OTAGO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY

Otago Witness, Issue 3030, 10 April 1912, Page 40

OTAGO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY

The monthly meeting of the committee jof the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral ; Society, held on the 2nd inst.. was attended i by Messrs A. S. Orbell, president (in the ! chair), J. A. Roberts, T. T. Ritchie, E. I F. Duthie, J. Allan, A. Johnson, J. Ross, ' F. Freeman, G. H. Gilroy, D. Murray, ! John Elliott, J.. Loudon, W. Shennan, Jaa. ; Smith, and J. Maeandrew. In connection with recent deaths, the committee passed the following motion : " That this meeting deeply regrets the death of Mr Chas. S. R<nd, for many | years a member of this committee, and i wishes to express its sincere sympathy ! with his widow and family in the great j loss they have sustained; also to record j with regret the recent death of Mrs j Charters, widow of the late Mr Robert j Charters, a former governor of this socij ety; and also the death of Mr John Dow, jof West Taieri, for many eyars a member of this society and a prominent exI hibitor." A resolution of sympathy was passed ! with Mr E. R. Bowler in reference to his | recent accident, and the hope was exI pressed that he would soon be back among I the members of the committee. | A letter was received from the National I Sheep Breeders' Association. London, stat- ] irtg the tlia thirteenth International Con- ■ ference of Sheep Breeders would take ; place on July 1, at the Mansion House, i Doncaster, England. The letter further | stated that at the conference a paper would be read by Mv Alfred Manseli on i " Sheep in connection with the economy i of the farm as a fertiliser or a manure distributor, especially on somewhat poor j land, and its position as a help to suc- ' ccesful farming."—The question of ap- ■ pointing a delegate to attend was left | in the handa of the executive. Some discussion took place upon the ! ram fair that had been held during the i day, and it was unanimously decided that, ! owing to the satisfactory results accruing from the stipulations laid down by ; the association in regard to it, the fair i should be continued in future years on \ similar lines. I The judges in the various sections in 1 connection with the forthcoming Winter i Show were nominated. A considerable I amount of detail business relating to the I coming Winter Show, which opens in Dunedin on June 4, was dealt with, j Eight new members were elected.