Manawatu Standrd PUBLISHED DAILY' Suivant la Verite. THURSDAY,MAY 10, 1883. PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 131, 10 May 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standrd PUBLISHED DAILY' Suivant la Verite. THURSDAY,MAY 10, 1883. PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE.

Mb J. H. Monrad has left with us a • copy of a very useful little work, issued' by himself, entitled " Modern Dairy Implements," ahowiDg the progress of dairying during the last 2000 years . There 1 are also two sets" of" photographic ■plates, illustrating the various churns m use during that period, with most ot the modern scientific improvements' during, later years. Even to the casual reader the little pamphlet is replete with intereStyjind contains a- large amount of veTy useful information dcciv.d from .English, Continental, and American sources. Mr Monrad is known as an enthusiastic- advocate of improver! processes of butter and cheese making ; find has been most indefatigable m the effort to prbnh'ott'bhtit tndustr'yjn this district; Ho is a firm believer m the application of the co-operative principle to the .estabiishiic!.ent of butter and cheese fac« toriesjso that they may prove rercunera-r tive, aud benefit the entire district and -icommunity. ; For four or five years ; p.ast 'he" ha^ been -earnestly labourfnj* with 1 this object m view, seeking to influence "the public mind to assist m undertake ingsjo/ this kind, and to stir up the ■^arwin]g(jommu^(if^^djtake an active interest m a question which is so closely connected with the progress of the disf „trictj,>and; the; rapid ajnd . rp qaunerafiye development of its natural resources;. He has ample confidence that m this respect time must work wonders, and that bpfofe long people must awaken to the .fact: that if the district is to be. -progressive and prosperous, the inhabi-i tants must'be' up and doing, and i tovcn and country mast co-operate m the glosest sympathy m the combined effort tpturri tothe.-heßfc-ac'connt the splendid facilities locally possessed m the form q'f a ?'ich and fertile grazing country. It ;must, be years before a largo portion of Manawatu can; become grain producing i to any considerable extent, and on its pastoral resources, than: which none (better can be found m the North Island, must be placed the main reliance. As Mr Monrad points out m his booh (which wo heartily commend to the perusal of every small farmer m the district) among the chief conditions for successful dairy farming m JSevv Zealand are co-operation and the choice of

the best Inb'Hir-ssivi-g raaclaimr y Ah will be admitted, the first d -pen is ex" clusivoly on the fanners, and the last the author intends to do hii besb m assisting them with. Wo trust Mr Monrad's efforts m this direction will meet with reariy appreciation, and m time will lead to practical results of a comprehensive character. We hope the day is not far distant when Manawatu can boae't of the success fui inau v -ation and profitable working of not only one but several cheese and butter factories, a consummation which when attained will be due to, a large extent to the unwearying exertions put forth by Mr Mon a. in this direction, and which eventually must achieve success m the way ho so eainestly desires. Meantime his -valuable' little compendium of knowledge, now under notice, on this important industry should have a wide circulation and he accorded a careful perusual, being replete wifch information of a kind that cannot but faii, ~tO~ \ji"rivfYtT"*i7%y nmiivin -q sm top ll t\c^ r\ )*Qh Queers, and thus tend to the material advancement of the district. We cordially wish Monsad all success m his worthy, cfio,rts, and trus!; he will live to set} the complete achievement of his niostrsariguine anticipations.