FEILDING HIGH SHOOL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3587, 20 March 1924, Page 2

FEILDING HIGH SHOOL.

BOARD OF MANAGERS MEETING. At a meeting of the Feilding Agricultural High School Board of Managers, over which Mr H. Tolley presided, the director submitted the following report, which was adopted;— “Since my last report, the roll number has remained the same, two new entrants offsetting two withdrawals. One new boarder has come into residence. We are still short of accommodation and await the complettion of the other room in the school house. Furniture has been ordered for the first room on account of the grant already made, and delivery has been completed, and another grant must be applied for for equipping the second now room. The boys’ cycle shelter has been extended and the old lean-to at the back of the (school has been dismantled. The girls need more room, but it seems Inadvisable to extend the present shelter and a better plan is to erect additional accommodation on the boundary lino at the north-west side of the school house. No official reply has been received from' the Director of Education in answer to our invitation to visit the school, but Mr La Trobe thinks ho can make out a good case in support of our claim for a chemistry laboratory. On March 10, the Minister of Education visited us, and expressed great interest in our work and asked to be supplied with details, of our organisation an dof our plans for future development. The boys’ swimming sports were held on March 5, and the organisation was such that the long programme was completed without interruption or delay. The girls’ sports unfortunately had to be postponed on account of the cold weather setting in. “The stud Southdown sheep from Mr Viles’ flock at Bulls have been delivered and are as good a lot as could be expected. Two Berkshire pigs have also been purchased from Mf McFarland, at Aorangi, and buildings and runs are being prepared. “On March 3 I attended a conference in Welling!on called by the Director of Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture to discuss a national plan for field experiments. The conference comprised representatives of the Canterbury Agricultural College, the Cawthron Institute, and Departmental officers. If the Department of Agriculture adopts the recommendations of this Conference It will mean that at last systematic experimentation will be put in hand in New Zealand on (1) topdressing of pastures, (2) manuring of cereals. The top-dressings proposed include (a) superphosphate, (b) slag (c) raw Nauru phosphate: all both with and without lime. The fertilisers to be tried with cereals include (a) superphosphate; (b) a standard basic superphosphate; both dressings with and without blood. The calling of such a conference is a decided forward step, and Mr Cockayne, the Director of Fields, is to be congratulated on his action.” GENERAL BUSINESS.

It was decided to send a letter of thanks to Mr A. Campbell who had donated to a challenge shield. The matter of securing a consignment of red polled cattle from the South Island was referred to the agricultural committee for report.

The Board decided to proceed with the laying down of tennis courts.