The Agriculture Trade Conference and His Excellency the Governor of Madras

The Indian Industrial Conference held on 26th December at Madras is more or less a non-official concern, although, amongst the 28 papers submitted to the Conference, a good number has been contributed by Government Officials, the Director of Indus- tries, Madras, for instance. The Agriculture-Trade Conference, however, was engineered by the Departmental Heads of Govern- ment and aimed at bringing about a closer relationship between the grower, as represented by the Agricultural Department, for instance, and the tradesmen represented by the various Firms who are the means of distributing the produce, finished or un- finished, of the grower, to the consumers who may be in the country or outside it. His Excellency the Governor who presided in explaining the object of the Conference said: "During the last eight years, substantial grants and much attention have been given by Government to the development of Agriculture and the improvement of agricultural practice; and although the Depart- ment has by no means yet reached its full strength and scope, con- siderable success has resulted from its efforts.