AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8853, 2 October 1914, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

MEETING OF GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Th© Board of Agricultur© (says an official report communicated to the press yesterday) sat for two days this week, all- of the members being present. It dealt with a large amount of correspondence in connection with agricultural matters, and a number of subjects which were referred to it by the Minister for Agriculture and others. Among other questions, the board considered the matter of the appointmesnt of an assistant plant breeder for tho Moumahafii experimental farm; the date of the collection of sheep returns; Government grading of grain; limestone on Crown lands and further search for rock phosphate deposits; the Fencing Act, in connection with rabbit l proof fences and assistance to small farmers desirous of netting their properties; noxious weeds; scholarships for New Zealand youths to attend the Melbourne Veterinary University; prevalence of lice and ticks in the flocks of tho Dominion; development of the poultry industry; the question of subsidies for stallions; the packing, inspection, and shipping of fruit for erport; reports of the scientists upon rural education; and the organisation of the Department of Agriculture. The question of agricultural banks was deferred pending the receipt of further particulars which were being obtained by the board. Th© collecting of further information in connection with the planting of the central plateau of the North Island with suitable trees was also arranged for.