SECOND EDITION Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1878.] THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1894. THE AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4734, 31 May 1894, Page 2

SECOND EDITION Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1878.] THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1894. THE AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE.

Ik properly backed up by the Government, (lie Ajiiculfcuul Conference, now bitting at Wellington, ought to produce good results, Its Snf; day's record is an excellent one, This district will appreciate the compliment paid to it by the election of Mr W, H. Eeeiham as its chairman, at the same time it may h said that fewmen in the colony h.we bad a moie varied pn etical experience on hied than Mr Eeetbam, ard bis general knowledge of nil pm-ts of the colony is such f hut he is specially qualified to ■-till the position to which he has beon appointed, The first questioj debated at any length at tlje Com ferenco was that of sUeep and cattle stefllirvj, and Bpceinl Bviggoations iyoi e made to minimizo the evil, Wo do not think very much of them! If the ordinary police of the colony cannot check felonious practices of this kind, the ordinary polico of the colony are ineffective, and the remedy ought not to be the establishment 1 of a spec'al sheep and cattle police. Another subject dealt with iu which the necessity of public abattoirs was affirmed wa« in the right direction, It is time that some check! was put to the spiewl of diser.se amongst cattle and sheep, A lonj and interesting debate o;i the drityl act was also of seivice iu shewing! the lilies .on which the butter e:pn\t of tlie Colony own fyenutf e pioiit.,We. The sittiuj wound pp jyj,th a, discussion on" weeds," The '•' wsods" it was said must bo keptdownor the farmer will fall before them; the heaviest tax he has to p<vy is a selfimposed one in the maintenance of weeds, The suggested remedy. for this evil is ia>" noxipjis weeds bill." On this point we are disposed to agree with MrQ, Phataxyn'who said tliere was ftp. idea, fat legislation would cure everything, With icgardtotho penalta proposed by the Legislatmo adjust tliose allpwr ing the Scotch thistle to giow on their property, he found that on making an examination of Mb' property one fine mominj, that he was liable to a fine of £IOO,OOO, but, as he knew this could not be enforced, he felt very easy over the matter, However, a Committee was appointed to dvaw up a Noxious Weed's Bill and perhaps some day MrC. Pharazyn will be sjijl easjoi in his mind when he finds himself liaMo to a fine of a million poundj,