AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 183, 1 August 1908, Page 7

AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

■The exeeuti,Vj&_coiiunittee--o£.thfl.Au«klati* Agricultural Association met. ".MR. J. Anderson -ivi.ce-president). -presided* -.. Thanks.—A vote of-• thank's, was, Sir Dick" for. .life.,work in--connection- wltl»----ijie boring at Otatraha. """"* Special of a pig, valued at 42/, _as a sp.eciaK.tpr Jfee .mqsJ.jßQintMJ! r.Jie ,'iamworth...class,,was- offered-'by-Mr Gi W. LnxtolL v^t^tJiiwkß,,.""' New Zealand ludustries- Exliibitioii.—Tlie chairman feaid that the ac.J;lns-sacret*ry,TM* Foi-dyce) had, with the consent "of several members, offered to" assist , the secretary of the New Zealand Industries Exhibition. * Mr I'ordyce's action was ,e_n,dgrsed,,.an4,.lt x+a pointed out that lie endorsement might b«» taken as an indication of cordial .support of the exhibition.— ■-• -- ;— -i_~ J;;"" Egg-laying Competitioru —The "secretary" ol the egg-laying competition at Cambridge wrote: advising.that..the competitions, should In future commence-on April- , 1, -as -the: w.©e ages fiMJ, .away... towards...the. .end.-.of .tbit competitions when , they The Association's vote was delegated to • Oui Cambridge secretary. ■-- -■ • " ■*. ::.:.Z' ..JZ. Factory Managers' Prizes.—Reference- win ■made to a suggestion- that-thete;eiottld.be a substantial iucrease, in.tbe.prl»e».offered dairy factory managers in jlig grading competitions. It was stated that at last winter show the WeddelCupanftShofieJC prizes,. exceeding £75,. had-.ibeett, ofCered'-in the grading points competition; "and money totalling ±-'J in the class for- butter- Ktoird for .a time. There had been'rno.-AucKlana: winter show this yeaivood< tiie-priaes wer» now; the Weddel Cup and £10 in the grading competition.' <)n-' the suggestion of Mr Dick, who heidrtuatcthe - ! Association should-:increase: -the'-prizes >at least to the standard, of the .former:'wfatet show, Messrs J. Massey, AvA.'-oXhorntoiv' T. V>. Z Rutherford, McGo.wati,. Dick were appointed a committee "*oe*. sider the whole matter and; report".':" Z .Z