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Otago Witness, Issue 2120, 11 October 1894, Page 23

October B.— Having had a good spell of very fine weather, work has been pushed ahead, and I think the sowing of all sorts of cereal* is about finished, and the crops have been generally got in in good order. The earlier town is up and looks well. There will be a good deal of grass sown down this season without corn crop, farmers generally preferring to sow without crop. The turnip crops having held out so well that the grass paddocks have had a satisfactory start, thus providing a good bite of grass for the young lambs, <fee. The percentage of lambs promises to be good generally. School Matters.— l understand our school has, as usual, had a remarkably good record at the examination, there being very few if any failures. This is most gratifying to teachers, parents, and pupils alike. Otago Metropolitan Show.— Judging from the splendid programme issued for the Summer Metropolitan show, I am sure it will ba looked forward to with pleasure, and will prove a very attractive one. All farmers or anyone connected with stock, «See, within' a reasonable distance should patronise it, for I am confident many valuable lessons can be learned, which will be of lasting: benefit, besides helping to keep our chief show up to what it should be. Let us as farmers turn out in full force, "and show our appreciation of the truubJe the promoters have gone to for our general welfare and benefit. This. I am sure, is all they expect in the way of reward —patronage and general' support of the show. One first-class exhibition is worth a dozen side or small shows.

A Mean Practice — A little matter that has come under my notice several times lately calls for comment. I have always been ready to show up what I have imagined at any time to be wrongdoing or unfoir dealing by the agents or merchants, as the case might be, with our produce, <ftc. I think we have a perfect right, when we fancy we are wronged in any way, to air onr grievance. I think, also, that agents, Ac, have an equal right to be treated fairly at the hands of farmers or aellers. Now, it is currently report sd that it is a general practice with some private buyers of stock to frequent places of sales where stock has been entered and advertised by the auctioneers for sale by them, such parties making it a rule to go out and mtet the owners of the lots for sale, and in many instances buying them, thus saving commießion, <fee, and leaving the advertisers to be at the loss. Whatever we may think of the system of commissions, I think we have-equal right to expect justice to be meted out to agents as well as to buyers and sellers.