The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914. HOROWHENUA AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 May 1914, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914. HOROWHENUA AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

OiVCE again the time is opportune lor urging upon Levm people the need for giving adequate support to tin; Ilorowhonua Agricultural and Pastoral Association. That body has done a great deal for the fawners of tins count v, by bringing together every year the best types of live stock in competition, and ascertain ing definitely the outstanding ones in point of merit. By those means the genoral average of the stock on the farms has been raised, with cor-

responding e\'ra results financially to benefit the farmers. And v. lien the farmers are benefited tlie townspeople are benefited also, for without a prosperous farming communl(v (lie lot or our towns would be I oor indeed. Shannon, I'oxton. ()I;iki and Levin all have shared in these benefits, but Levin in larger proportion than any of the <|uart<4to. What lias this (own given any return? One leading f.radesman gives an annual subscription of a guinea per annum, but his good example finds no peers. .Meanwhile the society st ruggles on successfully so far as the <|iialify ol' its shows are concerned, bill less happilv in its finances. This year the society is laced by 'lie need for acquiring permanent grounds, on a freehold basis : so obviously t here is need beyond the ordinary for a more stable finance than the society has experienced hitherto. The settlers of the county, we think, may be depended upon to rally to the society's aid, and we hope the tradespeople of Levin will prove to lie equally dependable. -■ijjia.mmi.-Muiiw.iipjwn i