FIELD DAY IN CITY

Southland Times, Issue 24823, 15 August 1942, Page 4

FIELD DAY IN CITY

YOUNG FARMERS’ CLUBS

The Young Farmers' Clubs of the Western District held a field day in Invercargill yesterday, when the opportunity was taken to visit a number of factories and other works in the city. There were 40 club members present and also 30 boys of the agricultural class of the Southland Technical College. Mr R. J. Reid, chairman of the Otago-South-land Council of Young Farmers' Clubs and vice-president of the New Zealand Federation of the clubs, Mr S. R. Whyte, secretary of the Otago-Southland Council, Mr J. Middlemiss, chairman of the Western District Committee, and Mr K. E. McKinnon, agricultural instructor at the Southland Technical College, were among the guests. The first visit was paid to the factory of the Invercargill Dairy Company, where the process of pasteurizing milk was fully explained. Two factories where munitions are being made were also visited in the morning. After luncheon the party inspected the seed-cleaning plant at the store of Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. Mr John Macdonald, manager of the company, stated that all the turnip seed how used in New -Zealand was produced in Otago and Southland and cleaned and dressed at the plant in Invercargill. He said that a . variety of oats, Garton’s Royal Scot, had lately been introduced into New Zealand. It was superior to Garton’s Onwards because it produced a finer chaff and was not liable to break as it was stronger in the head. At the bakery of A. C. Millars Ltd. the party saw the process of baking bread by machinery. Mr W. W. Millar gave an biteresting address on flour and bread. He said that there were 1000 recipes for bread making. A visit was also paid to the office of The Southland Daily News. Afternoon tea was served at the U-F.S. hall by members of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union. Short addresses were given by Mr J. W. Woodcock, fields superintendent, Department of Agriculture. Mr A. Stewart, secretary of the Western District Committee, and Mrs H. Anderson, representing the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union. Mr E. Rabbidge, Wyndham, thanked the organizers of the field day. In the evening impromptu debates were held, the judge being Mr K. E. McKinnon. The first debate was on the subject: “That life on an up-country sheep station is to be preferred to life on a dairy farm.” The Orepuki team (E. Erskine, D. McPherson and L. Brown) took the affirmative and scored 286 points, and the Dipton team (B. King, J. Crawford and A. Mayer) took the negative and scored 295 points. Two scratch teams debated the question: "That during the present crisis the use of motor-cars for pleasure should be prohibited.” The negative team (A. S. Trotter, K. Maxwell and L. Middlemiss) scored 298 points and the affirmative team (M. W. Clark, A. Iggo and I. Lindsay) scored 285 points. Thanks were extended to the judge and the Women’s Division of the Farmers' Union for providing supper.