LATE LOCALS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 59, 11 March 1913, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

Before tlie Forestry Commission at Dunedin this morning Alexander Bathgate strongly urged extensive plantations as shelter holts on the exposed roasts of the North Island. He cited the coastline at Hawera as a locality where a shelter belt was much needed. The financial basis of afforestation should be put on a sound footing, so that the work of planting could he carried on irrespective of Government changes or financial stringency. The Government should appoint a forestry expert. A big' tribute to New Zealand butter was paid by a member of the Trade Commission (Sir Alfred Bateman) at to-day’s sitting. In asking the witness (Mr E. Clifton, director of experimental farms under the Department of Agriculture) why it was that Danish butter commanded a higher price in London than the New Zealand article, ho said: “I much prefer the butter I have oaten hero than the Danish butter sold in London.” The reply of the witness was: Perhaps the Danes have learned to market their produce to better advantage. Mr Tatlow (another member of the Commission): Is it not because of the regularity of Danish supplies?—Witness : Wo hear that; but dairy factories are very anxious to send regular supplies. The new Japanese Dorothy Bag, Is 6d, Is 9d, 2s. Very neat. Charles E. James, Broadway. x

, Before the Trade Commission to-day 31 r J. (i. Wilson, president of the Farmers’ Union, showed from statistics that many hundreds of farm labourers were required in all parts of the country. Farmers were realising that they must build houses and encourage married men to go into the country, where they could bring up their children properly. He considered the j Sedgwick Boy scheme had, speaking generally, been a great success. Speaking of land values, he said that dairying had largely disturbed land values. Very high prices were paid for good dairying land. As much as £ls per cow per year was made on many dairy farms, and he had known instances where £25 per cow was netted. That was with purebred stock. In reply to question, witness said a scheme at present was under consideration in New Zealand for tho formation of a large co-operative concern whose business it would be to look after the distribution of frozen produce at Homo.