MR. BUCHANAN AND THE MINISTER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 960, 29 October 1910, Page 7

MR. BUCHANAN AND THE MINISTER.

'Sir,—Mr. Buchanan tells us that the Wairarapa is not suitablo for seedbreeding and plant selection. It is with surprise that 1 learn that this is so. Mr. however, overlooks tho fact if- ,I ■, <lid . not■. confine the conference, which 'the deputation asked'hie to arrange with him, to the one subject- On the contrary, I: submitted another . suggestion—that of partly- seed-culturo and partly dairying herds—and : concluded by asking whether, in the ,event of his not concurring in that suggestion, his original proposal still'stood:good.' To this, he baa never replied. At. Carterton, Mr. Buchanan, when explaining, tho matter j ( ?„' :ao A-'and P. Association, gave a diiiorent reason for:-not going on, viz., the starvation and mismanagement of our State farms, particularly .emphasising Moumahaki. : This : statement was unthat year'-witnessed a greater expenditure on.. that farm than had . taken-place in tho ; preceding year, and • the management, was; never better.' Mr. ""Buchanan- assured .the association of his .willingness to discuss the question, with me, but ho has 'taken '• no step m this jdireotion, and. has -never even,:acknowledged, receipt of niy letter.—l am, etc.; . '-• --'■'-•" :;:THOMAS MACKENZIE. ' '. Wellington, .October'2B, : l9ld. : .:.-,'