THE AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL CONFERENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 8810, 27 April 1892, Page 4

THE AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL CONFERENCE.

The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association suggest the following subjects for discussion at the agricultural and pastoral conference on May 26: “ Show dates as they affect judges and exhibitors ; relative value of various methods of judging,* clothing and feeding sheep for show purposes; free passes for judges; appointment of veterinary surgeons; appointment of an entomologist, with a view to thorough investigation of insect and parasite pests, and especially with reference to the life history and means of dealing with the horse bot fly, etc.; the establishment of one or more peripatetic dairies; the necessity for insulated railway vans for carrying dairy produce on certain days in each week; that bonuses be offered for the building of creameries and factories under certain conditions; that substantial bonuses be offered for the production of starch and other products of the potato; the spread of noxious weeds—how best to cope with the evil; the amount collected on account of the sheep tax, and how it is expended; excessive quarantine charge ; date of quarantine to commence from the time of shipment Instead of the date of arrival in the colony; suggestions for the prevention of sheepstealing ; that the colony should be declared free of scab; reductions on railway charges for carrying artificial manures and lime; reductions in the railway charges for carrying live stock; is it desirable that stallions should be taxed ? that official recognition of the 1 New Zealand Shorthorn Herd Book,’ ‘ Herb Book of Other Breeds,’ and • Draught Horses’ Stud Book ’be obtained; that the Government be asked to have agricultural statistics published at an earlier date; the necessity for having elementary agriculture taught in Government schools; that the Government undertake the analysis of manures, with a view to prevent the sale of spurious manures ; Lincoln College to consider' the appointment of a governing authority.”