BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
The Prime' Minister toid a deputation at Ashiburton that the Government proposed establishing a Board of Agriculture in -the Dominion at an j early date. Tin's is something that the Fanners' Union .K*£s hc2n advocat-. fing ior sflifte years past. It is claim- ■ eel,'and, with a degree of justice-, that : agriculture is a subject that Should he retnbved from the realm of politics. A fixed,policy ofr'feve'Kiimeht •should he deteraiiiied tip-on, and this should not .be disturbed by change's, hi political parties. The work of the Agricultural Department in recent years has 'heen much appreciated by the far-iting Vu'fc this work would have .been of greater value had the policy of the Department been irrevocable by Ministers. If a Board of Agriculture were in existence, with the Minister for the time being as the nominal head, there would be a continuity of effort which would make for the permanent good, of the Dominion. ,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 March 1913, Page 4
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155BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 March 1913, Page 4
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