GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

// The 'nest.-'annual, meeting ojsth'e/NeF, -Zealand ■'■■Farmers/; vdJaif y '■■; Onion , : is '■.;.'■ to beHHeld/at' l J alnier's'ion .Nor.tli.-':' '■.'" /- ,' •■'■'• Jrißyjvfclie:Moana-.yesterday/.Sfc;;IV B; .Watts.-'sliipped,6o;. draught. '.liorses;. to Sydjiey.;:' -U-vv. ;/: Z'/r:" /,.;, ('; '\' ''*''■';'■.> , -At I .;the last -meeting,.of• the .Taranaki Education' Board , (reports, the -Taraiiaki. f'News'O Mr.'.W;'. A'./Ballantyne, ; ;Chief 'lnspeciSr-Vpoinfed i but* that,:' in/connbiibion':. with/ the 'Civil Se-rvice, .Junior, ;Es-; .ammation.. : no,;i)rovisioii-; was :made, for/ the oxamination of a.candidate in'dairy; science'. ; /Now : that steps '.werel , 'being-' i tak^V : '';.toV-. , ' , «stiiblis/i- , . , .;.'.'iiirni'... : '.'ibhpois throughout the. colony; he was of .opinion; that,dairy: science- should ; , be.' iii- : eluded-in"the.'subjects-.for'exairiina.tion, and tliat the'marks-assigned, for it and also for;; should' each;.-.-'.' Thesp two' subjectsv.were: . necessarily;;",th'e ,: : most '.important.',o in'.'■■ a' course of,•■rurar,wprk;Aand it-would be .some' encouragement to those taking up this'course' if they felt that they"would not.beihandicapped I ;should they desiro ■lob present 'themselves ■lor'. kho'-Cinl, HervJOT , jiiously/resolved to forward tho .recommendation''to . the ■ Minister, of/.Educa-; ,tion -for his/ ; consideration....; ;; ' !'. 'i'h'c.'-.Minister of Agriculture is, being asked by. Mr.. Field;- M;P., what steps, if '.'any,' are/being taken; to give, Hansen's . nbxious-weed '•..'.'■.exterminator- a fair and complete , trial,, with , a; view, to testing thoroughly-whethur:it; will 'accomplish/all that,- the; inventor..claims ■for-;i<;.' ; ';,';'■ '.'.' ;■■■ ''.'•.■■ ■..; • '. ..■. ..'■; ■'■:■■■. ' ' ■■.