YOUNG FARMERS’ CLUB

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19884, 10 March 1939, Page 13

YOUNG FARMERS’ CLUB

WAIROA BRANCH MEETS

INTERESTINI I ADDRESSES

AUTUMN T<>P-DRESSING

(Special to tlio Herald.) WAIROA, this day

The monthly meeting of the Wairoa Young Farmers’ Club was held this week, the chairman, Mr. R. .T. Powdrell, presiding over an attendance of 55 members.

The secretary, Mr. W. G. Brownlie, reported that the challenge from the Wairoa club to the Manawatu district committee for a game of Rugby football in Palmerston North had been accepted. The game probably would take place in Palmerston North in June or July, a return fixture being played in Wairoa the following year. Owing to the many counter-attrac-tions in the Wairoa district during Easter, it was decided that it was impossible to send a party from the club down to the Meeanee sports on Easter Monday. The annual meeting of the Northern Hawke’s Bay district committee will be held in Wairoa on Thursday April 13, this being the first time a district committee meeting has been held in Wairoa.

It was pointed out that the annual meeting of the Wairoa club would, be held on Wednesday, April 12, and all remits and notices of motion for consideration at the meeting are to be forwarded to the secretary as soon as possible. The programme and particulars of the Hastings educational week were explained to the members, many of whom signified their intention of attending. The camp will be held, from May 8 to 13 at a cost of £1 10s a member. All members of the Wairoa club desiring to attend should communicate with the secretary immediately as all applications must be completed before the end of March. Short reports on the last district committee meeting in Hastings and the Wellington council meeting in Palmerston North were presented. Enlightening Address

The principal lecture for the evening was given by Mr. W. Alexander, Auckland, who used as his subject “The Possibilities of Improving Farms by Autumn Top-dressing.” The speaker quoted figures and official returns for farms in Hawke’s Bay, Auckland, Canterbury and New South Wales, showing the increase in production as a result of a progressive top-dressing policy. In all cases the returns for the farms concerned were rapidly increased and in some cases the production was doubled within a few years. In fat lamb country, continued Mr Alexander, the increased output of fat lambs should pay for the annual application of top-dressing. All other increased production resulted in profit for the farmer. Two instructive addresses were delivered by Messrs. S. Lambert and E Dahm. These speakers gave the members present very useful hints on the working of a dog for trial purposes and in view of the proximity of the forthcoming Wairoa trials, members followed the lectures with keen interest.