tKPuMc.gen.erally,. -it'could not depart from its previous''decision. :: .v I :: - ; o w!r!r , "k g -'''^ : - e^';^^ i W'- f :^^ m .S'^ great-for thev-eXisting.,ac-oommodation,: the /chairman of the- Ground .Committee.;was authorised,to' arrange" extra