THE SOIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 16 August 1910, Page 7

THE SOIL.

THE COMING FRUITGROWERS CONFERENCE.

THE PROGRAMME. At the forthcoming Dominion Fruitgrowers' Conference, to be held at Hastings manv subjects of interest to commreial fruitgrowers will be discussed. The Hawkes Bav Fruitgrowers' Association which, has the matter in hand, has decided -to invite Mr. Cockayne. Biologist to the Department of Agriculture, to address the conference. The following remits will be discussed : 1. Government Experimental Fruit Stations. —Is the expenditure made on the most useful lines to fruitgrowers generally ? 2.—Arsenate of Lead and Bluesione and Manures. —The desirableness of obtaining combined Dominion orders. 3. The advisableness of airang.nig for annual visits of the various fruitgrowers' associations to their local Government Experimental Fruit Stations; officers to. be asked to be present and explain the experimental work in progress. 4. That the Government be urged to make strenuous efforts to discover a means of combating the silver blight and woolly" aphis pests. 5- "Marketing of Fruit. —(a) The best method to be adopted for regulating supplies for local markets ; (bj single a.gencias in principal centres with discretion as to selling powers; (c) withholding supplies' of late apples when peaches are ■ plentiful; (d) selection of best days for fruit sales ; (e) fruit salesmen in Wellington to be asked to give better facilities at Christmas and New Year for selling fruit ; (f) discretion as to placing surplus supplies of pip fruits in cool storage when supplies are in excess of de i maud.

6.—C00l Storage.—Necessity of establishing cool storage in principal centres of ponulation. 7.—Canning.—The beairhiff of this on the future of the fruit industry ; best varieties for this purpose. 8. Export. —(a) Growers to furnish an estimate of crop as early as possible each season : (b) the more careful handling of fruit before packing:, especially when required for cool storage or export: (c) uniform system of grading. particularly for apples and pears, when the expert trade has to be considered ; (d) uniform system of wrapping with a view to exporting; (e) grading arid wraojoing for local markets with a view to gaining experience in packing for export : (f) "uniform system of packing, especially apples and pears, with a view to exporting; (g) conference to discuss and determine standard sizes of different varieties of fruit suitable for expert: (h) growers to .adopt case.* of uniform shape and ■ea.oa.s.ity for a;pp!es and pears with a view to export trade. 9. Growers as a. federated body to organise industry a« a whole'on co-opera-tive lines. . 10. Conference to discuss the control of orchard pests.

11. Delegates to report to the conference the varieties of fruits most suited to their district.

12. The advisablenes-s of asking for additional .protection fcr lemons, oranges, and canned fruits.

13. Eetaining the Id per lb. duty on imported and nears from July 14 th to October 14th.

14. Dr. Findlay's scheme of planting orchards by prison labour.

Hard as a Rock, brilliant, sparkling. Polish, easy a°, falling off a log. _ That's "Linoarnb-h," the Linoleum Polish you put on without any effort. You see there ts no rubbing, it's applied with a brush. All grocers Is 6d.*