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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 72, 18 December 1920, Page 17

, New Zealand , Department of Agriculture j • ' 'v | ' '■ • '• "Increased Rural Efficiency and Production/' - I, The activities of tha Department are directed towards increased rural efficiency and production—thus enhancing the general prosperity of the Dominion. The Department aims at helping the man on the land wherever guidance is needed. The interests of the general farmer, dairyman, grazier, ■ fruitgrower, vigneron, small, cultivator, poultryman, : and apiarist are all studiedi I' Chemical, Bacteriological, arid Biological Laboratories are operated for the basic work of research and investigation, while Experimental .Stations, carry out field-tests and demonstrations in scientific agriculture. . " Special local problems, such as refractory lands and deficient soils, are also studied in field and laboratory. Instruction and Advice.—A strong feature of the Department's work is instruction and advice given, by specialists iu all brandies of agriculture, both th'e.o.field and by menus of correspondence. ".Field-crops,' pastures, live-stock, wool, fruit-growing, poultry-keeping, tho manufacture of Ixjttcr and. fc),cosc, " etc., all receive attention in this , respect. ' ' •' Inspection Services.—This-aide of.the Department's work .'is. carried out in the interests of both the agricultural community and the general pulvlio. live'-" ' stock, dairies, dairy-factories, abbatoiis, moat-export mid ordinary slaughterhouses, orchards, nurseries, apiaries, rabbits, noxious weed?, fertilizers, imported fruit end plaints, etc., aro included in 1 flics* services. ! Grading of Produce for Export.—This important function of the Department deals with butter, cheese, hemp; fruit, honey, grain, ctc. Standardisation i business oonfidenee and general facility, of trading have been greatly improved by tho grading services. ' , ■ I 1 r 1 \ J Financial Assistance to Primary Industries.—Loans are granted '-through the Department for aiding the commercial operattons of certain, rural enterprises, { such as fruit-preserving and cool storage. J Other Services include seed-testing; testing of • pure-brod. dairy cows; quarantino of'pure-brcd live-stock; production and supply of vaccines for the control " ■j of certain animal diseases; analysis of soils; milk, fertilizers, etc.; identification of agricultural specimens of all sorts; preparation and snpplv'Of-''-J rahbiil poison; educational exhibits at agricultural shows, etc.' I Publicity.—The Department's monthly organ, "The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture," reports its investigation!.! a;nd experimental work, contains in-S'i f formative and instructional articles by its specialists andl other authorities, and gives advice regarding soason'a'l work, etc. The Journal is published j at a moderate subscription oHI- per annum, and no man on the land should bo withotit it. Bulletins and leafleife aro issued free, also standard ' , plans of sheep and cattle.yards, cowsheds, daily factories, otc. The printed Annual Repo/t of. the Department summarises its activities each year. j Experimental Stations.—The principal stations are: Ccnilr.il Development Farm, Weraroa (near Levin); Ruakura. Earih of -Instruction (near HamilWh); Jloii-' fj mahaki Experimental Farm (near Wnverley); Ashburton Experimental Farm; Te Kauwliata Horticultural Station (Lower Waikato); Tauranga Horti- ■ cultural Station; and Arataki Horticultural Station (near Havclock North). 5 i. . ; j Headquarters of the Department: ' f .■ . . ...... . , . . * ■. .. . . >! • . ** • 5 • j Dominion Farmers' Institute Btiilefing, Wellington ! I , District Offices at all Centres.and in Principal Country Localities. I

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