DUNEDIN WINTER SHOW.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 7 June 1923, Page 5

DUNEDIN WINTER SHOW.

OPENED BY HON. W. NOSWORTHY

GOOD ADVICE

DUNjfiDIN, June 6. In opening the Winter Show th Hon. "NY. Nos worthy said the display o butter and cheese, and especially o wool, contained some of the finest pro duce ever seen. Much was heard abou ! Nelson and other apples, but thei i quality was not that of Central Ota£< | produce. There had been a great re • yival in Otago and Canterbury, also ai 1 improvement in fine wool sheep. To | day the number of merinos and half : bred sheep was about 3 or 4 per cent of the sheep stock in the Dominion. The fall in the number of sheep ii the world since 1914 was between KM ■ and 120 millions, therefore the enterprise and energy people put into th« improvement of these flocks must read '■ not only on the prosperity of thost | People, but on Otago, which he believed was more fitted for fine wool sheep , than other parts of the Dominion. Ii ; the producers were to look forward t« a rosy future, let them treat their land : with phosphates from Nauru Island. ; The Minister advised those present to adopt scientific farming, and to send forward their produce in the most approved manner, with a view to holding ' the market and convincing the con- ; sumers at Home that New Zealand brands were brands to be purchased, so that they would be after them all . the time, 1 At the Agricultural Society's annual meeting, Mr. H. C. Cameron, produce representative fot the Dominion in London, said the show could form the : nucleus of a" hrst-class exhibit to be sent Home, and he suggested to Mr. : Nosworthy that he might secure a good many of the exhibits for use in the t next show in London.. ; Mr. Nosworthy said he did not know what the legislation next session with regard to agricultural and pastoral matters would be, but from his point of view he did not want a, lot of little 1 Bills. They had to consider how they could develop their resources to the I best of their ability., and consolidate | their interests and draw themselves j into a body so strong that they would !be able to demand from the middlej man a.fair and just charge for the dis- ; posal of produce in the world's markets. I The Hon. Downie Stewart said that if the experiences of the previous war were taken as a guide, they vreve in for n time of great instability, and, while they might make temporary recoveries from time to time, the tendency was for a downward grade; They must, therefore, endeavour to increase production hold their own markets and extend them to other spheres.