GRASSLAND FARMING
CONFERENCE CONCLUDES. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, August 17. The conference of the New Zealand Grassland Association which has been sitting for the past three days concluded to-day. Papers have been read by scientific experts, by farming experts and by business men interested in various aspects of grassland farming and these have covered a wide field of inquiry and experiment, of many aspects of pasture growth and management and other related topics. A scheme discussed in the papers was the certification of seed, and the possibility of marketing grass seed abroad under certification. To-day the annual meeting was held. It was decided to recommend to the Minister of Agriculture that a full investigation be made . into the position of certified seeds in the farm economy of New Zealand. The following officers were elected: President, Mr A. H. Cockayne; secretary and treasurer, Mr R. P. Connell; general' committee, Professor W. Riddet, Dr F. W. Hilgendorf, Messrs D. H. Askew, D. S. Smallfield, M. A. Holmes, J. W. Hadfield, R. B. Tennant, A. W. Hudson, F. R. Callaghan, E. Bruce Levy, and president and secretary-.
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Southland Times, Issue 22097, 18 August 1933, Page 7
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