CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9604, 25 September 1909, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor. Sir,—The correspondence which has appeared recently in the "Age," suggesting that Mr W. C. Buchanan "s generous offer of £6,000 to the Government towards the creation of an experimental farm in the Wairarapa, should be devoted to provide experiments by the Wairarapa A. and P. Associations, is an admirable one, and worth the serious at tention of the farming community. One objection that may be taken againstlheTeatablishment of an experimental farm is that the carrying out and maintenance qf such a project is very costly, and it is doubtful if on such farms the results achieved, be they ever so good, appeal to a vast number of our farmers, many of whom would be in ignorance of them. It would appear that experiments of a much wider character, and covering a broader phase of usefulness, could be carried out some • what on the lines indicated in previous correspondence. In ths first place the soil comprising an Experimental Farm might, and probably would be, of only one or two types, and it could not be expected that such being the case, the experiments would be of sufficient variety as would be of the greatest benefit and value * to the community as a whole. It is well known that there is a great variety of soil throughout the Dominion, and the Wairarapa is no exception, for have ,we not within its borders rich alluvial flats, stoney plains, limestone hills, papa, sandstone and cold clay formations, and all requiring different treatment if they are to be brought to their highest point of "productiveness. It must be obvious to any individual who knows the district" that such qualities of land would not be com • prised on any single farm of ordinary tn'ze. To obtain the best results from experiments, from a national point of view, they should be carried out on every class and variety of land, and this could be done at'a minimum of cost with a maximum of usefulness by individual farmers working under the control and auspices of, and subsidised by prizes, or other inducements from the A. and P. Associations. The experiments are so' numerous as to almost preclude giving a list of them, but the following are somp of. the most prominent, which should be kept in view: —The most profitable- grasses to cultivate and sow on both flat and hill country; recuneiation and regrassing of worn out pastures on all sorts and conditions of land; the res-

toration of worn out lr,nds through continuous cropping; the cultivation of new fodder plants, cereals or otherwise; the planting of shelter and forest trees in order to arrive at a conclusion as to which is he most beneficial kind to grow on different soils; drainage and reclamation of wet, cold, sour lands, and the destruction of noxious weeds. Take the grassing of land as one subject, and it will be found that in the past enor-, mous sums have been wasted in sowing unsuitable kinds of grasses.which have either failed to crow, or have propogated to such an extent as to have become veritable weeds, and instead of being a blessing are a curse. Experiments properly conducted would have in a great measure obviated such a state of affairs. Then again there are large areas of third and fourth class lands, which certainly should undergo experimental and scientific treatment, so as to arrive at the best means of making them productive, and such could not be earned out on an experimental farm, where only one quality of soil obtained. —I am, *>.te., FARMER.

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