The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN MONDAY, JANUARY 12,1913. HOROWHENUA AGRICULTURAL AND PASTROL ASSOCIATION

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 January 1914, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN MONDAY, JANUARY 12,1913. HOROWHENUA AGRICULTURAL AND PASTROL ASSOCIATION

The annual iixture ol the above useful institution is iast approucliing, and we take this opportunity oi reminding not only the residents oi Levin, but also the farmers throughout the district oi their duty to such an association, ihe great advantage of having an agricultural show established in the district must be apparent to one and all. To the farmers it must be a source oi education, for it gives them opportunity, almost at their own doorstep, to judge, each year, the quality of the stock produced in the district, and at the same time the get the chan.ee of seeing the defects (if any) of the stock on exhibition. Thus they can effectually arrive at the degree of (juulity in their own herds, it may be said without hesitation that during the eight years the association has been established the direct and indirect benefits the farmers have obtained hardly can be over-estimated, and it may be said with safety that not a single person interested in the farming industry can have failed to get the benefit of some object lesson from the exhibits shown, and incidentally to be a monetary gainer. Erorn a farming and land point of view, no better .advertisement can be obtained for this district than the show, and the opportunity it affords outsiders for seeing this part of the country with the result (in more than one instance) that they have come back and purchased land, recognising that no better could be obtained in the county. So far as the town of Levin is concerned, we are indeed fortunate in. having the annual fixture established in this town, and the citizens should show their appreciation by giving the association more financial support than they have Tjeen doing. Many local tradespeople are not even members. In the interests of the town, which are their own interests, they should send their names to the secretary. .Further, we hear that there are a large number of local farmers and their sons who are not members of the Association. This is hard to be understood, considering the great benefits drived by the farini ing community from the association. It is decidedly unfair for one bodj' of men to stand aside and allow others of their class to stand the brunt of the responsibility, without offering some little financial assistance. The very small amount of money tliat membership costs should induce every farmer and tradesman in the district to become members. It should not be a vain appeal' to the good sense and fairness of those who live in the district wlien they are asked to make up their minds to support the association in the manner suggested, and thus make the show of 1914 a record oneregarding the exhibition of stock and membership and attendance.