THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1901.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 158, 4 June 1901, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1901.

The dairying industry is at present very much “in the air.” Not that we must be taken as inferring that the proposals are in any way visionary ; far from it. On every hand can be seen instances of districts and towns which have taken up the industry growing in wealth year by year. The.products are used by all, and thus the first essential —a good market—is secured, while the industry is not hampered by the necessity of employing a great deal of labour. By devoting his own time to it, a small farmer can get a greater return with less expenditure and risk than by cropping, and he very naturally selects the easier .method when he once becomes convinced of its superiority. This in itself will ultimately, by withdrawing a great deal of land from cropping, facilitate the reduction of the immense store of wheat which at present is. a drug on the- market, and give prospects of a reasonable return to those who continue cropping. It seems abundantly clear that there is no market for grain at present, and tha sooner a goodly number of farmers turn, to other means of making a livelb hood out of their holdings the better for all. Morven is soon to have its creamery, and in Timaru and the districts immediatelysurrounding the town it is very evident that others will be established. Why cannot Waimate make another effort to inculcate this - industry ? We have had one attempt, certainly, but that it resulted in nothing was no fault, of those who were so convinced of the usefulness of such an institution. They lost money then, bnt there is a ready means of recouping themselves close at hand. A reliable company would gladly undertake to establish a creamery were sufficient shares taken upland we cannot believe that one failure will daunt the whole of our farmers. There is ample scope for the supply of a creamery in- Waimate, and we strongly desire to see one started, £rmly believing that it cannot but be of benefit to the town and district.

We must congratulate the Waimate A. and. P* Association- on the very creditable report and balance-sheet presented, on. Saturday. During the year-ft has greatly increased its membership and the accommodation for stock, besides, erecting necessary buildings, and still has a substantial balance in hand. Had the weather on Show. Day not been so unfavourable, there is no possible doubt that the balance would have been doubled. With such a

splendid agricultural district as this, there is no reason why Waimate A. and P. Show should not equal that of towns of much greater size. "The Association itself is thoroughly progressive ; all it requires is the earnest support of farmers and. those in any way interested in its work.