LINCOLN COLLEGE

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 10 December 1930, Page 13

LINCOLN COLLEGE

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED. MEETING OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS. ~«s The Board of Governors of the Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, met yesterday. Present: The Hon. T>. Buddo, M.L.C. (chairman), Dr. H. G. Denham, Messrs H. S. S. Kyle, M.P., E. J. Howard, M.P., N. M. Orbell, C. H. Hewlett, W. O. Eennie, W. A. Banks, John Deans, H. A. Knight, and Professor R. E. Alexander (Director). On the recommendation of the staff the award of the Shell Scholarship for the assistance of deserving students in continuing their studies was made jointly to W. S. Allan, a second year degree student, and to J. Billings, a first year degree student. Selection of a student for the Osborne Scholarship, to be givon to a diploma student on similar lines to those of the Shell Scholarship, was left, in the hands of the Director and Mr Eennie to report to the next meeting of the Board. Loss 011 Pig Export. The loss which had been sustained by the Board in the experiments carried ! out in connexion with the export of pigs was further mentioned by the chairman. At previous meetings this matter had been discussed, and, as the Board had lost approximately £250 oa their experiments, it had been decided to apply to the Meat Producers' Board for a reimbursement of that loss. Mr Buddo reported that following the earlier advice from the Meat Board that they could not see their way to refund the money lost through the research, he had seen the chairman, Mr D. Jones, M.P., and had placed the position before him. Mr Jones had told him that the matter had gone before the Board, but that it had been considered that as they had not been consulted when the scheme was initiated, and had no charge over the operations, they were unable to comply with the requests. Mr Buddo had been told than the Lincoln College Board had carried out their research on a falling market. Members scouted this suggestion. There was.no reason why a further appeal should not be made, said Mr Buddo, and he suggested that that should be done, the position to be again pointed out to the Meat Board. "I think we should" said Dr. Denham. "The research was on behalf of the meat producers." On the motion of Dr. Denham., seconded by Mr Kyle, it was decided to make a further request for payment from the Meat Board, Mr Jones to bs interviewed in addition. The farm report for November, which was adopted, Tead as follows: "The weather during the past month has shown a decided improvement, soma warm days inducing a fair growth, both, in cereal crops and in grass. Hay crops are not very heavy this year, owing to cold weather earlier in the spring. "Shearing was finished towards the end of the month, some 1700 college sheep being shorn, together with 600 sheep belonging to neighbouring farmers. The wool this year is in poor condition compared with previous years, this doubtless being due to cold weather. The clip of 60 bales has been, sent to Dalgety and Co. for the firs* wool sale. "Seventeen acres of turnips, 25 acre* of rape, and 20 acres of kale have been sown. Routine work, such as fencing, ditching, gorse-cutting, etc., is well in hand, and hay-making will begin in about a week's time."