A AND P ASSOCIATION

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 75, 25 June 1928, Page 8

A AND P ASSOCIATION

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING CATTLE PAVILION WANTED. A meeting 0 f the general committee of the Stratford A. and P- Association was held on Saturday afternoon, the president, Mr. J. W r . Boon, being in the chair. Apologies for absence were received from Messrs A. C. Bretherton, E. H. Lihllell, H. Bay)y and J. Jones. MONTHL Y R EPOE T. The following monthly report was adopted:— The Executive Committee held their tirst meeting last Tuesday evening when sub-committees for the year were elected. The question of the revision of the 1928 Schedule was dealt with, and arrangements made to have recommendations for any (alterations to bo handed in so that the same may be considered at the July meetings of the Executive of the General Committees.

Recommendations from .annual meeting: The resolution passed at the annual meeting to the effect that the Committee consider the erection of another cattle pavilion has been discussed 1 ; the Finance and Building Committees being asked to bring down a report at the next meeting.

North Island 1 A. and P. Conference and Conference of Secretaries: Mr. Harold Marchant and the Secretary attended a s the Association’s delegates .at the former Conference held in Palmerston. North on Thursday, 21st June. A number o'f matters affecting the welfare the Associations wore brought forward, which will also make towards more uniformity in general working. A . full reportwill bo received in due course and presented to the Committee. A satisfactory feature of the Conference is the increase in the number of Associations which hjive affiliated during the past year. The general impression gained was that the Organisation is doing increasingly good work, which should, when All Associations are linked up, he one of great value. Members are asked to bring down any suggestion- they may Ipve foi the betterment of the Association and improvement of the Show. These can bo considered when recommendations made by the meeting of Chairmen of Sections are under review.

CATTLE PAVILION. Regarding the need for a new cattle pavilion, the- chairman said the executive committee had set Sup a sub-committee which was to consider the matter and report to the next meeting. No doubt members would be divided in their opinion as to what they should build for and where the bulls should be housed. and he thought members of the general committee should discuss the matter fully before the report was brought downThen they would bo aware what was required, and could consider the matter in relation to the/ funds avail-

able. A recommendation had been made that bulls should not bo kept in the horse boxes. Cows could he put almost anywhere, but bulls had to bo put in a isecnro ppce. It would have to be considered whether there

should bo bull boxes in the nev. r cattle pavilion. The important matter of member-

ship, said Mr. Boon, would have to be discussed Last year they had made a special move in the direction of increasing the membership, hut it went a little slowly, probably Because it was too- early in the soa-on and because people were leaving tile district at the time. It was important that every farmer who came to the district should be secured as a member. The annnpl subscription was a guinea, and this entitled the member to free admission to the two days of the Show for himself, and his family, anid free entrance for his motor car. It was a good investment. In the past the Show had been financed on members’ subscriptions up

to the time the money was taken at the antes- Last year there were 000 financial members when the Shm was held and to act that number members had to canvass pretty hard Ho would like to see 650 member; this year and saw no reason wiij that number should not he reached. Mr. Tarrant wskod how many hnl boxes it would be necessity to have The chairman said that last year forty bulls had to be accotnmo<^ited, without the yearlings. Mr. David thought a. box would not bo required for a- yearling bullTbc chairman said the yearlings made a. had moss of thingss when they were put in pens. — /~ r ‘