EXPERIMENTAL FARM.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17198, 19 June 1916, Page 10

EXPERIMENTAL FARM.

TO BE ESTABLISHED IX

ASHBURTON.

MEETIXG OF DELEGATES.

A meeting was held in the Ashburton Auric.uhur.il and Pastoral Associations rooms on Saturday at ter noun of ilio delegates who had boon appointed io act in conjunction with tin; High j School Hoard in respect to the lain which had been handed over by the board as a. demonstration tarm. I hero Avcrc present’ —AXcssrs Josliiki luclvoi (chairman of the High School Hoard), C. Reid. .1. Cairns, J. Bruce. /W. E Li 11, W. Morgan and T. Doherty, Mr Watters, director of the High school, was also in attendance. Mr Tucker, who presided, explained, the nature of the experiments w hicti the Agricultural Department intended to carry out, and stated that that morn ill" lio hud been over the Jnvm in company with Mr M Taggart, an | ofiieer of the Agricultural Department, i who was in Ashburton in connection with the Department's display at the ! winter show. He drew attention to j tho fact that the stun oi £l-jOO lm been placed on the Estimates or ex- , perimwital farm work in UeAsi.mii , ton district, but, of course, he could not say how that money was to U expended or who would have tne spending of it. T r , A letter was read from Mr J. Brown. Director of Fields and Experiment j Farms, regretting that ho could not . be present at tho meeting, and 1 * plaining that arrangements uomcl I shorilv be completed whereby it was , hoped that by limiting the arcataonc , officer in connection with eo-opeu i experimental work this work would be put on a better footing. As soon these arrangements were compk t. i was intended to hold a conference between each agricultural uiin U, himself and several district ofllCl -' - with tho object of coming to some understanding as. to the oxpenmon s to be undertaken. He ashc tin. jneetiim to give some considcuition a to the nature ami scone o t meats which it considered should b “SSTL.. Mid 1,0 thousht U* mpetincr Mi «rrt "»*■ might appoint an txocu too to net with him. . • * After discussion it was decided to defer the appointment of an l ?***[ t d Mr Tucker was unanimously elected to net ns permanent clminnam * j |( Christian was Utct j ed to act as secretary wo hooi Tho chairman said V ,i K , u ,.hfc I had given considei aUc j s*l m* <* •» and had handed over to the <'™ L j in on t for this purpose H-U aei.s o» would be pleased to bo PH.wnt their next meeting* A<vr>tsriOpinions were expressed that Jm. MM * «.«*<» *«M* ™”™ part, of tho diririot, * •** the \shburton demonstration Hnni. Mr Dill complaiucd that Feeing tntho officers of tho Agucw • the par linen t wore then present show in Ashburton, neither officers war. present to g"e tion at that meeting. Tho chairman explained that neither of the Government officers had ' reived authority to attend tho meeting officially. It was decido to Invito Mr Brown to visit Ashburton to give a lecture, and it was suggested that the farmers of tho district as a whole (should also lie ittwied. io, attend.