N. S. W. Farmers' Conference

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1915, Page 3

N. S. W. Farmers' Conference

Mr C. W. Wood, President ol the Yictoria Chitmber of Agriculture, addressed the conlerence oi -New Sou Hi Wales larniers at its recent meeting in (Sydney.

in Victoria, &aid Air Wood, il Inul been ii long job to <501 ngriciiliuribU to meet together Lu discus the tiling* tint' mattered lu theM apart iroiu politics, but now they liau accomplished that, and, moreover, it, was now no, longer a matter only for "dad," but the young men were keenly watching their own interests.- -Mr Wood then toJu a btory oi a fanner who hud come to the city to attend (Jenforenee, and hud, a-t a street corner, been knocked down by a motor car. " Alter picking hiniselt tip and brushing his clothes,.he had been promptly knocked down bv a motor cycle. Again bringing ■himself to ihe perpendicular lie had gazed alter the last engine oi destruction. with the comment that he was a tool not to have known, concerning the motor car, that she would have a car following her. Mr Wood enlarged upon Home of the mistakes made in Victoria the work of ''the last rose of summer," or last Liberal Government of Australia. .No vet tholes, lie was glad that he lived in tlnit Stale and not in New .South "Wales, lie strongly advocated a larger and •wider system amongst farmers, and spoke of the dilatory and petty manner in which the bulk handling of wheat had been dealt with in Victoria. Concerning the conservation of fodtier he deprecated the continual asking ol Government about it, and the talk of lanneis being compelled. :ii the tanner had not the sense to conserve fodder u was useless to ask the Government. It was time for the lariners to nave learnt to conserve fodder.