Changing Agricultural Methods.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 15, Issue 33, 26 April 1904, Page 5

Changing Agricultural Methods.

Dunedin, April 23. In proposing the toast of “ Agricultural ard Pastoral Interests,” at a banquet at Waikaia, Mr M’Nab, member for Gore, said he thought we were on the eve of great changes. One of the difficulties in an agricultural district was the superior attractions of towns taking away the more intelligent labourers to join the mechanics in the cities. He noticed that the agricultural motor was perfected in England, and he thought if it were introduced into this country it would take the place of horses and we would have skilled mechanics finding occupation on farms as well as in the city foundries. So satisfied was he that the motor meant the turning point in agriculture, that he had cabled Home for one, and hoped to have the first motor in Australasia at work next July. He regarded the utilisation of modern machinery as the only way of raising the status of the agricultural labourer to that of the worker in the cities, and by that means, and the use of the best fertilisers, our land could, he believed, carry millions, where thousands are now employed.