TO INCREASE THE LIST OF MEMBERS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 528, 23 February 1917, Page 3

TO INCREASE THE LIST OF MEMBERS.

FR DITCHGATES ANXiwtS TO •MAT! FT, ASSOCIATION. UTf.vT WIFE A Ml All ten GET for ms :»/-•/

Mr McClure intercoplcd the pa’ssiny of a'cnmts at the special meeting of tin 1 Waimate Fruitgrowers’ AssoMull nr last, evening t, i-Fng up a question of ihe inducement < that might he held out to growers to join >he meniboi’ship, What i'V’i a igomk’r yet for his Os ? llo|(!!iaug!if I! pi the President, when lie. gave lys inaugural address, say next month, might put La-ward matters for eiission, in order tjhaj a, tfhance might he alfordeu of learning something through discussion. There were many growers of .small fruit not ,in the Association, and many more small growers of orchard fruit, and these were just marking to .se-.* whether tin* Association was going (a he of any use to, anybody. Now, if discussion's wore promoted-, and projects put forward am. l run .dele red, these small growers might iind that they could lea'll someiainy. What if they learned t-ho wav m grow jthree punnets of s( i aw Ferries who.e hitherto Uiey had grown (i.ly one I Mr Beswick. win. had 1-rpught thy namely business to a line artrinAVaimate, might give them uT his experience in many things. There wore al o questions of co-opera*ive buying <f •ci ate-, eh'. Instead nf sending away for a thousand. as in the past, they might, by co-operating, be at le to purchase to much greater advantage by ordering 50,01)0. Many people bad an impress].)!! that tho people in this Association would jest -et together and eon Duct a IV w pr..ceedings on --til t Pail amciuary lines ami then pass the a.m.cn: J am.go home. But the}' «a;:icl ! { look to gettinc tins Assncmti -n into tlic posltim of doing sound, dug f r these people u in liau paid 1 tlxvr subset Ipt lon. The President (Mr W ni , Mcnzic-O said bo agreed.' heartily w itn Mr MeClure's attitude. Ife v..v looking firward to preparing an .. d : “ ■ - Ur an eaily meeting; and ho hop D every member would help in Ibc p’an of co-education by bunging forworn questions of interest and jno;!p to the fruitgrowers generally. IT'* assured the meeting that (he grower-*of small fruit- intended, coming m. Mr At will said his motive i.i j lining the Association was t ■ benefit the town. He grew a little kit of stuff, and iha/J a lot. h i learn yet; but he did not expect the Assoc -iafj -u would put a penny piece in his ] o-c.k-ct. But after he was gone _ there; would lie in the Waimate c-istrict n fruit-growing industry that woidn be a credit to the town. CANN.FD STRAWBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES! Mr Coatli said that with so much smal! fruit being produced (here was a great opening under the co-opcral-ivc >ystem. They might have canning fac-toiios liere. The fruit should not be sent away teDunoten but it should be canned here. The small grower had to be educated. Each member of the Association now ha I got to educate the ,small grower, Mr .McClure had brought up a very \a!u;ible matter. He hoped Hah sometime they would sec a canning factory in Waimate. Mr A twill: MM tiled it years ago a nr. it c'.lid not work. You have got to- bring the sugar here from the city to begin with, and then there is Ug making of the tins. It doesn t pay, Mr Coath: “If at first you don’t succeed, try.tiwg again,’’ That was years ago. you say ? Mr Hockeu said that Use tin-mak-ing v. as part of the factory. Did Frimley. for instance send t) Auckland f®r the tins? WANTED: FANE ENTHUSIASM. Mr Beswick said that the Waimatx; MAri.-t had a great future. Om-e id Waimate become known as a fruit district, and they would have people coming from far and' near to buy laud. People came to him Tor novice, and iie advised them to go in for glass houses. They asked him how it would help him it people grew their own stuff, but he always them to go. into the tomato business, etc. life motive was to live to see tho day fivlmn |l‘h p Waimate district would come t its own iu the fruit-culture Jine._ _ It was one of the best in tiiiv People said they could not grow toma toes; why, be Raid a, thiousaadjus <hie trees as one could wish to ooc., /Luis disproved the assertion ol these peoplo who declared fch’aA. tho. tomato-cul-ture business could not be none- Sieve. People were bringing to him. all sorts of fruit, and It was astonishing what tho district could produce. He would jxiovtj th&t the Association got up RR exhibition of local-grown fruit. Mr Coath:. Is that not done (at L hc Winter Show? Mr Hockeu : Are we strong enough Mr Beswick; Just wait a bit till I 3 ay a little more. If two go into the' thing with enthusiasm, and get a tuff together, as much as we can. Place it in a not-to-large hail, aiuLin vitc people' to come and sec jt -witfhcut charge. H it were feasible, I would even offer them Oci to come; but of course that is outflof-the question. Let tho people; once know what the district will procure what can be grown—and we shall then have people, joining the Association, and going into tho matter of growing stuff, too. The Association should systematise production. At that show’ Ulic staff d liouPJ/Uj Dulled and the best of it forwarded to Mr Bouchier's m.. v in ChrtMch’aich How was it .that Timaru could beat Christchurch year after yoaq in chrysanthemums ? Simply because They were enthusiastic and followed the

