Agricultural and Pastoral Societies

have already assisted the progress of the Southland district by inspiring a healthy spirit of emulation. The several exhibitions, whether they have been at Gore, Wyndham, Riverton, or Invercargill, have brought together so many excellent exhibits that farmers and settlers generally have been astonished on finding how many others had stock or implements superior to their own. This information has a beneficial influence, and excites a healthy rivalry, which is advantageous to the community.