HON.- BUDDO ON AGRICULTURE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1152, 13 June 1911, Page 8

HON.- BUDDO ON AGRICULTURE.

SPEECH AT NEW PLYMOUTH. Speaking at the New Plymouth Show, the Minister for Internal Affairs (the Hon. D. Bnddo) said that as a grazing district ho knew of 110 part of New Zealand to beat Taranaki, but Jie wondered whether Taranaki was doing her best (states the "News" from whose report these extracts are taken). Many of the farms which he had passed possessed excellent' pastures, the plough and the sower having done their part well. But he could not help thinking of the change that could be effected in some of the fern-covered lands by a burn, some good seed, and a topdressing of basic slag. There was more need than ever now for the farmers to keep in close touch with the experimental work, in breeding, pastures, and so on. and to lake every advantage of the money provided by the State for experimental purposes. Farmers were t'.io prone to adhere to tho methods which had been good enough for their predecessors, but were they good enough lor us? Touching briefly on the primary products of the Dominion, the Minister said that' thev had had a record year in the matter of exports of produce, from this country, and there was more to follow. As yet, the surface of much of the best' land had onlv been scratched. The farmer of the fut'tire would have to go in for more intense farming, and the working of restricted areas should give better results.