Manawaiu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1883. AGRIOULTURAL LETHARGY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 250, 24 September 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1883. AGRIOULTURAL LETHARGY.

A Southern contemporary, the Bruce Herald, points out that the farmers m that* district B are sadly lacking m eh« t>erpiisa^in thar they pursue the same rjoutine, with 1 the same or similar results yearafter year. It also points out the folly of the man, whether he be merchant, farmer, or speculator, who) metaphorically, speaking, '♦ puts all his eggs into one basket," and- so runs the I risk of total loss, with nothing to fall [ back* upon. \ j -This danger can be | averted by embarking m various nrinor undeiltakiag^ apart from, the actual work of cropping, stock raising, .and the usual routine of agricultural pursuits. Our farmers would find it to their advantage to act on the co-ope-rative principle m giving ail possible 'support to undertakings, calculated to promote the farming interest. For instance, they could take up shares m Frozen Meat Companies. Dairy Manufacturing Companies, and other legitimate and remunerative industries. The object of all th#3e is to enhance ithe prosperity of the djstripb, by putting money m circulation, doing away with ikf barter eystem, and increasing the mjinjimum value of a}l that is pro4»ce4 frow §oi\ f As cheese, and

butter, and bacon factories are estab" lished and mu'tiply throughout the land, so will the price of milch cows and store pigs for instance increase. The value of hay and lootcrops must also advance ; therefore, it is to the interest of the farmer to promote these industries by every means m his power. In short, unless our farmers are more keenly , s alive to their own intA, terests, more determined to keep pace with the times, and moro liberal and enthusiastic m their support ot local m» dustries, all of which are more or less intimately connected w[th the remunerative following of agricultural pursuits, they cannot expect otherwise but that depression will continue to embarass and discourage them as has been their sad experience m the past.