ELECTRIC POWER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1801, 14 July 1913, Page 4

ELECTRIC POWER.

THE TRANSFORMATION OP THE COUNTRY. Mr. J. A. Walsh, secretary of the Pahiatua Central Branch of tho Farmers' Union, and the Pahiatua-Akitio ■A. and P. Association, floplies as under:—• 1. Some of tho schools in this districfl aro "doing good work in this direction, buti to havo a really beneficial effect it sliouldi bo made an educational test in all coun» try schools. 2. No; a better system of distribution! could bo employed between producer and: consumer, as far as tho handling of th«) produce on tho Home market is concern* ed, but locally I consider tho farmers get satisfactory returns. t' '3. No; tho train connections could bd YRTy much improved. Many of tho roadd in tho district aro in a bad way, and jl greater expenditure ,of public money! would increase tho products of tho land* bv providing a better means of transit. ,'i. Postal and telcphpno requirements being well served, but a lessening of thd .cost of the erection and extension of rural' telephones would be a great benefit to thp) district. \ *>• ' „ ~ ' 5. Yes; shows aro of benefit, as they arq tho means of stimulating . competition! givo comparisons, and promote a spirit ol friendly rivalry and emulation. G. Yes; tho Agricultural Department 18 doing excellent work. Tho experiments carried out by its officers aro l>eing closely watched by the farmers, and tho exact km suits being copied by them. All tho farmers in this district recogniso _ that tlid Agricultural Department is doing splew did work, 7. No. It is extrenvcly difficult to got the farmers .to combine. Self-interest, in almost every case, being tho stumbling 8. If this question applies to leastii holders of private lands, tliero aro pracH ticallv none ill tho district. • . 9. No. Suitable and reliable labour W very difficult to obtain. . ~ 10. Yes; tho accommodation is ly recognised as good. 11 Tlis development of electric power, which would literally transform county life.