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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 1, 10 April 1880, Page 4

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- r-'l;!i"!\j ot "he- recent expe^'in-iit it < v vai; , v f the titrathWen to Eny'an.., and th * 1 eiefits likuly to accrue to hoJ.l .yd of stock in this colony, sh-^ >1 lVh- pron oWs of thi •.nttvprise I;i!.k i) e=:aMisli a trade in nu-at wifh I Ihe home eommy, the Australia i-ui says :—»: — » The true policy nf fanners in'their «.wn interests will be to uiid -awr by all legitimate means to Jnn'nish the cost of production. So luuiT as produce has *o find a foreign market— and the colony is now commuted to that competition — growers must strain every nerve to keep expenses within limits whilst maintaining the quality. Let the production of sheep keep pace with that of grain, and thus, as in Great Britain, let the farmers' motto, be, ' The more meat the more corn; the more corn the more meat. The notion that graingrowing can be profitably continued for any lengthened period without, the assistance of stock should be discarded at once and for ever. Farmers will discern ere long that the only and the best wav of relieving the market for live stock, and maintaining meat at a regular and reliable price is to estab* lish a large export trade." An English paper says that during the last seven years Germany and Austria have imported from Eugland 4000 stallions and 14,000 blood mares, all thoroughbreds. The Oamaru Mail of the 25th ult. says that sparrows are fast increasing in the Weymouth and Pukeuri districts. Where three years ago they could only be seen in twos or threes, and that' seldom, they are now seen in droves of thousands or so. The farmers are thinking of co-opera-ting with a view to decreasing thennumbers by offering a certain sum per head for these little pests. The following letter recently appeared in the Oamaru Mail: — "I notice by a paragraph in one of thtpapers that there is likely to be a good market for oats at Chili and other South American povts. It is a somewhat uncertain and unsatisfactory plan to consign produce for sale at places so distant from our shores, fxperience in past ypars deterring merchants from such speculations. But it seems a pity that no effort should be put forth to find an outlet for the large surplus of oats that is known to be in this colony. I make a suggestion that, if insisted upon, would "at least prove if dependence could be placed on these ports for absorbing a quantity of that grain which is likely to be a glut in our usual markets. Suppose an individual merchant or speculator, or what would be, perhaps, better still, two or three holders of oats, were to charter a vessel to carry a cargo of oats, and employ an enterprising and intelligent man to go with her as supercargo, a testing trial would be ensured as to the feasibility of opening up a continuous trade in that direction, as even if little profit were made out of the transaction, or worse still, if there should be a less, in either case it would be satisfactory to know the result. The endeavor to promote the prosperity of the agricultural community is the boundeu duty of everyone, for the welfare of the colony is in a great degree dependsnt on the profitable conduct of the agricultural industry. I have no direct interest in the subject, but I do like to see the ' springs of industry ' kept in motion, and there is danger of their being stopped, to the injury of every colonist, if our merchauts do not step out from their ordinary sluggish — Eoutine."