JERSEY BREEDERS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 210, 1 June 1929, Page 5

JERSEY BREEDERS

ANNUAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATION Dominion Special Service. Auckland, May 31. The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Now Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders Association opened to-day. In the cliatr was Mr. A. E. Misscn (Waikato), the president. “There has been an increase ot revenue from all departments," ran the opening of the annual report, "so that the finances are still in a most healthy condition.’ There were 259 new members, and the total was now 1805. The number of animals registered during the year easily surpassed that of any other year, the totals being ,38,637 males and 53,123 females. There had been greater activity, in the transfer of animals, Indicating especially the demand for bulls backed by satisfactory but-ter-fat records. , ~ . In submitting the report the president, after referring to the great value of the association’s new building at Palmerston North to house the records, said the financial position was very sound, and it was for the council to decide ways and means for spending its money to advantage It would be unwise to board it up. He suggested that subsidies be increased ip clubs to stimulate activities in the interests of the breed, and to new members requiring assistance. He also advocated greater advertising of the breed and the subsidising of demonstrations. An increase of subsidies for tested cows was also desirable. The initiation next year of a new scheme for judging Jerseys on type would also involve a greater outlay. More attention should be ■-•ven to spending money on good bulls for high grade herds. The association, he *flight, was going to make greater progress during the next few years than ever before. The approximate cow population of the Dominion was 1,300.000, of which 534.634 were in Auckland province. , The result of the ballot for vacancies on the council was as follows: North Auckland, Mr. E. D. McLennan, M.P. (re-elect-ed) : South Auckland. Mr. A. E. Mlssen (reelected) ; Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa, Mr. R. C. Leach (Woodville).