The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1883. STOCK RAISING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 5, 4 December 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1883. STOCK RAISING.

The Resident i o^Jii^i iGanterbury Chainber qi Commerce, in urging the farmers to turn their attention to raising stocky brought prorainently under -their notice a rery important subjebc^ B-irae districts inbtago have been gaining & riaawj for themselves in Australia by the superior quality of their exA. 1 Southern; newspaper points! out that every intelligent farmer knpW that whein a district becomes famous for the quality' of its horses, cattM, sheep, pp- other^ stock it tiaturatl^' becomes a faybuirite iiiarket for those desirous of pprchaaing 1 goodfetock; the recent numerous purchases in Otago of draught hpr&es for. the Sydney market fully illustrate that phase of the subject. We 1 fear our farmers are too ihjplifferent as to tlie quality of the stock they raiser : ifblMiig. stii 'tenda'^o keep up the breed of stock as r Pastoi^al Shows, *i(i'we luot'forwafd* I *!;. wmp time^t qtl^er to have these show taking place br'iiear^Palmerston, as uthe centre! of i'i wide ifereat'Sf country which must jbe almost „ exciu»ively-''tojsto|k iraiang for some \ years to come. We have repeatedly , urged the importance also of Farmers' Clubs, or some similar -organization^ the object of which would be to enconrftg© production and thereby increise our materytl prosperity. Enterprise Ap4 experinient are stimulated by their ijifean.s; {fud v yg|eful knowledge is widely d:iflßeminat£dv = Stock raising will not, , we fear, be .adv&itag'eosslj \or \ intet . Iteently pursued ''till our settlers awaken . 'to ttie necessity for combina i ion and cd^peration .in collecting and diflfu3tug information in reference to agricultural and pastoral ma4.tQ.rs.