CO-OPERATION AMONGST THE FARMERS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2029, 9 July 1885, Page 3

CO-OPERATION AMONGST THE FARMERS.

ro i iir Kin rou. Sin, — Tt wa-, with great picture T read youi lr idinj? aiticle in Saturdays issue, ictlie Co opci.itiw 1 Association, uheieinyou say you lock fniw.nd to the time wlhmi to a laige extent it will do the onjxh t .md niipoit ti ido of the colony. It i-> turn 1 the f.uiiKis clubbed tof(i tlicr .md took tin* hull by the hoins, and dispensed with the soivic'-s with tin- middleman. Thoie aie altonethei too in niv oiniin^ioiw .uid fees attiched to thi» -ale of pioduce \\ li.it b.-tivcon nioitgag.'s, commission f"t"- ; tin; unfoitunite f.umt'i is a woikmg bullock for the niiddlcin in. Tako foi instance tin 1 small maUui of v.ud foe-., 01 tln> sale of cittle and sheep ; now thoie .no about l>oo head of Waik.it> cittle hi'il iiiiih the li mnncr o\uiy week, nnd sa.v_ .">OO sheep. Cattle at s'\pjncc per head, £!*> : ill u'li at a. penny, £2 Is M ; so tliat would amount at the end of the year to nenily I'KXI, which we p,iy to the auctioneers nii'ip^c tiM> of the conrMJs-i >n. Tni^ U only one am >ng thu many little items. Then .ig mi, wi- have so called *<hcop fair-^, at which *> ]i!-i cent. coininis«ion i-> chained boidi's y,nd fees, We nf course growl at all thw, but who is to blame? Certainly not the middleman ; it is fmraelvei to .submit to it. The matter is in our own hands ; if we only ulub together we become a foi tnidable j)ower wniph the middleman mii^t ljow to. Faimorrt do not know then own 4ttcngth. United they bocomc a powei to froxcin intions divided they are as nothuip. Now witliri'<,MidtotheCo-opciati\e Association B[oinp into the slaughtiMinp bn-ine-s in the Waikato ■ lam of opinion it will pay the association well, and gise the faiinei inoie foi his stock. Say, foi in stance, si\ bullocks and 10 sheep weie killed c\eiv day, the offal fiom each bullock would be woith nt the lowest calcul ition tl, iuid ,U Hit for each sheep ; this would £i\e .t laige maigin foi pioht o\ii woikm^ e\pen-is. Tin' me it could bo sent to Auckland inpiopeily constiucted oolnig tiutks, and would mine in a chilled state, and would keep the longei. If theie was only a lulf-penn\ pel 1b piofit on the meat, the faiinei would yet L'l pel headmoie for his bullock, with the chance of a diudend besides. We must not wait till the mci chants help u-. in this business. We must put oui own shonldeis to the wheel. See how they sened us in the Fiec/.mp; Company, which w ill snon be in the hands of a few business men in Auckland, who will tako caic the Hriucis won't have much'nay m the mattei ! At the time it was (list staited, the ii)er chants would have nothing to do with it, but wlen it died fiom want of unity among the fnimeis, they m>i>ii built & stiuctnio on oui foundation. Hut to return to my strb ject : I look forwaid to this new undei taking of tlie Co-opcratnc Association as the nucleus of an e\poit tiade in tinned ipe.il. Meat is chcapoi heic than in Ameiic<i, when lai go quantities are tmin 1 I foi e\|i<iit. Mut by all means let the ma.uageiih nt bu in tho hands of the faiiiiuis thcni.schcs. I heard a lcpoit, whcthei it is tiuc 01 not, I cninot -•ay, tint the bntchei.s .md .inctioncers of Auckland intend to laisj a sum of money equal to the airoiint b 'ing laißcd by the f'o operative Association to tiy and fnistiato this new \entuie. They, of com so, are depending on thoii old ally, division m the l.uiki of the farmer ■>. Jt would be a great idea to unite this association with those of (h oat Bi ltain w Inch would place it on a fiimei foundation. And, in conclusion, Mi Kditoi, I must give you ciedit foi the consistent m.uinoi m which, in ill cases, you advocate the uiti'ietts of the fanners. — ! am, H. itocHK Te Awamutn, July fith, ls.S").

A Rbi.ci'Aii penshunner — one who can't wiite. K\tr\ohi>i\ahy FiwctK— One of the most remarkable fungi ot which there is any record grew in the wine cellar of Sii Josepu Hanks. He received a cask of whip as a gift, and finding it too tweet had it locked up in his cellar to lipen. Thete it lemained for three ycais, pio bably dining the time he was with Loid Cooku Hi his voyage lound the woild At the end of th.it period lie ducuted the butler to ascertain the atite of the wine, but the cellar door could not he opened on account of some powerful obstacle within The door was cut down, w hen the cellar w.n found to be completely filled with a lungui so dcusio and linn .is to lequiie an axe foi its u moral. It was then <libcoveied that the fungus had consumed cveiy diop ot vvme, and laised the empty cask to the ceiling.— Col. Thomas P Oclnltiee. Smii in mn' WoHKslKilv.— In do %ooil work tlir inn li inn. must li.ive tfourt lic.illli I( lonfr hours ril confinement in clom rooms li ivc mf.iblnl Ins hand or dimmid his sight, let him .it onre. anil b< fore some organic trouble .ipucirs t.ike plunt> of Or Soule's Hop liltters His sjstcm \mll bprpjiiviin.itcd, his nqrves stroncth encd, Ins sijjlit b -come clear, and the wholt i onsiitutinn b<> built up toa bighor working condition. Kltld.