MR. GIL LANDERS'WORK.
:OP'; ;■*;! /;Ji//" 1,/; TOi^VEDiT&;j ; .'//'::u'J;:;; 'hi Sii',—The- retirement; of iMr/:Gillanders at :.31oumahaki.'is-'.'a' very-distinct' loss to the'Twhole ; f;farmingl?comniun;jty,. f; of ,this cpuntry.i.:.;'Arid.f.this (fact- is : more .fully/ ■apprcpiated? r ;;by,./.'ihoso/jwh6 : fbllow.Vth<3 .trend'"of:soieritifio:.agriculture; ds,'prac-. tised:.iri"i cbuntriea which: are;-our. com-: petitors'iif'the.-wqrld'S'markets-with usi.'-v 7: Mr?.} GUlanders!is'.'someivha't;.J,uniqu6'ih that.-'he iis'- ! di' sound : practical ; i 'farmer, and', :yetrhas ! v a':lfair.::gnp? of/scientific, methods', as 'applied;nq ; ;,modern: : agricul-: ture; ;.'if.';He '>■ keeps ':':. fully/ abreast ■-; of J, the' : tinies, /is' -'in V /with ;':■'wlatA'isc-being. done, ; at all :;the great.ei^nmerit:,stations of .Europe < arid .America; and • he; had the rare ifaculty bf/bringi'ig his"knowledge, to Ibear' on' hi?i;work 'in' a: practical', mariner. ,'■ . :^iHie''^exper ; ii^J3Vit ; .well,; an'dyi above all, : ::,acburately : cpridrict:-, ed.': ; ''.Sqme/ little .■. time/ since -.he -paid,;' a 'prolonged" ivisit:'to.-'the:-chief.. experiment stations'4pf:.'Vßritain/ to n'study., '.;BritieK; methods bri/;'the 'spot,-, and .now .hisiknowledge/is'lpst/tb/tis. ,":'.;'.':■:/;'./■;-;:.;; : :'
; ! How -. many.' ;mcn in . ,!, Department could ■ have" beenvbetter'spared ; in;the in-. ,terests, : of..v;the: 7 farmer'- than.- VlJjiiv.'jGil.landers'! .;&iCi' ; ? ■ vj'■: _ vj'j : '?j : : '{?l«i: : s)'isi- ■':.'!' ■.:'The:lossf'o'f "his- services'-is .'especially'.to! be Jdeplored/: : for'; the * reason ' that, on .the :s|:aff.-Vof ftlie'.-DcpartmeEt'respon-sible', for-field .there^isinoti'an ;: officer who'"has had'tho requisite;training.-for. the: work; at-'ttny.. of :iorld.^n.;'faoj/ffljosi of;.tjje ] is:in , , >me*hkims:: of it-vis : often' a'>case; 1 of.-the'-blind-'leading ;the "i blind;— r-i.ami."etc.j' : :\"- , «>- :, '-'-'--" •'•. V:?::': , -:'.^::'3^,-; , 'y-'.-:;.'-.;V'r';>-r ; -'AGBicoiii: ; :''''- :;.'■ '\y«llington,^,January:.'lß.',.....' : ',Vi': •.'...
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 8
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195MR. GIL LANDERS'WORK. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 8
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