A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17019, 16 December 1920, Page 4

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

YESTERDAY'S MEETING. j < A nifti i'lg of *ims Ger"»rai Conimiiiec cf :h- CiT.l-rburr A. :a(i P. A=«ccia.lion -rens Uki yee-.era?v. P-wen',—Mr V. "W. W«ateiira'icbvlnnnn*. Messrs T. D. Boeg, John Doa-TV.' f. Ha-!i, V, r . Haroard, Jl. TV. T.cvnh'Md It. K. 'P'rvnur. A. S. C!sik- «». J«.D«n?,-E. Hij\ D. McMillin, K. M 'II Morten, Thcs. ot-sveseon", A. E. \\'itho!l. *nd IT. K.' -Alexander. \ polos i»s were recoivod irgm Sir George C'ifforcL nnu Messrs K. Murchiran, J. U. Herciirjn. W- B. j:in., Ja.%. fcterenKjn. ?no >. M. Orbcll. Xh-? Slitei-i Comr w 'lV'' JTl Ccir.miil-co reported tho re-suits cf the sheep competitions for a? follows: —MeTino competition, winner Chas. «oult«r, v?w, vrir.e ths ™P <h»N risrht. having wi it tiirc 3 tim«. lUkbrvd compstitioai. wiimor Ja?. Stevenson, Hexton CorrietleJe competition, Hu?h Iymct. Keiafcm-i, Ifangiorii. Th<, report flated that the merino r>t.ms were *raz<;d during the year by Mr E. Bailey, ijuston, a^l.the halfbred aid Corrwdale ranis were grazed by v- 13 ifciliUan, Vf«adinst<ro. llie eaeep w'ro shorn on the Show Grounos on Saturdav Xorcm'oer 13th. On account 01 the fact *hn* ■the majority of the. fltfecoa. -were aliclttlv vet at ehwivg. the wool ™» rewelghed on December Sad. th* dai* of vaJyjnß. The judges, wexo ilfcssra Allan A leuolb and R. Xettkion for vrool, end Mi K. BuHantyns ior mutton. On account c.{ the difficulty of fixing fc elanderd market price, the Tvaol was valued on the commasdeer prices. . • Trio report -was aoonted. Tbe .appra:rimate balwJoc-eiieeT of uie MelroT>oli<9.n Slk>w vrne preseutod, ficwniff a credit balance o: £lltt> 14s 3d, fis compared irith. JSSiH 12a 8A l«-it y«*r. The receipt* amounted to ,£3BDO 18» 2d, as eoravared with. £->m lOj ™. laet «ar. The at ihe pates ftmountea to »« 6d (19ir>. £175-2 3a 10d), entry foe* _ta £So 6 S3 Cd (£763 £» Gd}, donatjons to prize funa £236 Sβ (XIBB Ss), tpeoiai prizes «18S 4a «100 9s), booths end catalogues 163 2d (£65 7e 3d). The expenditure amcunited 'to £*m to lid («M»a "". lld )»^ISi 1^ iteme t«ns:-2loTiey pnies £1120, 10s M (£IOB4 7s), printii--!r a.tul adverbwing jCIKJ 4e 2d (£139 9b 9cl), T;a.g«e, etc. i 290 J3 (JE3I6 ISs 7d). The bai-ence-sheat was edoptod. it was /deoiited that the ChrietcbuucH Ham Fair should to held on Maxell 22nd and Kevr Zealand. Council of Agricullara wrote, fcta-ang that they had .received; the fa'.loiriag r*rnit from tho Association: itOA th« Government he urged to give more encouragement to the importers of petbffras stook. The rceol-ution wa» {orwiwaed to the Minister of Agriculture, who had replied as follows:—''l arn not quit© clear ae to tho diroetion in which it is desired that more encouragement .should be given to the importers of pedigree stock. Tlie Governro«nt i* fully alive to the neccssdiT , lor not only niftintaininir tlie. liitfh etandard of quaJiiy'ol our purebred stock, but of endeavouri:ig to improve it, and «3ao of the necenfiit'y for the introduction of new blosd. hiis allw-B-ye been its policy to gw* such afisietauce as it could to importers, oi purebred etock, ind this policy will be continued, I would b* obliged if you will ! advieo me whether tho discussion nt tlw confer«n©3 indicated any specific dircotione lin which the meeting- particularly- desired action to be taken hr the Governmw.t, ae j I will be only too pleased to consider th« A* reoommendatioii by Alexander waa ndooted, to ti» effect that the Gowrnment b* asked to subsidise the eherees for trane- ! porting pedigree etock to tho Dominion, or i to pay the whole of the charges. Tho Otago A. and P. Association, forwarded the following reeohiiione, which had 'lxwn carried at a mos-tin? of mcorporatart associations in connexion with the Bowrd o. Agriculture: -That this mjeting of delegates of incorporated' A. and f>. Associations o s Ptag-o, while the excellent wow done, and the time occupied by tho Eoaia of Agriculture in lnakltn? tecommendatjone to tho Governncnt in the interests of the producers of The Dominion expresses dieappointment at the ' limited i*«uKs o 4 recommendations mado by the Board, ana trusts that in future* tho eußpeeloons put forwarr] h'y 'he Board of Agriculture will receive. luTler consideration at the hands oi tho Ooreriiaieut, ihv&ieas-.xf'mg the country lvcsivin." the bc*c-fit and advice of practiced men"; "(M "Tliut, if the Proviccinl l-s«c«-tir.-» of tho FanßerV Union bring- forward any resolution a-skiii* for T>ower .o eeoid dciegatee to -any meeting: culled to nominate • roprescnlatiw! to tho .Boa.td of AgnciUturo" the recommendation rail roce»v e ftvvouraUo coti»id*i-ai-ion from incorporated Agricultural and Pastoral Associations of Otago. •'. -brief- discuiwi-on followefl. ond; on the n-'cibxa of Mr .Hall, it was decided that it be a rcconime.nd:ation to luo GoTOrameiit that m logis'Htion in cor-noxioii with the agricrJAural industry be enacted which aid not recc-K-e *he consent ot tlid i>oa,rcl oi Agriculture.