A HINT TO FARMERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1325, 12 March 1883, Page 2

A HINT TO FARMERS.

Mr John Buckle, of Waitara, thus writes on the 23rd February j—" The Canterbury Farmers' Company (Limited) have shown the rest of the farmors of New Zealand that, by ' holding-, together and working in a quiet and ' determined manner, what can-be done, With a paid-up capital of they 1 have turned over the of £37,054 Os 4d last year, a™ after paying all expenses, have , paid 7 per cent, on paid-up'capitlal; divided "£1677 15s sd, of which sum £6OO was placed to the reservd fund' (£1077 i"ss ? sa); given a bonus of 2£ per cent, to be returned'on the gross purchases made bymembers, and,'the balance carried forward.,... After selling at tne low pricej'they<"have all articles of consumption' and faim requirements.' r iWh'eat '■wfa shipped Home :to save lOjd per i: bushel; wool, f.0,b., greasy, ldpef lb,, and.' l| per lb. on scoured"; bindiA • wire, 5d per lb. (for any machine* Swede turnip seed, 10d<'per' %.; Aberdeen turnip seed, 9d j American . red clover, 7d per lh; English,.red ~ clover, B|d; alsyke,'. lOJd; Jcow-grass, 10|d; white English, 10|3. The . principal part of these seeds .were grown ,; : by Sutton and Son. This must plainly show their brother farmers, jyhen they look back ati thoir returns, . been made out of the bone and sinew of the hard-forked' farmers, which money; will never : be seen .■ ■: again in New Zealand. If every farmer will quietly look over these matters, and add these savings 'together, they will be surprised. Take one item alone, which will make, farmers stairo The last year's wheat ' return "for South Canterbury was 1,554,813 _ bushels. The: Co-operative Company: sent jwheat Home at a saving'of lo|a per bushel. ■ : This gives the farmers the nice sum of £66,403 9s s|d, .which sum, in my opimon, is far better in the pockets of the farmers than in the hands of large companies. Tlie whole of' 'the Middle Island, from Cliristchurch. to. Inver» eargill, have, their co-operative .companies, .At Taranaki, from thecWaimate Plains to the White 1 Cliffs,'have their Farmers' Co-operative: Company, and are domg well, this, should. put fresh life and pluck iuto my brother farmers of Auoklaiid, and at once start a similar society." ■ .^r,<:r