The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1886. OUR FARMER'S CLUB.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2233, 2 March 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1886. OUR FARMER'S CLUB.

:It:is gratifying .to .'notice .'that ;■." our fanner's club" has reassembled after the ,bariyast:y'fictt ti6ii antl has had a sort of all round talk.concerniiig the industries : f wbich s n«V//j( be successfully pronioteil in ,^tbis''/distncts^lie/;iinie : :.will ) . no. i'tloubti.cpmeV'wlien.discu.ssion "■■ will. be ,aud some local enterprise, advantageous to the Wairarapa,'will crown the deliberation of the Gl»I). 1 -_Mr : H essky's suggestion as 'to"the'.expediency of. manufacturing phosphates in this neighborhood is one j, that should not be allowod to drop, and thererare other vital questions which rai»ht be taken up at the present time, It is well known, for example, that our graziers are a little too much at the mercy of a Wellington meat combination and it might k 1 worth while to coilsider whether an existing monopoly, which supplies the empire city, could be koken through.. We believe it might if Wairarapi graziers combined to send periodical supplies of dead meat to Wellington so that the retail city butchers would no longer be dependant on one or two wholesale Cmipanies. We are.glad also to notice that at the meeting held on Saturday last Mr Caselberg called attention to the somewhat prosaic subject of" pickles and preserves." We • have faith in pickles and lonfidenco in ■preserves and if, some day, Mr Caselberg findß lime to devise some practical scheme for establishing a local .manufacture of one or both, we shall do a'l in our power to support his efforts,. We shall do so because, in .the first instance, Mr Caselbery is wont to parry to a successful issue any undertaking to which he puts his hand, and, in' the second, because we bpliovo ,n-"out-door local industries. Wp, ike the idea of young New Zealanders reing engaged in gardens and orchards preparing supplies for ut pickle and preservejactory. The people who have soUlealk tbjs colony came out for the most part with an intention to lead a healthy but-dpoi; existence in fyhis Masß of to vtioutb, and'*! wnid

prefer to see their dream fulfilled. We are not greedy for wealth for the people of this Colony .1 but we desire to see them lending healthy existences suited to our fertile soil and magnificent climate, We are satisfied that other colonies which do not possess our natural advantages should beat us in manufactures, Our trump card is our land and our climate, and the more we rely upon them for our prosperity the happier we shall be,