A. AND P. INTERESTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12635, 23 March 1905, Page 3

A. AND P. INTERESTS.

To'the Editor .of. the "Tisiaru Herald.' • gj^—Seeing tliat -liie- new'y-electecl cpiriniittee of our A. and P. Association have, through . their chairinun,' asked msmbe;t ..generally to offer, suggestions to serve as »• guide, to. their future .labours, I hope that this reqpest will not Be ;ost sight pf. For in the i&st, with .few itceprioiu, ti.e ime,lectual -horizon of: these; chosen few has been mli'e or "ess Jiiiiij;e<i'to the confines ol their o\in show aground,...and the almost ■ stereotyped business • connected therewith. Although the successful management of this di-partnvent may .ba t\f the first importance. it : need not constitute, the be-all and end-ali of those A. and P: .interests which they are supposed to represent.- Taking into consideration liie fact.;tlialr there is no Chamber of Commerce/;and 'practically no Farmers' Union in.'South',.-. Canterbury, • they might vary well extend'their sphere of action, arid take upo^-tliflSnselves-soma of the duties that such bodies usualy undertal; e, and thus prove th'emsslves: of rnnsine~aji e use to ;the fa'rminj;:coniEitiiiity by looHar after -all matters .closely affecting fanning it'ative'or originality tci; find plenty of material ip such a wide, field of ever-changing conditions. , ! - I am;. etc., '... | ; VERITAS. fOurs correaDondent' would help the committee more if he mentioned some particular matters .wjiirh he. thinks thev could attend to, insljead of leayinji it to their industry or imagination to lotttfe Ptlie in the wide mid hs speaks "of.—Ed. T.H.]