HASTINGS JERSEY BREEDERS' CLUB.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 193, 20 July 1925, Page 7

HASTINGS JERSEY BREEDERS' CLUB.

AN'XI AL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Hastings Jersey Breeders’ Chib was held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Hastings, on Saturday afternoon. Mr AV”. W. Smart, chairman, presiding over a good attendance of members. The annual balance-sheet, showing a credit balance of £l2 9s 2d 4 was adnnted. The chairman, in presenting the Bal-lance-sheet. said that though was a slight falling c. ff of membership in comparison with other years, the club was still in a very satisfactory position. The oluh. during its brief ex:stonce of two years, had done ronsidernble good in encouraging the breeding of an improved f loss of dairy cow in the Hastings district. Tho club had donated £6 in prices for Jersey catfln <n the Hawke’s Bav Agricultural and Pastoral Society last year and had l oon entries in tho rlass which was considered verv satisfactorv. A well-attended demonstration and t' 1 - i’lun on the Jersey cow had been hold during la t. season at Mr Goodrich's f'rm nt Mnngateretore. at which the Xor’cnltural and Pastoral Socjetv’s nffici d demonstrator had been preson* A sale of Jersevs had also been bold last vnqr. but this had not Boon cq successful. Tile work of tho oluh had very successful in the main, up to the present, nnd oven more success was anticipated for the future. It was decided that same prizes should l-o offered at the next Hawke’s B»v Sprng Show as last year with the exception of the junior judging competition. which would bo deleted, leaving the following prizes Yearling Jersey Heifer. Ist £•?. 2nd £1 ; Yearling Jersey Bull. Ist £2. 2nd £1; Grade Jersey Dnirv Heifer, £1 Is. The New Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders’ Association invited the club to send in a li«t of names of nmnjhnrs who were considered capable nf acting ns judges nf Jersey cattle, with the pbioct in ' iow of such names being n l a<’od on the l : st of names of official bulges of the Association if considered efficient by tho Council.—Tt was to send the names to Messrs G. M'l|i gan. C. H. Thompson and S. J. Goulte»’. Tho committee For the ensuing was elected "s Follow® • Messrs J Goulter. C. F. GoodrieV G. M : ’lir?”i A. Rtnßho-s t a. Marfin. D. O Smith, C. IF. Thompson. Perress and . Kelly.