MILKING. SHORTHORNS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 22, 20 October 1917, Page 12

MILKING . SHORTHORNS

I ./All tho principal A. and P. Associa- ' bong now include in their schedules ; classes for Milking Shorthorns, and th« are fast - becoming . tho popular bree<i for practical farmers.' Farmers 'inter estod in this breed of cattle are notified that entries for non-pedigree i'emaU stock for tho third volume of the Here ■ Book will be accepted up to Juno 3( L next. This -will be the final oppor- ; tunity to register, as future volume: •■will be restricted to pedigree stock only ;'. .' As per advertisement in another column ■.' , entry forma and information are obtain :'■ able from the secretary; Mr. W. Hunter Palmerston North. Mr. George Sheat, president of tin i North Canterbury Thrashing Mill Own ers' Association, speaking at tho anntia ; meeting (says the "Lyttelton Times") Baid that the prospects were for a bomi- , tiful harvest in Canterbury. Coming tc Christchnrch. that day, ho had paid particular attention, and was impressed with ■what he saw. Between and Dunsandel the crops offered the tef prospects of his sixty years' experience in I the province. It was necessary that (lie Government should see that this boun- ■ tiful harvest was gleaned, and the. Government should take steps to ehut down .non-essential industries' temporarily so that men bo freed to do i arresting ■work. Mr. Sheat paid a high compliment : to Mr. .T. A. Frostiek fnr the great work ho hnd <lone on the Efficiency Board, ' but it was for the Government to act at once, and act fearlessly, in. gleaning the harvest, which was one of the most momentous matters that the country had hnd to face.