The Auckland Chronicle. Wednesday, November 8, 1843.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 14, 8 November 1843, Page 2

The Auckland Chronicle. Wednesday, November 8, 1843.

We perceive with pleasure, that the gentlemen of the Agricultural Association, held a meeting on Friday last, at the “Exchange Hotel/’ J. .Johnson, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of “ taking into consideration the expediency of adopting measures for the encouragement of such persons as may be desirous to erect a Corn Mill.” We hope their pndepiyouts will be attcnik d with success, and that the result of their conference will be the speedy accomplishment of such a desirable undertaking. The outlay that would be required to put it into execution would positively be trifling, in comparison to the remuneration which would ultimately be obtained thereupon. The proprietor might promise himself an immediate and certain prqflf, and we doubt not but the speculation would turn out to be a most lucrative one; especially when we consider the quantity of land around Auckland, already sow# with grain; and the much greater quantity that would, most probably be sown, did the farmer believe lie would have a chance of disposing of it, oi of getting it ‘reduced to flour; besides the Mill would not he confined altogether to the grinding of wheat, and barley; we cannot see why the maize of this country should not be rendered an article ol consumption in the shape of bread, when pulverised—or why, if not admissible as food to the hitman race, it should not form a good substitute for coarse meal, bran &c., for cattle, The very absence o such a useful machine lias, no doubt retarded the pursuits of the farmer sc far as the growing of corn is considered, for would he not naturally sa\ to himself, ‘'where would be the utility of my growing wheat here, where there is no mill established for grinding it after having gone to the expense oi growing it?—and were t to send it to Sydney—ten to one but the freight, commission, #c., would cost me more than all the profits that I might expect to derive from the sale”! The establishment of a Corn Mill, is, in fact, the main stimulent that is required to force agricultural operations around Auckland, and once convince the farmer that his corn can be rendered available as an article of profit, and as a leading marketable commodity, and his dilatory efforts will be re-commenced with redoubled energy ; and in a short time we should behold the yellow waves oi corn floating in every fertile valley around; an increased demand for labour, and the progress of cultivation generally promoted, and not only those, but its benefits would be felt inanothei way, viz,, in the reduction of that extreme dependency in which we are placed, (so far as regards other countries) for the supply of jtbe necessaries °f life ggsts! Had a mill been erected in the neighbourhood of Auckland twelve months since, we have no hesitation in savins that Auckland would not be at the present moment with only a few tons of flour in tke Market, and as a matter of course, when there is a scarcity, it is sold at a very high price. We do hope aud trust the committee appointed will use their utmost endeavours for the immediate erectiou of so valuable an acquisition to our agriculturalists as a wind-mill,