The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 297, 23 October 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1879.

At the Sydney Exhibition, in the New Zealand Court, there are some 40 or 50 cases of grain, seeds, and flour. Some of the wheat is marked at 671b. ta the bushel, and probably even greater weights will be shown when all the cards are put down. Among the samples of wheat exhibited are some from Masterton which are likely to receive honorable mention. It is gratifying to find that New Zealand wheat is ranking among the best grown cereals in the world, and that though less attention is paid to choice of seed and to preparing the ground in this colony than in the older countries of the world, its superior climate more than compensates for these deficiencies. It is also, from a local point of view, gratifying to find that our Masterton wheat holds its own in New Zealand. Indeed, the superiority of Masterton bread baked from flour ground at the Masterton mills and grown in the neighborhood is a matter of common observation by visitors to the Borough. There is yet a fair prospect before our farmers, who have latterly had to put up with low prices and a purely local market, It is only reasonable to anticipate higher market rates when trade and commerce revive all over the world, and it is certain that in six months time that, thanks to railway communication, instead of the limited demand which has hitherto restricted the enterprise of Masterton farmers, the market of the world will be open to them. We trust our farmers will be fully prepared to take advantage of the improved condition which will shortly attend the business of corn-growing; that by a judicious selection of seed they will endeavor to obtain for Masterton wheat the highest market rates, and that they wil [ combine together to make such arrangements as will be necersary to store theirgrain and place it in the market on the best terms. To effect this cooperation is essential, and whether it takes the forrc of a Farmers' Club, a Farmers' Society, or a Farmers' Exchange, it matters little as long as there is an organization which will give the farmers what they want, viz,, easy access to market and security for obtaining the highest market rates. A larger area ot land is now under crop than has ever been ploughed up before in this neighborhood, and wo hope before the harvest time arrives the farmers will hold a meeting and decide amongst themselves the best method to be adopted for placing the whole of the grain grown this season in the market. By this means the serious losses which many individuals sustained last ueason in selling grain at a sacrifice will either be altogether obviated or reduced to a minimum, a