LINCOLN COLLEGE

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23352, 11 June 1941, Page 3

LINCOLN COLLEGE

_—* . MONTHLY MEETING Practically all the business at the monthly meeting yesterday of the Board of Governors of Canterbury Agricultural College was transacted in committee. The director’s report for the month stated that May had been an extremely favourable month for -farm work, the weather being unusually mild and relatively dry. The 219 points of ram which fell had been readily absorbed by the soil and there had been practically no delay in working even the heavier paddocks. Thirteen frosts had been recorded, but most of them were light. All autumn sown crops were now through the ground. Green-feed crops and the earlier-sowp pastures were making good growth and producing an abundance of feed. Roots had been lifted, potatoes yielding about eight tons, mangels 43 tons, and swedes 32 tons an acre. All stock were in goed condition, although some trouble rot was being experienced with sheep. The early completion of the new sheep yards should enable it to be' dealt with effectively. Growth of pastures w..s still in evidence and dairy paddocks shut up for the use of the milking herd were giving an abundance of lush feed. , The director (Professor E. R. Hudson) stated that a number of students would be affected by the recent regulations relating to the territorial training of men under 18 years of age No reliable information was yet available regarding the time they would be required to enter camp, but consideration was being given to the possibility of modifying the curriculum so as to have as little interference as possible with the teaching work of the college. The purchase of 12 bucket pumps for fire-fighting was approved by the board. In addition, the director was authorised to endeavour to negotiate an arrange-

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