AUSTRALIAN FARMERS TO VISIT

Evening Star, Issue 21254, 8 November 1932, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN FARMERS TO VISIT

NEW ZEALAND TOUR IN JANUARY! [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, November 7. Arrangements are well in hand for a: tour of New Zealand by a party of Australian farmers and agriculturalists in January next. The tour has been promoted by the Bendigo Agricultural, Horticultural, and Pastoral Society, and in organising the trip the society has had the assistance ,of the Department of Industries and Commerce and that of the Tourist and Publicity Department. The party is due to arrive at Auckland by the Mariposa on Tuesday, January 17. After visiting both the North and South Islands they will sail from the same port on the return home by the Monterey a fortnight later. The main object of the tour is to enable Australian farmers to study pastoral and agricultural methods in the dominion, survey the results of these methods on the farm and from farm to factory. The dominion’s marketing organisations are also likely to be studied. The party hopes to visit dairy farms and tested herds, the butter and cheese factories, experimental farms, sheep farms, grading stores, and freezing works as opportunity offers. Conferences will be held with the various organisations connected with primary production. The itinerary also provides for visits to .well-known scenic resorts, including Rotorua and Waitomo Caves. ]The party will not be restricted to farmers and pastoralists. It is hoped by the promoters that dairy factory interests and business men interested in agriculture will see their way clear to make the trip.