To Greater Prosperity

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 822, 16 November 1929, Page 29

To Greater Prosperity

Trend of South Auckland Farming WF ran- nxi ■ tmg to sec froo.l fanning, but xvhat »v |, ; , T , ll: !' 1 1,,, « o«r expectations.” the spoket*Dt*ii: 1 I l ' ll ’-' ot I asinanian farmers which toured . Slrul , l '"' ' T"";' 11 !" *‘ oulcl been expressed hv Visitois I" a "' A, '» !,n, l 1 • show this week The •liH-'o ' ' ■ " seetmn was a striking testimonv to tie van d pro.iu i\ tty ot the southern part of the province

for » district 'a - • n has hitherto hpeii regarded as given over a 1 moist | «alely to dairying, th» fact that the i show was able to .ittra. t record en- I ■oo far to state that a t w years ago . would have been difficult to have 10U nded up t.W»> shl>w himbs in the : Waikato at this time of the year. Fat iambs were being w ired, certainly, I m the business was regarded more | or leas as a side line. Fertßisers and , more intensive methods of farming i hare been responsible to: the change. I and it i» now a very moot point whether there is any other district m the Dominion which takes a ■ greater profit an acre with fat lambs •iiaii the Waikato. With killing re-! urns showing an annual Increase, more and more attention appears to ip given to the industry, and South Auckland graziers' breeding ewe re luireraenfs now make a big factor in j keeping prices for store sheep on satisfactory levels throughout the Dominion. Large numbers are drawn , rom Poverty Bay and the Last Coast, every year. . Not only from the point of increased ■ numbers are Waikato farmers promising to excell in fat-lamb raising; the luality has also shown a tendency to improve in recent years. In the dairying section -Waikato j iarmers can now rightly claim to lead j New Zealand, if not the world, in methods of production and marketing. This week's show indicated the ' high state of efficiency into which the management of a big percentage of he better-run farms is being developed. The great majority of the entried had substantial butter-fat reords. while there were few cattle i which were not closely allied to the ' ype of the breed they represented. Many years of careful breeding, selee- j ton and culling were represented in I ho majority of the animals, while overseas blood was also shown, indicating further the trend of the more progressive farmer to improve the 1 undard of his herd and thus help along the move toward increased pro- , duction and greater profit. From the point of view of quality 1 no breed was specially outstanding; I Jerseys showed the greatest numeri- 1 cal strength, reflecting the most popular breed in the Waikato, but it vould be hardly fair to say that individual entries in this section were j

more true to typo, or of much higher I duality, than those of any other »cc- ! “• , lhe - show reflected, in fact, a poneral move on the part of farmers ! t‘> produce the best, irrespective of ' particular famy. hal>l,t tr> be ‘heir This was the key note of the whole show. The Waikato was capable of producing the best, and the entries "«ie put forward to prove ir. . ao "' sees Waikato uiinu-is eclipsing past records t-, )r production fapiv;.,..

brunches among a big percentage of j the settlers has reached a particu- j larly high state of efficiency—a state !of efficiency which would compare more than favourably with that In many other sections of industrial and business activity. It is realised, of course, that it is not. possible for all to use Imported bulls, but it is pos- , sible for all farmers to strive after an ideal—an ideal which recognises j as worth while only the best which I circumstances permit. The Waikato ! Show reflects a rich and fertile dis- j txict, well farmed: a district which has an even greater future as a result of concerted attention to modern methods of farming.