EN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.

Southland Times, Issue 3316, 5 February 1879, Page 2

EN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.

f A :■■■■■■'■■•■: •—■ H ,-,.». -.....- .•-..:--,-.- f „'Vs -, ..jV ' Edi^pb TimeSj^l obsei^e tbrOugli the medium of your 'paper that ; there are/nOw obtainable "mi' li^ercargill / f oui*/;difEereht kinds of 5^ having.its pwnj particular "menjj; or peculiai 1 quaMcation to recomn^hdjit/ '7 7 : 507 -A A.

. ;•-• .' l : haye ; read : frpin time ,tp /time; accounts of competitive ;;feial&7of: 'this /"class of machines having taken (place in vario^us parts of the world--— places vof far lessiin'portahcefi/pm an "agriciiltui ; al point; of view than "Ihvercargill ; and, I think, tlie "result of those trials shp/ws,; /clearly that the successful working of "eacb machine depends in' a' great measure fori' tbecoiintry over which it travels and th'e-f crop' it has to cvit, whether light pr heayjr, As either of tbose coriditioiis yary, so have the m'acliities been successful or to the contrary in performing tbeir work 7:7:: 7 : 7 "7\ ' ' '. ' ; " '-''■ ' :

... Now, the Southland farmers require a machine capable/ pf withstanding uneven cpunti-y andtbe strain of a^reiy heavy crop; and I think it but fair, before purchas-; ing r /that we /have arilppportunity given lis; pfy-judging^ the ; , machines//; for ourselvesf by ; a ■competitive trial 5 , and, tbe'refpre; I would suggest tbat; the agents of the/ various' machines here fix -a; tmie : andplabe at an early/date -for a public' competition sohi'ewhe i re : ftear Inyercargilb Those trials bave created interest; elsewbere/ arid I aiii sure ftbfr/Sbu^hland f aimers ' .lobk" forward to 'one in this district as aV/thingfbotb usefi^'and interesting.—l amj.&c.V /:. 7- ' „-: An Old Settler.