thing up. They wore encouraged to put the ■sfjii.fl: in. Mr McClure: Of course, with apples one has got to wait longer for a result after planting. - v Mr Hockeu said there were tons of fruit coming into Waimate from Central Otago at the present time. His experience! Iwas that tho shopkeepers wore pledged' to q°al with those Central Otago firms, and they wcu Id not take locally-grown fruit. Take tomatoes, for instahcc. He had simply to bury hi; by barrowloads. Mr Beswick: Well, that is strange, f am ‘buying all I can get. Mi- Hocken? Well, 1 halve to dig e ..hole to bury my stun'. They (won’t buy Waimate strawberries. A member: is a. reason Association, if you like. Mr Beswick: Von bring your Jiuit te me. I will fake it, Mr Coath: That just shows wi',’at this Association can do. it- reveals, hidden supplies, and brings the piMoucer aiui purehuser together. The Chairman said that, he t.iseus:ed this fi’iiit show question wi,Jt |a gentleman of the press some time ago, and; his it Am wasi tii i.f to (give it further popul.nity it might ho j-tin in aid of the Red Cross, There 'was a great quant iiy of fruit 1 hioug’lioi-il the County, amt if people wete'nly seen ami persuaded to send Heir Dull’ in, (hen; eo ild bo; -ii'elHia,»p!r;.r if.' exhibition. The thing wanted to be done with enthusiasm, and it would go along alright. FRUIT) VAN FOR WAIMATE 'TRAIN. ■’ Mr Hockeu asked if the growers of smalt fruit might not be imou-mi' to join the Association if tllie Federation eould be moved to inve-tigap-tho .standing grievance in regard, t . the refusal of the Railway Department to grant a fnuf(-vau for the Waimate branch line. He explained the present irksome coniiilions of loading fruit mi the express t a in. Alexandra growers wci-e give;.i( a van and Clyde g.owei's likewDo, uul from his ohservutiiii there was famore small fruit seal; away from Wagmat e Hum from cither of the ‘‘ ida-'e-Moreover, Clyde am’; Alexandra dropping the sli awbeivy hu-incc iu favour of tomatoes. The Cha.inr.au: This is thr u rl W thing the Assooiatiou exists f r. Mr A t will: We lhave tried am l !.'’ml and they will not give us u van. Mi’ Hockeu; Who do you rm a . l-\ “woV*’ Mr At will: Tim gimweis of small fruits. -Mr Coatli; But you were inuividuyls. powerless in move (he author ilies. We have a Fcderatim now. Mr Beswick: Tim advantage I uav ing a National Federation is this: ; They will carefully sift all matter 1 in light bef-u'e tliem, an.d if theye;-. • si'.ei- the requests unisonal D th-O' will recommend that they I c gra u ed, if not, iln-y wi I turn I'hem down. Mi- (Math: Vo-, of course. Hwi l bo gone into on projier bu-.n I’o'iting; ami the quani IVs will 1 ■ , ascertained. The Pre-ldent: Data mini be eo! loeleu hefori’ -mth a n-qm-M can M-■ oil’eetively urged. It was um.erstom-- that the nun tees olscus-jc'- 1 would I-,. (Onsiderctf without loss 'I time by lire Executive.