THE FARMERS' CLUB AND SERICULTURE.
To ihe Editor. Sir,—Very little interest eeems to bo taken in getting mulberry trees for the culture of the silkworm industry, beyond a committee corresponding with the Government, which has promised to order .some 500 trees for the Peninsula. Now, from what I have heard, we may expect these few trees to arrive some time, and be just distributed round to a select few who may be fortunate enough to be among the number who happened to be at Mr Fedorli's tneeting, or intimate friends of the selfappointed committee. Now, if this industry is to be taken up with a view of benefiting the district, the matter must not be confined to a few, as it is evident that, the mulberry trees will not grow in Jollie street; it must be made a county matter, and if the industry is worth trying, then it wants to be taken up with some spirit, and it is evident from what our Farmers' Association did in the shipment of cheese to London that we have some men in our midst who could undertake to bring even this matter to a successful issue. I would therefore suggest that the Club take this matter up, and that the secretary be requested to send a circular round to each member of the Club asking for a return of how many mulberry trees each member would be prepared to plant. In the meantime let the secretary write to the nurseries at Wanganui, Sydney, and Melbourne, etc., enquiring what numbers they could supply of the white mulberry trees, and the price of them. I have no doubt that by taking a large number of trees the price would be very little, and we would by this means get trees planted in almost every bay on the Peninsula. We have very little time to spare if we intend to plant this winter ; the mattei must be attended to at once. If the Club think these suggestions worthy of notice I should like to see a general meeting of the members called at an early date to discuss the matter.—l am, etc., ONE INTEKESTED. [A considerable amount of misapprehension seems to pervade our correspondent's letter. And ho suffers, like most anonymous correspondents, in not attaching hia name to his communication. From the publicity given to the meetings of the Sericultural Society in these columns, it will be seen that its object is to treat all fairly within its resources. We would recommend our correspondent to communicate with Mr Westenra, Bank of Ne* Zealand, who will no doubt be glad lo entertain his application for trees along with others.— Ed.A.M.]
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 516, 24 June 1881, Page 3
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444THE FARMERS' CLUB AND SERICULTURE. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 516, 24 June 1881, Page 3
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