AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 165, 6 April 1908, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION.

PROPOSED BUREAU. : ■ ,An' endeavour to establish a Bureau of s , Agricultural Information is'being made by ' 1 the' Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Assoj ; oiatiipn (telegraphed our' Auckland correspon- . 'dent-.on Saturday). The intention is to col--1 iect and classify all now available. in standard works, or coming out' in periodi- .... J cal or. other form, and to-place'a properly classified library at the disposal of members *; of the Association. . It is; telt ; that, besides . folding stock arid produce shows; tho/Agri-'. I culturalWid Past-oral■ ' Associations/. should, .-' s : carry out. other importhnt dutiesy diie'"6f the * most ■ important beiAg tho providing'of its -. ■ r members', with opportunity of acquiring tho - I latest and most authoritative information on 4 any subject.'-of interest to agriculturists and B pastorahsts.'-r Owing to ..leek, of acconimoda- ; ticn, the Auckland Association had 116 '.tha'iicie . 1 of- carrying - but such a scheVne before, but : " now it- : has'; moved into more' commodious' ? ohambe-rsj, and .has ample room for a fairly ; , extensive and 1 comprehensive library. It- has already a g6od. foundation for such a, bureau, possessing many..vajuablo'books,^''but- it, has : " been dccided to Vsk ,Messrs. J. A. Pond, T. ■' ,I'\ Cheesoriiaii', Gl' LivPcacpck, and. the presiJ dent (Mr. J. ,'Massey): andj secretary (.Mr; E. 5 Hall) to'act committeo to undertake tlia ; 1 worls of classification 1 : of thft bobks and papers 5 at present in hai\d;,t.and to confcr-with: tho Executive Coinmittce-'as to standard, works s and papers that arp 'tihought to bo. necessary ' to bring tho referenecfc library to date. The r secretary has also, beta empowered,;'during . his forthcoming visit' to'Englaud, to'pu'rohast ' books up to the valuCj oPi£flO."