FARM SCIENCE

Hawera Star, Volume LII, 30 January 1933, Page 7

FARM SCIENCE

LORD BLEDISLOE’S ORATION ON RECENT RESEARCH. AN ENGLISH TRIBUTE!. . In October last the Governor-Gen-eral, Lord Bledisloe, delivered an important scientific oration at Nelson as the Cawthron lecture, entitled “A Conspectus of Recent Agricultural Research, with Some Reflections Thereon.” The oration was published in book form, and has now made its appearance in Great Britain, where it is arousing considerable interest. Many of the leading education and agricultural institutions have ordered copies for the use of their instructors and students.

Discussing the' oration, “Nature,’-' a well-known London journal, says: t “New Zealand is singularly fort'un- j ate in having in its Governor-General, ; Lord Bledisloo, a keen and distinguished agriculturist, thus representing in the highest governing and administrative circles one of the most- important industries in the Dominion. On October ?, Lord Bledisloe delivered at Nelson the annual Cawthron lecture, his address being entitled ‘A Conspectus of Recent Agricultural Research, with Some Reflections Thereon.’ ' “This is the- first time that a Gov-ernor-General of a Dominion has delivered within it the chief scientific oration of the year, and as one would have expected, in collating the agricultural research of the past three years, as Lord Bledisl-oe did in the lecture, the economic importance of agricultural research has been emphasised from an essentially broad though authoritative point of view, thus taking into consideration not only the British Einpire, but also other countries. “The amount of detailed facts, with commentaries, concerning agriculture which have been assembled into this lecture is scarcely short of amazing. Lord Bledisloe has left no stone unturned in his search for data. Every aspect of agricultural and horticultural research is reviewed and there is scarcely a research department, in-, stitutc or station within the British Empire which is not considered and its recent work discussed. “Other countries outside the Empire, such as Denmark. Germany, the United States, Holland, Finland and others, have been combed for results and duly considered. Apart from the general consideration of horticulture, arable and dairy farming and apicul-jt-ure, and their more detailed aspects such as the study of the constitution of wool, vitamins, etc., researches in connection with more specialised Empire products such as sugar and tobacjeo are also reviewed.”