A. AND P. ASSOCIATION'

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7355, 6 July 1889, Page 6

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION'

An ordinary meeting ot the Committee of the A. and P. Association took place yesterday afternoon. Present—Messrs John Ferguson (President), W. Norman, W. Henderson, A. W. Money, H. Mcllraith, G. King. R. Sutherland, J. Deans. H. Overton, J. Anderson, J. T. Ford, P. Duncan, S. Garforth, Hon. J. T. Peacock, and KGray. Mr Deans said that at the meeting in the morning re the Exhibition, Mr Roberts had stated that he should endeavor to get Government to bring out a few experts on the dairying industry. It had been sug- | gested that a motion from this Association would strengthen Mr Roberts' hands, and he would move—"That this Committee is of opinion that, considering the vast importance of tho dairying interest to the colony. Government should be requested to aefcspt Professor's Long's system made in his report to the effect that the Government should import two or three dairy experts for the purpose of initiating colonial dairymen in the best method of manufacturing cheese and butter for export." Mr Henderson seconded the motion, which was carried. The Secretary drew attention to a new muchiue designed for pulling wild charlock or wild turnip, the machine being the invention of a Frenchman. Professor Long had reported most favorably of it and Mr John Grigg, in a letter, expressed the opinion that the machine would be invaluable to New Zealand if it acted as well as reported. Messrs Wood, Shand and Co. had sent for one of the above machines, and proposed having it out by mail steamer iii time for the November Show. i The Committee were pleased with this ! arrangement. Mr J. Cooke wrote, sending his resignation as a member, owing to his removal to Melbourne, and said he should feel greatly pleased if the Association could make any use of him while he was in Australia. The resignation was accepted with regret. Sir John Hall wrote from "Wellington a few lines respecting the class for clothed and housed sheep, and suggesting that the time had arrived when such a class should be eliminated from the catalogue. The Secretary of the Oamaru Show wrote, suggesting that as far as possible there should be a uniformity of classes among the various shows, as such uniformity would be of benefit to the various associations. His Association proposed to do away with the housed aud clothed class. The tender of Anthony, Sellers and Co. was accepted to print on their own account for one year the show catalogue. The Chairman reported the recommendations of the various Sub-Committees appointed to revise the previous catalogue. In respect to small farms the Subcommittee reported—"Efforts have been made during the past month, by advertising and the distribution of circulars, to induce farmers to compete for the prizes offered by the Association and the Union Insurance Company. It is with much regret we have to report that there has been very little response on the part of farmers. Only five entries had been received—l for Class 1, 50a to 150 a ; 2, Class 11, 150 ato 300 a ; 2, Class 111, W. J. Co.'s prize. We would recommend that the time for entries be extended to the end of July. No recommendation has been made as regards judges, pending a sufficient number of entries. The several suggestions from the subCommittees on the premier catalogue were taken and discussed one by one. It was decided that the sheep classes should remain as they are for this year, the general opinion being that as the show was so near it would be unwise to eliminate the clothed and housed classes at present. The first report was adopted with some slight amendments. The Secretary stated that Sir J. Hall had offered £10 for private prizes for dairy made butter. The report referring to small farms was approved. The question then came up on the letter from the Hawke's Bay Society asking co-operation in recommending the Government to bring in a Bill to impose an annual fee of £10 upon entire horses of three years and upwards. The Committee adhered to its former derision—that the time was premature for imposing a fee. Mr Garforth moved his motion for changing the day of meeting of the Committee from the first Friday to the first Tuesday in the month. The proposed alteration elicited some discussion, as no one day suited all the members. '

It was eventually decided that the meetings should be held on the second Monday In the month, the next meeting falling on the 12th August.