MASSEY COLLEGE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 63, 10 February 1933, Page 11

MASSEY COLLEGE

MEETING OF COUNCIL. The first meeting for the year of the Massey College Council was held in. Palmerston North yesterday, when Sir George Fowlds presided. Also present were Sir William Perry, Messrs T. U. Wells, Norton Francis, J. D. Hall, A. Morton, Professor G. S. Peren and Professor W. Riddet. There were apologies from Professor T. A. Hunter, and Messrs H. B. Stuckey and P. Levi, for absence. Sir George Fowlds was unanimously re-elected chairman of the council and Mr P. Levi treasurer. The finance committee- appointed consisted of Sir George Fowlds, Messrs Levi, Francis and Morton.

Sir William Perry (chairman) and Messrs Hall, Morton and Stuckey were re-elected the farm committee.

Donations were acknowledged as follow:—Mr R. Matthews, Waiorongomai, Featherston, two stud Romney, rams; Sir William Perry, six stud Romney ewes and the loan of one stud Romney ram; Mrs Maginie. Auckland, five volumes for the college library 5 Messrs W. and T. Avery, Ltd., Wellington; and Mr A. R. Taylor, Sydney, Buff Orpington male bird. PRINCIPAL’S REPORT. Professor G. S. Peren, the principal, reported, inter alia, as follows: “Several bulletins have been published through the Press. Mr F. L. Scrivener, in conjunction with Mr A. W. Hudson, of the Plant Research Station, is writing an article entitled “Fertilisers and Manures in New Zealand,” which will form part of the publication, “The Utilisation of Land in New Zealand,” which will be published by the Institute of Pacific Relations. The total number of benzol testing outfits sent out since the inoeption is 161. This number of flocks represents a very large number of sheep and one cannot help feeling that in the couase of time this test is bound to work a tremendous amount of good. At the request of the New Zealand Institute of Horticulture an exhibit demonstrating some of our results of flax research work was staged at the National Flower Show held in Wellington. Professor Peren also reported on farm work at the college, the report being received. The manager of the poultry section reported on general matters, his report being received. The report of the Dean of Dairying, Professor W. Riddet, is dealt with in another column.