AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6064, 25 April 1881, Page 3

AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING. Thk annual meeting of the Aucklm.l a • cultural and Pasted Association the Association sofl.ee, Queen-street, on April' b. Mr. J. Lamb occupied the ch-ir Th minutes of the last annual meeting wpr« (4,„ rpd and confirmed. The showed that the income for the voir 1, 1 been £1173, and the expenditure the difference being made up jy £r,o cash m ham, from last year, about £120 overdraft less .LI/ l/siiowou hand. * KET'OKT. The committee's report was then presented, and reads as follows : . nicmbiTiin l!i c ' lllsr ? tu laiing our. lion The ° t l our Assouan n f t - "'i • I t»- am! exjKmdlturc. Isut c'r i'laWi.'", C<'l4 'rclU'On-! uU!' 6 Sarplu,! °» rs -as tszzsfc ' Vn - C . 3 ," U ' S , "'""•""S tils cost of a. '' l - lti exhibition. ursoconri lior.-je panrtq in the early £I ,ria ? . U!Q .Il.w.jon vvl-.eth, rit »-»„k not 1 )0 letter to llofj it a month laUr, in ruture, is worthy of crnsidera tio:i. ripj iiiiiii':. rof liorfps exhibited this v.iru~i-R™t-T than ln,i, a th« uuality very ,u,.c'rior T& cxhil.iK of cattl, were fewer t!,i s y,-«r, ir.Vonsequ/ n « of t no of pleuro.pneumonia j n Wai kato uistlict. li.lt tile huh ch:tr:i':tcr of i.u.- stock was \vo!l m.-iiiitaiaeJ by tliOoO exiubited. The entries of implements c:.rri:i;rev,, ami ini!ii~tri :< ! proiimts, and of articles 01 feni-ril utm.y. .-.lio-.veii ;i larg- increase in ' tins clasi i f exhil-.it?. winch .ncio-iae will ilouhtless continue lin-.i, accomnjcxlatiot. provided. Although a suitable buildini; tiie horticult inl exhibition lias been erec:.?.!. the succcm of this department was not so complete as wo looked for. The wisdom of holding a two «lavs show 1m been amply proved and appears to have been favourably received by tile public, the attending havi 1>.,-en lirger tnan »t anj pre\ i uir on o .. Ihe ooiv<; wish to record, in this report, its r'.-ns? «>' obligation to the New Zealand Loan Ai:os,:.v Company fur th^ir valu.ib!o si: vt.*r as a prize for siicop. 1 li'; iiicjuitors v.'jll ',<.•<?, hr :;n of the statement ot receipts ami tspfmiiture during the p.iii yc.-ir. tl?at wiiu iiicro-iacri Jal»our in produring iucome th.' strictest cwnoai/hw been the u:sn\i h.;hiu: the improvement of position moiuioii»iti in tiie ilrat piuu-'raph oi this report. The Ciluhman .said that lie believed the society had dono a great deal of good to f country, by drawing attention to it from outside, and lie himself had h?id letters from gcntlomon in the United Kingdom relative to t!ie positiori of this country, .und particularly tiie Xorth Isl.nid. He :hcn congra- • tulated the society upon pletiro pneumonia havi.jy been stamped out. He thought that more povsons interested in agriculture should join the soeicty, as liithcrto the .society had been earrietl oil by a few members. Mr. Lamb also referred to the exeellent quaKty of wheat grown in this province. He suggested the advisability of sending a copy o£ the report to the Chairmen of the Koad Boards, so that a knowledge of the aims" and proceedings of the association might be circulated as widely as x>ossible. The balance-sheet and report were then adopted, and the following gentlemen chosen oifice-bearers for the ensuing year:— President: Mr. .fames Dilworth. Vice-Presi-dent : Mr. John Lamb. Treasurer : Mr. Wm. MeLaughlan. Committee: Mcssni.« J. Bainbridge. W. F. Bnckland, ,T. M. Clark, Robert Hall, A. Buuklaud, Thoa. Morrin, Joseph Banks, K. McLeau, James Wallace, A. Anderson, Robert Bent, C. T. "Wren, D. Nolan, F. Robert Proud, NY. S. Styak, Joseph May, Charles Storey, Major Jackson, Henry Reynolds, John Phillips, and — Gifford. CfIEESE-MAKr>*«-;. The following report, from a friend of Mr. Thomas Morrin, relative to cheese-making in America, "was read for the benefit of the members :— I give you herewith an account of the Eatonrille Factor}"« Herkimer County, Nt:w York State; Mr. Smith, manager. Cheese-making commenced this year (1S70) on .March 2_nd, »ntl will close in December. Five hundred and seventy-flve cows, from eighteen farms, supply tiie milk, which is delivered at the factor}- at a.m and at S p.m. some travelling two miles from the farm. The milk from each farm is tested against trickery, hut no allowance is made for quality. The nijht's milk is chilled. The milk, after weighed, id warmed up to Si degrees. The rennet i.> then added, nud the milk stands for an hour. The curd is tlien br-jken for from sixty to seventy-flve minutes. After the curd is? broken it is put into the sink : the whey eoss Kick to the farm. The curd remains in the press for lifceen hours. It is brokeu by hand, except when sour, and then theniiil is used. In the spring and fall the farmer* skim the milk and mis with morning's milk before delivering. The fresh made cheese is put into ft room with a temperature of 70 degrees, remains there from 30 to <»0 days, and is then sold o:T for consumption. The weight of the chectse is about ;-61hs. An account of milk delivered ia entered to each man, upon wiiich his .share in the bulk is computed. Cheese sells in L ttle Falls by reputation ; it is sold in Monday's market in town, delivered on Tuesday and exported. Prices have been in IySO as low a3 . r > cents in September, they were cents, in May, the average price in IS7S wits oi The hours of labour are not short— commencing at a. Uk v-*»-About IG.CHH) to 17,0C«3 pounds of milk arc worked daily, producing about a pound of chocs'* fit for sale from lu pounds of milk. In the month of October a pound of has bien gc-t from pounds or miik, a gallon of milk is taken to weigh Slbs 9czs.—Albc»t Clakk. My. Lamb said that in some places in. America, instead of all coming into town,the dairy farmers clubbed together a"nd divided into separate runs, "with much benefit. Yotes of thanks to the Chairman and Secretary concluded the- business oi the meeting. „