A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17720, 23 March 1923, Page 11

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

■jfljAL MEETING

1 ~n B» l "* eu:i - "' lho Ca,lU;r - Kcoltuwl and Pastoral .W ** 3 held h> st " , K lil 1!1 tllL> Assof!^ 0 ' Si There was a numerous [Pence 01 Mr H. S. S. Kyle. f( Annual Beport. 1 aaiul wpo", which dealt with I ■'t'es of t' lo Association, and Wj last year's Metropolitan Irj of wlnen a pummar y has Klished in "The Press," was RENT'S ADDRESS. . president, in moving the adop- • the report and balance-sheet, I 1 * to the happier circumstances the meeting was being held ared with the two previous Meetings- Wool, lamb and y irere fetching satisfactory I 3 the dairying industry was in Eictory position; and beef prices, Ir tff B ave P romlso °t iniprovelf Meat-growers were only going to Wmi "f production, and if someS!!jld not bo dono to stabilise the Wt, reduce tho cost of production,. Rjjjtry would decline, and they Kjlive to look to other countries [kL flour. As a whole, the posi§fni satisfactory, and the outlook Kv farming industry was bright, liiflc in a much better frame of Kjo discuss progressive schemes jKjW had been for many years. Kgndid friends who, some years iutsed the committee of tho AssoEL of being ft moribund body, llfligree that the committee was IfiirougMy awake. He regretted R§& membership of the Associajjp not expand more rapidly; he RjQ especially that more interest mbfls not forthcoming from the Eof Christchurch. As to the K(ipan9ioa was very slow. No Katriea had not increased to a Ktyree, but even the most severo ■ nisi agree that in point of Bfcprcgress had been highly satisB. Ho expressed regret that Had been poor competition in the Hti tees. The improvements Won the grounds accounted for Bgtiaiion's debit balance. Those ■peats had received the approval iujonty of members and cxhibitB.tiere were a few who were Ito accuse tho committee of atss. He would like to assure ife that every step taken, and Kt»;incnrried, had been verv Itonsidered. The present lof improvements was purely a j< proposition. They were jjjf'&'.grounds to attract exiid attendance of the general jMiiere looking forward with ii to making the Association a inland a financially stronger an exhibition of (foe other than live stock, he Iffie'time had come when they Mirage, such nn exhibition. A k had been put forward that nation should, erect a largo in'Ul/'which would cater not file farm 'products, but also Aty.industries, and the sugof consideration if' Anything which could exWhefe of usefulness and tend ||fc{hj,.s?condary. industries to fpl'tKShbw, was a step in the they wanted was if between the Jo/.fliether primary or secondthe question of inIJRlte membership of the Associaadvocated provision Howfor'juvenile memhers. He• of all asso- ' with, agriculture, in *fu|cil;.-'';' WrlMorten seconded the iSMD'vreport and balancewas agreed to tfgj&xu Elected. r»#elected as follows: pm*H. E. Alexander (re||®resident, Hr 11. M. I>. VWited) j. uon. treasurer, (re-elected); genIKJfMessrs J. O. Coop, J. .0. 6. GebPflillanders, E. Hay, J. G. «||Mbiard, C. G. Jarman, S. S. Kyle; L. MacJJTOchison. W. H. Nichol-HSpi/M.-Orbell, Thos. IKPtoddart, L. W. Storry, SMpsaid that a request for the alteraHa(ip? s on winch the Ham B«ffl%Jt was submitted that BBttne interests of breeders Hl||& m , an said■;that tbo.prein the interest of large entries of sale, and the BiKl^a 1 great nurnber of to/ convey - stock was a difficulty for .the stock for the ■El&S&epy. sale at Addingstaffs very HffiSgi&uniWß opinion of the ■jHat the Ram Fair and Saturday He movaltered frbm seconded,' and Hi||fl? said that if the alopposed the motion, HglillffJ™?B a should remain that this was a could not be acthat in the AddingigVP? on Tuesday. Kfe r ? d that the diffiovercome by a ; that in respect they had BHSfn moved that a BHSralfe^'- 0 / three members three meniwrs column^' [