FARMERS' UNION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 10

FARMERS' UNION.

■■ : •''' #\- -'. W'^^S^iWk^iington.iistriciiExei;; •-;.*?"? oof0 of we ;,f?armers^.:Union,Cafv'PalmefsTbn. A i!«>**' 'last week,; the.^residbhplQlfr'l^G:'' v, Wilson)'reported Ulie!set.tlemc'nt''!oF''Hie l '.l3Jios i -''' •■."•,- h f r^,'^tt : : >,:•■*!'. Napier.- .It: was•resolved to- accept an in:'..:vTitatiM': from? th<^Ca:nterbnry-':Sheep : Owners'* ■!-^ :^so(nflt«o^-. - :,':-co-operate;-in matters'Effecting*the;farmirig int6rests.'.v- ;: V--;.-■'::<, ''•-:«-- --■: ■ Ir^fJ't;■' < ).;'i : "'-A j'mpKoinV.-'froni; Upper Waitotnra - B£hhch" ,-.,;.,tirging.that:,members- of county.councils and .-'vfoau^boardsMiold; public-meetings' to eipYairi , ;)j th6:financial -position- of those bodies and-di3- ' :. fjcuss. matters :bf-interest .to; ratepayers was r> .. -.lerred to;th'e Provincial '■-■(•■ ■'■'■'■ "■■'• : V*X ■'"' -'endorsed ■ the motion'passed v.: by;the, Dominion Conference in favour of hav•>;\S^^^ ro '™:;Siiits; Act-amended/-' Marton, : -;■- : -and -.Shannon' branches : forwarded .■:. : ;;motions r ftndoniing the.same.motion.'- ''-: .BMSch: v: port: the-little grey/owls intoftho $T6rth ■Island;:':'. ,:;After .discussion,-it -was,decideU'ko: apply to- ■ ,;:,tto v for ; informafcns^o ,-•,; ns3fulness:_ or-otherwise.'.of these Ibirds:" :.; U-J.' •,,,;-i-iaranfla EMcutive asked in'' V; resisting; urtber, - ■^Jh ? f : 4S3- :fim ?. fa *- immunity;' &a■ lilA?Wh - :- tn ?t:'.'he,question of•'ihe^sWitti"svi&rt Cf - :: x -for ■ ;,. ;: «WaW ? bcfOrd : :next ■ Dominion. ConfeS ' district. injNovemlie" " '#^1-:^RER|MENTAL V GRASSiPLOTS;'>i ■ ; y'yy'-- ■'^; :^ r V b -| , r??^ I :'iirro«i'iD<lenLi ; '.' i -- ■! ::-i■- --■> -"fi ; ':: ; -!"",-/-:-:'--";' i I ™ - tM "n^iv6"tu grass' ,;.coine. a- serlollS . 0?e .,. Mr. A. Macpherson, of ..the,Agricnl turpi.-Departnicht, returned voster ( --...where ho,h.as been .arranging, for tho plahtine 1 ;:kO of experimental;|ro SS , ; .j.viow,.fo aficettaming what -variety of grass is < ~-.; best, suited to. tho district.:... To carry out the it.will bo. necessary to fence" iff : ■:■ -■ fromhalt'anacre up to one acre of a portion ; -.?' ™_plaiu whore there is no ivegetntion. uiid • to divide the area into plots,'sowing.on each a, ... distinct .-variety of. seed, or a mixture of-seeds : ;.ot: grasses. and mother.-. slant's suitable for such , •:'-.'■ ?°, 1I ° tr y-'t?he ; co-operation •of owners of land i .:.,-.'in the positions choson is being solicited in the | v direction ;of.- : fen'cirigvtlie:;>pl6t9.;-'-Tlle'' Depart-- ( -.went will find .the .seeds'! mid supervise the 1 I : -work, whichwill.bo Undci'.the direction of Mr. < -.'Macphctsdn.' ";,..,..■'.';':' ! .■.■'■■-..'..• J