YOUNG FARMERS’ WEEK.

Wairarapa Age, 27 May 1936, Page 5

YOUNG FARMERS’ WEEK.

AT SOLWAY SHOWGROUNDS. X PROPOSED CO-OPERATION BY TOWNSPEOPLE. LEAD GIVEN BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. At the suggestion of Mr. E. M. Hodder, the Masterton Chamber of Commerce decided yesterday to invite business people and others to co-operate in giving added interest to the Young Farmers ’ Week to be held at the Solway Showgrounds from Monday, June 8 to Saturday, June 13. Mr. Hodder said it was anticipated that from 100 to 150 members of Young Farmers’ clubs would be assembling for the week at Solway Showgrounds and he thought Masterton should suitably signalise the occasion. Mr. H. M. Boddington (secretary of the Chamber) and himself had already gone into the matter and considered that arrangements to that end could be made with no great difficulty. Members of Young Farmers’ clubs coming to Solway would be drawn from Pahiatua to Martinborough. The movement was stronger in the Wairarapa than anywhere else in the North Island and it was a movement which should receive the support of townspeople. There would be occasions during the week when the people of Masterton could show their interest in and approval of the work being, done by the clubs. Apart from visits to farms and industrial establishments, lectures etc., there was to be a social gathering which would be organised by Mr. R. J. Young. This might be in the Municipal Hall. On the evening of Tuesday, June 9, there was to be a civic reception by the Mayor in the Municipal Hall. Members of the Chamber should endeavour to get as many people as possible to attend this reception. Mr. Hodder said he thought it would be an excellent thing if they could arrange a banquet for the boys on fhe evening of Friday, June 12, on the eve of their breaking camp. Supplies he thought could be obtained by a canvass of business people and no doubt girls would volunteer to act as waitresses. Another suggestion made by Mr. Hodder was that some of the larger business firms should arrange special window displays during the week of the camp. Special prominence; could be given in the displays to farmers’ goods. He believed these suggestions and others would be welcomed by Air. 8. Freeman, of the Agricultural Department, and others concerned in the organisation of the camp. An excellent opportunity appeared in this matter of helping to cement good feeling between town and country. The president (Mr. A. B. Wood) said he thought it essential that they should carry out Mr. Hodder’s suggestions. Mr. I. I. McGregor (Postmaster) stated that he would be glad to enable parties of boys to inspect parts of the Post Office equipment in which they might be interested, such as the automatic exchange and the teleprinter. Mr. McGregor undertook also to instal at Solway during the camp a posting which could be cleared once or a day. 1 H -Y as agreed that business people should be canvassed and that the suggestions mentioned and others should be carried out. THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.

The objects of the Young Farmers’ Week which is to be held on the Solway Showgrounds from June 8 to the morning of June 13 are primarily educational, but provision is made in the programme also for some sporting and social events. On Monday, June 8 members of the clubs are to assemble at the Solway Showgrounds, elect camp officials and discuss the programme_ The programme for following days

Tuesday, June 9.—Morning: Visit to Waingawa Freezing Works; afternoon: t isit to Sir Wm. Perry’s Komney Stud, Penrose, and Mr. A. Norman’s Stud Poultry Farm, Solway. Evening: 730 p.m Civic reception by His Worship the Mayor, in the Municipal Hall, Mas- ‘? r .to n - 8-30 p.m.: Lecture, "Pasture I tilisation by Pigs,’’ by Mr. R. P. Connell, Department of Agriculture, in the farmers’ Booms, Perry Street. Wednesday June 10.—Morning: RtnH ri J ‘ Ogilvie ’ s Polled Angus Stud, Gladstone, or to Sir Wm. Perry’s Milking Herd, Te Whiti (also talk on Silage and Lucerne, by Mr. S. Freeman, Department of Agriculture). Afternoon: 1.30 p.m. Lecture and demonstration, ‘Training and Working of Sheep Dogs,’’ by Mr. B. McDonald, DanneVirke. 2.45 p.m.: Football match, North v. South, Y.F.C. Evening: Visit to ‘Talkies” at Masterton. Thursday, June 11.—Morning: Lecture, " Wool,” by Sir Wm. Perrv. Addresses: Hon. W. Lee Martin, Minister of Agriculture; Mr. A. H. Cockayne, Director General of Agriculture; Mr. B. R Tennent, Director of the Fields Division; Mr. J. Robertson, M.P. for Masterton; Mr. Ben Boberts, M.P. for Wairarapa. Afternoon: Visit to Mr. J J " n “’ s Hereford stud, Wangaehu, and Mr. B. M. Perry’s Southdown stud, -rernndge. Alternative visit: Mr W Moore’s Ayrshire Stud, Homebush, and T - Daniel1 ’ 3 Milking Shed and Puo. Evening: Concert arranged by Mr. B. J. Young, Masterton. Friday, June 12.—Mojping: 9 to 10 ®-™-: Visit to Seed Cleaning Machines at Messrs Perry & Co. and Wright Stephenson & Co.; 11 to 12 noon, Visit to Messrs C. E. Daniell and Co.’s. Sawmill and Timber Yards, and the Masterton Spinning and Hosiery Mills. Annual meeting of Wairarapa Provincml Council at 10 a.m. in Farmers’ Booms, Perry Street, Masterton. Afternoon: At Cosy Theatre, Masterton: N.Z. Meat Producers’ Board Sound film, ‘From Meadow to Market.” Lantern Lecture, Mr. E. Bruce Levy Department of Agriculture, "Pasture Progress.” Lantern Lecture, Mr. Dudfey A. Gill, M.8.C.V.5., Department of Agriculture, "Tuberculosis in Cattle and Pigs.” N.Z. Meat Producers’ Board Sound Film, "New Zealand’s Charm.” Evening: Social, arranged by the members themselves.

Saturday, June 13: Disperse after breakfast.