FRUITGROWERS' CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1522, 19 August 1912, Page 10

FRUITGROWERS' CONFERENCE

"/' TO OPEN TO-MORROW. The conference of fruitgrowers is to open in Wellington to-morrow. Delegates will be present from all parts of tho Dominion, and a large number of matters of interest to the industry will be discussed.

A WINNER OE COMPETITIONS. The Egg-laying competitions for 1910-11 and 1911-12 were both won by pens reared on 'A. and P." Chick Raiser. The first essential for profitable poultry keeping. Obtainable from all Storekeepers.*

A business mail, whether he be in charge of a Bank or a Factory, should know a good thing when ho sees it. Abundance of evidence is forthcoming that, the Factory managers of Taranaki realise the superiority of "Victor" Vats. About SO of these Vats are being supplied for that go-ahead province alone, which augui'3 ■well for Tnrannki's progress and factory shareholders' pockets. Full particulars concerning "Victor" Vats obtainable'from Albert J. Partin, Carterton.—Advt.

'.A fruit farm described as the show place 'of' the Nelson district is offered for sale by Messrs. .1. T. Horn, Ltd.. in this issue. At .lohnsonville on Wednesday next a stock sale will bo held by Messrs. Abraham and 'Williams, LUla

WERAROA EXPERIMENT FARM. 'DRAINING BY EXPLOSIVES. During tho past few days some interesting experiments in tho way of draining with explosives have been carried out at the Wereroa Training Farm, says (he "Horowhenua Chronicle." A plot of wet land somo three acres in extent was dealt with, and tho results are said to hove been satisfactory, although it is too early yet to form a considered opinion on the merit of tho explosive for this particular purpose. Tho process of draining is quite simple In. tho first place a hole is bored with an auger to a depth of about five and a half feet. The cartridge attached to tho fuso with detonator is then lowered, and tamping is done. When tamping is finished, either by water or otherwise, the fuse is lit, anil tho charge explodes. A chargo of Goz. was put down each holo on tho plot experimented upon, and an area of about sft. Gin. by Gft. Gin. deep was nicely broken into porous land through which the water percolated. In the instance the reporter saw, tho explosive broko up the earth right to the gravel. It will bo interesting to learn how the cost of draining by this explosive works out on a given area, and until this is ascertained it would'be fruitless to form an opinion of its values as a draining system that could bo confidently recommended to the farmers of the Dominion for adoption. At tho same time the results as seen gave every appearance of being thoroughly satisfactory, and in the way of expedition a' much larger area of land can be treated in-a very much shorter tinio than under the existing 6ystem. •