A COMPLEX PROBLEM.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 30 October 1912, Page 7

A COMPLEX PROBLEM.

ENGROSSING BUT VARIED

NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND

DIFFERENCES

(By Our Travelling Reporter.)

MARTON, October 29. Tho various and complex conditions that face tho farmer formed the subject of some interesting remarks to the boys of tho Marton School Farm hy Mr. J. G. Wilson, President of the Farmers' Union, on Monday. In Mr. Wilson's opinion farming was a most honourablo calling, as well as being most interesting. Of course it had" Its disadvantages, particularly with regard to weather conditions, but. taken on the whole, farming iva.s most engrossing on well as varied. Tho farmer who wished to achieve succors had to consider tho contour of the country, it 8 position, tho soil, tho climate, etc., and it was hero that science had proved so boneftcial. In emphasising tho point Mr. Wilson pointed onfc the difference of tho two islands. The North had been bush clad, and tho largo area of forest included very littlo oven country. Tho South Wand, on tho other hand,■carried very little forest, and consequently had a much greater ar- of open coiintrv. J ins- therefore, w.-rs the reason why the southern pr.rts wf>m sottled first.' but tho boys woTild son +7mt what applied in nno district, and proved -a success, might bo a disastrous failure in another; hnnco tho need there v.w for the- fiitii)-.'' fiirmers of this young country to pnin nil {lie information available concerning agricultural science. "