The Horror of It.

Otago Witness, Issue 3404, 11 June 1919, Page 15

The Horror of It.

Vigorous healthy folks simply cannot imagine what a horror, what a death-in-lifo Indigestion really is. They speak lightly of it and say, "Poor Mrs So-and-So has some trouble with her stomach." "Some trouble," forsooth. Of all the ills that afflict humanity none causes more misery, than Indigestion. When digestion fails, life itself ebbs away, just as a steam engine stops when the coal gives out. If you cannot digest your food—as ■ the furnace burns the coal—your heat, power, energy, must run down. Continue this condition and your engines will stop! It is a simple matter to take 50 drops of Mother Seigel's Syrup in a little water whenever you feel the tendency to hverishness or have partaken heartily of food thai is liable to disagree with you; yet thousands of people avoid the consequences ol biliousness and indigestion in just thia simple way. "Over a long period I was attacked by indigestion, and it would be impossible to exaggerate my misery and suffering. I was • unable to keep any food down, and aftee eating suffered from terrible pains in thai stomach and chest, and around the heart. At night I was restless and unable to sleep, and I wasted away until I was simply a mere frame of skin and bone, and so weak that I was afraid to walk out for fear o£ falling to the ground through sheer debility. I was very nervous too, had frequent and most painful headaches, and fell utterly exhausted, and unable to do anything about the home. In fact, all happiness, energy, and brightness was quite blotted out of my life for the tim* by the cruel ravages of the fell complaint. I was induced to try a bottle of Mother Seigel's Syrup. Much to my comfort and delight I found, on using it, that it eased my sufferings, and I began to improve and feel better from the first day. I can with truth assert that my health began to steadily mend before tho contents of the first bottle had been nearly used up, and the curative process continued without check or interruption, as I used the Syrun, until I was _ transformed from a weak, ailing invalid into a well and hearty woman, able to eat anything I had a fancy for, able to go through all the domestic duties of the day without fatigue, and able to enter, into all the amenities and pleasures of life' again with zest and enjoyment."—Mrs Mary Gough, Bont View, 34 Turbot street, Brisbane, Queensland. —April 10, 191&

Of tho first importance in this country! as ill its products were manufactured here, fins differing from other primary industries t but it was not sufficiently realised ftiai the too general use of mongrel bulls fesa the curse of the industry, Ofcago'e

butter output per cow was meagre indeed. There were some 793,000 dairy cows in the dominion at the present time, averaging 1611 b. butter fat per cow per year. Otago oowa, according to the late Mr Healy, 11 averaged 30 to 401 b under the domjnion's

average yield. There were cows in the dominion yielding round about. sOolb butter fat per cow, and outside Now Zealand they touched over 10001 b butter fat in 365 daye. If it was realised that every increase of 101 b butter fat per cow over the total dominion

herds, meant an added revenue to the industry of £600,000 per year, some idea of the great possibilities of the dairying industry might be gathered. If they could raise the dominion average to 2001 b butter fat per cow—not on impossible matter — it would mean an increase of over £2,500,000 per annum. Legislation in regard to fertilisers sold to producers was on the Statute Book and farmers were more or less safeguarded. But what about seeds animal foodstuffs, sheep dips, etc.? "New Zealand," said Dr Cookayno recently, "is one of the dependencies of the British Empire that does not possess a Pure Seeds Act." Legislation was required to effect this, and other improvements should also be demanded in respect to the purity and germination of all imported agricultural seeds. So too with seeds grown in this dominion and exported. Why leave a channel for dumping? Why not safeguard our present export trade?

" America," says Mr A. E. V. Richardson, Agricultural Supervisor in Victoria, and a recent visitor to America, " spends annually £12,000,000"' on agricultural education, and during the past few years, as a result of this expenditure, the value of her agricultural products increased by £90,000,000 annually." The development of agriculture is not alone the concern of farmers or any particular section of the community, but was a public question. Denmark turned to agriculture and intensive farming when she lost Schleswig-Holstein, and became world-famous for variety of products and output from acres. France, after the Franco-Prussian war, turned to Mother Earth and developed into the great nation to which we have the honour at the present time to be allied. Mr J. Loudon (chairman of the Finance Committee), in seconding the motion, referred to the satisfactory position of the society, tho balance sheet showing that the capital stood at £8042 12s 7d. The revenue had fallen off during the past year to the extent of £l6O, but now that the war was over, they might look forward to the society's receipts keeping up in future. The t"V" at the present year's show warranted the sooiety in believing its future would be an assured success. Tho motion was carried.

The election of office-bearers resulted as follows: —President, Mr W. Gardiner, jun. (Papakaio); vice-president, Mr E. 0. Hazlett (Dunedin); hon. life members, Messrs James Ross (Palmerston) and James Smith (Greenfield); treasurer, Mr E. F. Duthie (reelected) ; Hon. veterinary surgeons—Messrs 0. J. Reakes, W. D. Snowball, W. D. Blair, and J. Danskin; auditors, Messrs Barr, Leary, and Co.; committee : —Dunedin district—Messrs James Begg, George Black, George R. Ritchie, and William Turnbull (all of Dunedin); Taieri district—Messrs David Andrew (Wingatui) and Thomas Gawn (North Taieri). The Chairman referred to the deaths of old members mentioned in the annual report, and asked members to rise as an expression of their sympathy. This was done. He also moved that a letter of sympathy be sent to Mr Mahoney (Enfield) on his recent bereavement. The suggestion was agreed to. Votes of thanks to tho retiring president, office-beavors, exhibitors, and others were carried unanimously.