RYELAND SHEEP SOCIETY
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS REPORTED CFBCSB ISIOCIkTIOX TXIXOSAM.) INVERCARGILL,, December 13. The annual meeting of the Ryeland Sheep Society of New Zealand was held last evening. The opinion, was expressed that the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations should be .requested to appoint junior judges m this section at their annual fixtures. The president, in his annual report, stated that the breed had made satisfactory progress throughout the Dominion, and the number of flocks registered was 98, compared with 86 the previous year. Fifteen new breeders had joined, and he wished them success.
A matter for congratulation was the number of Ryeland sheep' imported from England, bringing new blood into the Dominion. The society’s finances were sound, the surplus exceeding £75. The following officers were elected: President, Mr H. Withell (Canterbury); vice-president, Mr L. R. Averill (Hawke’s Bay); council, Messrs E. Averill, R. Budd (Hawke’s Bay), H. C. Hewlett (Auckland), J. W. Ridd (Palmerston North), J. Brooks (Canterbury), S. T. Evans (Southland), W. O. Rennie, and J. S. Brooks (Canterbury). It was decided to increase the export fees of stud rams from 2s 6d to ss, and reduce the fees of stud and flock ewes from 2s 64 to Is.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22893, 14 December 1939, Page 11
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