TARANAKI PROGRESS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 June 1924, Page 5

TARANAKI PROGRESS.

PUIAJ E MINISTER'S TRIBUTE. RETURNS SHOW A RECORD. ”1 know Taranaki verv well, as I have been there on a good many occasions, .hut I have never Seen the counlooking so well.-’ said the Prime Allm.ster on 1 riday. on his return to Wellington from Hawera (states the Dominion). There appeared to be plenty of feed ror stock, which were in verv good condition. continued Air. Afassev. Neither moratorium nor taxes seemed to worry the people of Taranaki. The dairy returns already this vear had overtopped last year’s, and were a record. He honed the farmers would continue thus adding to the prosperity of the country. ihe Dominion was now sending more lnittor to England than Denmark was, and for this Taranaki was entitled to great credit. New Zealand has justly earned the s title _of the “dairy farm' of the Empire.’’ continued Air. Alassoy. hut there was yet room for expansion. AYhen in Hawera lie had urged the imperative need of good feeding and close attention to the improvement of herds. The application of science in greater measure to methods of farming and dairy production would ho of henelit to the whole Dominion. ' The Dairy Control Board, of recent creation, would, he thought, hold its own with the business men at Homo. ft should he given & fair trial, for it was composed of good, straight-going, intelligent men.