DOINGS AT ASHBURTON.
U ~f ■'■ : daieying; ;i and;\a: sale..;;-; : ■' ; ■;:: (By-.Telegraph.—Preuß ) Association.] :.•! : '. ';■:.:•■■•"'-. ■: ■ Ashburton, February 26. .-' ).' Over qno hundred .farmers jfrom •:' 'all ,pafts\of .the. country -met here this afternoon to ionsider-the advisability of 'ex..tending.dairying'vo'perations'.in 'tbo .district, .by erecting..a factory, creameries, etc: .. The'meeting was enthusiastic, .and, after considerable .'discussion '■ (all being favourable .to progressive action) ■ it was decided that it was .desirable* to form" a company on'.tho co-operative principle for Jtoe, ■ purpose of erecting a'-, central ■ butter . factory:-. or : cheese factories,,.- and that sjepsljblc taken. to ascertain what finaricialr.'aupDort and number of- cows' are : forthcoming. '.-A'committee of thirty,' representing all the-districts in tho County, was set up to give efi'ect\to the resolutions, and.a successful culmination of the .effort-is anticipated.-.' "..•:..' ..■ The sale of the' late : Mr. John Small's farms, aggregating-'. 3100 acres, with im-provemcntvresuUe'd-'-ih.a' complete disposal, the; : total :im6u,nt_ received -being ;.£3d,094. --; ■ .'V.-;-- '- :.".-'"",.'*," ', :■'-: :: '•"*--
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 8
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139DOINGS AT ASHBURTON. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 8
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