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ventures; all these are essential qualities of a successful 
farmer in these days of high specialisation and keen 
competition. 
Finally, steps should be taken to disseminate accurate 
and complete information re the art of agriculture and 
its related sciences, more widely than is done at present. 
Some excellent opportunities for this already exist in 
the form of several publications, the most important of 
which are The Journal of Agriculture, The Canterbury 
Agricultural College Magazine, The Journal of the 
Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and 
The Farmers’ Union Advocate. By making greater 
provision for authoritative articles on agriculture, in- 
cluding its economics, a phase of the subject much 
neglected in New Zealand, by summarising official 
statistics, and by securing accurate market reports, these 
journals would stimulate progress along many of the 
lines I have already indicated. It is only by providing 
the farmer with material likely to increase his returns 
that the journals can hope to attain a wide circulation. 
At present, in spite of the excellent quality of much 
of the material that appears in the agricultural sections 
of the weekly papers, farmers as a body are but poorly 
read even in local agricultural literature. 
This brief résumé of the various lines of improvement 
which this investigation has suggested, is by no means 
exhaustive. A careful consideration of the text through- 
out reveals many others, such as improvements in the 
land tenure system, some tangible form of Government 
encouragement in the way of establishing an Experi- 
mental Farm in South Canterbury, improved methods 
of harvesting, better facilities for exportation, and so 
forth. I have selected those most practicable and of 
immediate importance for statement here. 
