MANAWATU EVENING STANDARD. POHANGINA GAZETTE. Circulation, 3,000 Copies Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1904. A DAIRY SCHOOL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7780, 2 March 1904, Page 4

MANAWATU EVENING STANDARD. POHANGINA GAZETTE. Circulation, 3,000 Copies Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1904. A DAIRY SCHOOL.

The advantages possessed by Palmer, ston North as the site for a dairy school [ have not escaped the notice of the Goj vernment dairy experts, who have made a recommendation that a school be established in this town. When this information was disclosed by Mr Seddon at the banquet tendered to him m Palmerston, last week, it created some as" tonishment. The astonishment was not due to the fact that our town was favoured by the dairy experts, but that they should have had the courage to recommend it after Mr Seddon's continued opposition to the establishment of a dairy school here. However, Mr Seddon must have changed his mind lately, as he is not the man to say one word which will cause the people to agitate for something which he is opposed to. Seeing how greatly this district would be benefited by having a dairy school started in Palmerston, it behoves the townspeople and country people to agitate until the Government fulfil the wishes of the dairy experts. The Farmers' Union, Chamber of Commerce and Agricultural and Pastoral Society should take the matter in hand at once, and the movement might be assisted if a strong and influential deputation were appointed to wait on the Government and urge that the request be granted. The starting of a dairying school in Palmerston would not only be advantageous to the district, but it would also benefit factorymanagers, who would be able to advance in their studies and receive diplomas. Mr Kinsella, the well-known dairy expert, is a strong believer in a dairy school, and when he returns to New Zealand he will probably support the proposal to have the school located in Palmerston. He has previously pointed cut that if such an institution were established unqualified men would not be able to get charge of factories, in which large sums of money are invested by the producers. At times the methods of these men are condemned, in many instances only after they have been the means of losing large sums of money to the suppliers. Canada is provided with a number of dairy schools, where investigations and experiments are carried on, and which have already saved huudrads of pounds to the producers and been largely instrumental in improving the quality of that country's batter and cheese. Wo hope that the people of Palmerston will renew their agitation for a dairy school. The town is undoubtedly more suitable than any other place on this coast for such an institution, and it possesses tho additional advantage of having been recommended by the dairy experts employed by ibe Government.