MODERN FARMING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 20 August 1910, Page 7

MODERN FARMING.

IMPORTANT . PEECII 11V Till OOYEKXOR.

EDUCATION AXD CO-0 t'ERATIOX

In opening the Auckland Winter Exhibition, tile <':', el 11..,- (Lord Jsi i 11U" I < •'■! I ■

.- <• d that a> en ajjicii it iual man liim-elt' he realised what, ut ureal deal the ae.i:t .:!lu:.i! and pasim-al industry Intel meant t : the past pro.-p -rily. and liow much it must, mean to the. future pni-re.-s ■,\ I.■ i 11 oil iii ill. Ton liiiieli inn. atanee could not he ataclied t' the ureal \aiue

■ i np-t.i date and -eieulifie appliance- ii: the ere;it luisine.-s of agriculture, which i. .: i;iiiV ell'i'i-tid a savins: in time and tie i-osl of production, hut also iinnieiise- !\ improved the oauiily of the article iii i.ii'ifact in I'd. In tile Old Country it .!.:.,' I.n-i! f mud .■ one \\ h :' o'iiiicid: in the p ,-t t'> imoress upon farnni.s the importance of appiyiue science ami mae.hillerv to the natilial coltdii ions of

~l' the earth. \\hieli had appeared to !!: in for a loiiy- time to be ill" onlv essential qualities of pi -oilm t:..u. hut he was giad to sec thai tin- New Zealand farmers were aiivc to the importance of this essential (■lenient. 'l.'he two leading er-eiitials of .successful and prolitable modern, farming were, firstly organisation, and secondly education. I!e had , ■ :■• :'111: v read the last annual report of the X"ew Zealand Department of Agricul- >,.,••. and h • did n;t remember having previously read a report of so useful ;ind practical "a character. It contained adnfiable statistical in f urnat i.'.n. and also a critical description of what was going on in the various district" at Home. t'O-OPKRATIYK OIK: AXISATIOX. In the past the aliseuce of organisation had been one of the principal disabilities of farmers. l-'.-r years he had advocated a svstem of oi-npeial ive or-gauis-ation in 'regard to the dairying' in-dn.-iry in the district from which he had mm--.' and it had now been brought til.out. They had already realised the imp .rtance of co operation in dairying matters in New Zealand, and in regard ; o iheir I.utter that went Home he was giad to be able to say that it was second to none there. (Hear', hear.) The moment thai a farmer allied him-elf with his neighbour l.iv working under the co-oper-.ui.e system one of th? great.'.-! of his d.llieulties was removed, as lie was then enabled to sell his produce, not at a. i-ut-Mr. nt. but at an advantageous price at regular times throughout the year. Tin- old fallacv that in .rder to be .successful one must try to get the better of - ■! •■en-...ur" v..:.-'by ...""grees being exploded even at. Home, and he was pleased to notice that in Xew Zealand it had already been exploded. (Hear. Ui.) J ::e m..c1.-s ..;f on:.- liui.i \i'jt:d not depend upon the failure of his neighbour. '1 he co-operative system .-hould be applied lint merely to the sale of the farmers" produce, but also in the pnr- .":,:- on a wtioie--ale basis of his stock and equipment. 'J his principle had already been, adopted with success in some parts of Kngland. Ireland. and Denmark. He had known farmers to obtain discounts ranging from 15 to 40 cent, oil their manures and feeding '.tail purchasLd in this way. The old ,:-rincip!e of selling on the wholesale ba■i:', and buying" on a retail basis was be.ug discarded. If a farmer sold his produce at wholesale rates he should at lea.-t make his. purchase in accordamt with the. same system. (Applause). EDUCATIOX. In regard to the second essential, education. '.Lord Islington, said that that was being supplied in Xew Zealand by the skilled instructors who were appointed ov the Ho\ eminent. The farmerss were thci.by enabled to produce their crops under the ..jne.st scientific conditions. He !.;.(.! been much inqnes-ed by the table in the ( ojverntneni court showing Uu imjioi tance of maintaining' good strains ot "milking cows. This' table, which

!■ i'i ;l be taken In lkiirt liy every farmer showed the enormous disparity between i i:: t-1 11: l- and superior cows, and that if was mini' profitable to give a lilt!.' niuiv for a superior cow than to go on with a ; i inferior beast. A few years ago their neighbours in Australia had invitud them to allow themselves lo lie absorbed in the Commonwealth. They had ejected, and he thought wisely, to retain their own individuality a.id to carve out tbi u- own disliuy. (hear. hear). Thcy bud ail the natural conditions essential to success upon their side. They had the pe>\e<- to increase their export trade, ■lot oulv to the Home market, but also to a!l the States of the Empire. He :>■> ■]>: d I Inn in years (o oi.nie they would csiablish a good export trade with C'aI' ■ • J :; •TUSH Vol.'ll TIIAUE." "I'su. every effort you can."' added Lord Islington in conclusion, "and push y-uur" trade for all you are worth. Push it in large and increasing volume —your mutton, your lamb, your wool, your butter, and'cheese and vegetables. You will. I hope, in a few years also have a large export, trade in fruit. If you do th:s I coiitidently predict that New Zealand, although her stature may be small ci :nji;ued to that of the sister States of the 'Empire, and although you may be situated in a remote corner of the world, will none the less he able to take her place with distinction amonust. the gnat States of the Empire."

For several vears past beauty doctors in Paris have been using hypodermic in jections of naraliin for filling up facial holes, levelling unsightly ln'otuliei ances. and even creating desirable ones. Drs Tliivierge and Weissenbach have now. however, presented to the Society ot Dermatology a young woman of 26. whose example should cause the seekers ul'U'i- beauty made-to-order to hesitate. A vear iiL'ii an operator corrected the shape of the vomit' woman's nose, alter which he set "to work to beautify her forehead and cheeks. The result is that Iter face is now completely disfigured Where the injections were made it shows red swellings or lumps: her nose is putfv. and her evelids swollen. Ihe general a-pect shows Lc.nliases—t hat is. tuberculosis elephantiases of the face. JJr Pantrier lias been consulted by three other victims, whose cases he describes ;i- trulv desperate and beyond his aid.