FARM & COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2435, 14 April 1915, Page 8

FARM & COMMERCIAL.

MAKURI FARMERS' UNION

At a meeting of the Farmers'. Union, held at Jlakuri on Saturday, the following ofliccrs we re appointed:—Chairman, Mr. W. E. C. Tyler; vice-chair-man, Mr. VI. Coom;'auditor, Mr. T. Wilson; secretary and delegate, Mr. W. J. Moore; committee, Messrs. R. A. Wilson, C. Jennings, C. Parsons, Thos. Whitta, J. W. Perry, F. Rhodes, J. A. Cameron, and Dransfield. Three remits were sent to the conference. A letter was read from the Board of Agriculture re noxious weeds, and it was unanimously decided that the Act be fully enforced over the whole district. The Government, in the opinion of members, were the worst offenders, and it was urged that they ought to show a better example.

Eleven sections of the Wither Run Estate were balloted for to-day bv the Land Board, says a Press Association telegram from Blenheim. There were 56 applicants, the successful applicauts all being local people. Mr. H. J. Richards, secretary to the Levin branch of the Farmers' 'Union, has been appointed delegate to represent the branch at the Provincial Conference at Pahiatua on May 18. Do you want to sell your cream to-day? If so, please write us for prices aud particulars, as we can do with a lot more. The demand for our butter is increasing so rapidly that we have no chance of filling orders. We sell direct to the consumer, and can therefore return you the test value. Please don't forget to urite us if you have cream for sale. Wanganui Fresh Food and loe Co.—Advt. - There's not a more efficient helper to the man on the land than the Richmond Oil Engine. Easy, safe, and reliable to work, it equals many hired hands; is always on the spot when needed and ready to start. Choose the Richmond because of the many points in which it excele, of its solid construction, and allround goodness. Ask or write for particulars. A. J. Parton, Plumber, Carterton. —Advt.