KAPONGA JERSEY CLUB.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 November 1924, Page 2

KAPONGA JERSEY CLUB.

COMMITTEE MEETING. FUTURITY STAKES REGULATIONS. Tlie executive committee of the Kaponga Jersey Cattle Club met at Kaponga on Friday evening. Mr. D. P. F. Malone (president) occupied the chair, others present being: Messrs M. W. Priest (lion, secretary), S. J. Hollard, H. T. Mellow, and Geo. Cowling. An apology for absence was received from Mr. W. A. Guy. ANNUAL SALE. It was decided to hold the club’s annual female jersey sale on Tuesday, May 26, 1920. TESTING FEES ON TRANSFER. The secretary of the Taranaki Provincial jersey Council (Mr. A. J. Barr) forwarded copy of a letter received from-Mr. W. M. Singleton, director of the dairy division, with reference to testing fees in C.O.R. cows in the case of change of ownership during the testing period. The letter pointed out that the only case in which a cow is charged for is where a cow goes from a herd which is continuing testing to a nontesting breeder. In this case the rule as to what fees should be charged was not definite, depending upon the peculiar circumstances, and therefore the Department did not make provision for the case in their general rules. Generally'speaking, however, if a cow for which three guinea's had been paid was transferred to a non-testing breeder before not more than three tests had been made, the purchaser was asked to pay a further seven guineas in completion of. the ten guineas testing fee. For every visit less than seven required the Department usually asked one guinea per visit. The letter further explained that one ten guineas fee was collected from each testing breeder per season. The fact that the cow which was sold might be the one for which ten guineas had been paid did not alter the case, fees being classed according to farms rather than individual cows. " Therefore, if a breeder had two" cows on test, for uhich he paid thirteen guineas, apd chanced to sell the one which calved first (and therefore for which ten guineas had been paid), a purchaser who had not already cows on test would still be asked to pay fees according to the explanation given above. —Tabled. FUTURITY STAKES COMPETITION. The matter of conditions governing the Futurity Stakes competition, which is being Inaugurated by the club, received full discussion, and the following regulations were adopted: The initial contest to be open to. pedigree Jersey heifers (the property of members of the club lor at least three months before entry) born between June 20 and December 31, 1923, the same conditions and corresponding months. as to date of birth to apply in succeeding years. Nominations for the initial competition to close on December 31, 1924, and m suceeding year s on May j of the year following birth; names and registered number of sire and dam to accompany nomination. Fees to be : Nomination ss, first acceptance (JUly 1 following) ss, final acceptance (field day, 1927-, in the initial competition and corresponding date in subsequent competitions) 10s. Heifers to be exhibited and judged on date of final acceptance, C.O.R. beentry nece ' ssai ' y qualification for final

Fifty points each for type and prouuction to be awarded, allocation being as One point for every ioib biitter-fat for the first 1601 b oyer Vlb r€q + T ei 2 ents; 1 for every olb from the first 1601 b over C O R. until the maximum is reached received, after deducting lows- FfiJ paid ln prizes as follows. i*n st, 55 per cent • second 25 per cent.; third. 10 per cent?- fourth I 5 e e ; S ’ Per eent! ;Sth; - pei cent In addition, the breeder r’ e , w l l P n . lll g heifer to receive a ~C J niodal and a bin© riband inscribed