YOUNG FARMERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 June 1938, Page 9

YOUNG FARMERS

MEETING OF MASTERTON CLUB. ACCOUNT OF AUSTRALIAN TOUR. More than 30 members were present at a meeting of the Masterton Young Farmers’ Club on Wednesday night. Preliminary arrangements were made for the annual dance to be held in August. Arrangements were also discussed for a day trip to Palmerston North, to attend the Manawatu District Committee’s procession, “Cavalcade of Agriculture,” to be held in conjunction with the National Dairy Winter Show. The speakers of the evening were Messrs Alan Fisher and Hector McKenzie, members of the Carterton Young Farmers’ Club, who recently returned from an extensive tour of Australia. The two young men gave an interesting survey of their trip, which included a visit to the Waite Institute, the Government Poultry Farm, and one of the dried fruit companies’ vineyards and packing sheds and many farms in Victoria.

The party, of which Messrs Fisher and McKenzie were members, then returned to Sydney. They next went north to Tenterfield, a town in what is known as the Tableland district. In this area, maize was the chief crop, although there was a fair percentage of wheat being grown. The New Zealand Pharis was one of the main grasses grown there.

Next the party continued to Newcastle, where they visited the steel works, wire works and an electric light bulb factory. They then travelled to Lemore, which is in the heart of the dairying district. Here small farms of 50 to 200 acres were found to be prominent. Returning to Sydney, they attended the Royal Show, before leaving for New Zealand, in company with the English young farmers with whom they had been associated throughout the tour. After answering many questions, the speakers were accorded a hearty vote of thanks for their interesting and informative addresses.