WAIRARAPA AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2683, 1 February 1916, Page 8

WAIRARAPA AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE

rV . The first meeting of the Agricultural f _ Committee •of - the ■■ Wairarapa nominiV:.;:' ated by the Mastertou and Wairarapa : A. and P. Societies to work in con- : ; junction with' the Board of Agriculture, vwas held in the society's rooms, Carj.; tertpn, on Friday- last; There wero prej> sent Messrs. A.. Clark, P. Court, W. , Peny, and 'W.. Howard Booth. Messrs. l: H. JR.. Bunny .and D. M'Gregor apolo- . gised for their absence. It was resolved that it he a rccom- |; m'endation to the. county councils and I A. and P. associations that the com-" . .mittce be elected annually, dating from Jr. 'January 1, meetings to be held for the current year at ' Carterton, with . the i .-.suggestion that they be held the fol-li.'-lowing year at Masterton. | As a preliminary to deciding what work should be carried :out; ic was decided to ask Mr. Brown; of the Department of Agriculture, to toeet the committee next month t 0 disI ; cuss the whole question. |v.-. With the .view .of pushing forward • the-agricultural education of the dis- ; fiXitrict" jt> was decided to get into c(.m- i I; .''imunication witlu.Mr. Cummins,. agri- ' '> cultural .instructor .for. .the Wellih-rton ] . . Education " to 'get particulars ( f.;j 'ofwhat -is already - being done, the' i ;■■■ opinion being.expressed that' with, a • |.f : little- energy, a lot more can be d-mo ; ''by the high schools towards preparing 3 r". the scholars -for: -higher .agricultural c plcarning." j