UTILITY HERD BOOK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 892, 11 August 1910, Page 8

UTILITY HERD BOOK.

STEATFOED PEOPOSALS. -..- The committee set up. by .the Stratford A.'and P. Association • for' tho purpose, suggest the following, basis for a Utility Herd Book (says an exchange):— Cows—l2lb'. ;.butter-fat per week. • - uiTwo-year-old .per .week. . {Bulls -to be eligible. must. have been bred from stock eligible for'the book or whose' stock, shall have been eligible; ■' The charge will be 55., the'first 100 cows free.-. •;•-.'.'• .Tests shall be taken from time to-time jby some reliable person and a committee 'appointed, to .'supervise such, dairy..fa'cr' tories to be asked to co-operate in testing. The secretary was instructed to write to.'the Department.'of; ABriculfure' for all possible'information and oh" receipt of .this another meeting of the committee will bo held;'../ GENERAL FARMING NEWS. The judges at the Takapau (Hawke's Bay) ploughing match will be:—Ploughing: Messrs. J. Balsillie, A. M'Kay, and J. Scott. Horses: Mr. Alfred Beid. Harness: Mr. W.C. Gavin. A good deal, of interest,is being taken, in the fixture. An orchardist from'.Peel Forest (says the. Napier "Telegraph") wrote to , tho Hawke's' Bay Fruitgrowers'' Association suggesting that .'the; Agricultural' Department be asked to provide a chairman well versed in parliamenlary debates for the New Zealand Conference,' which would greatly facilitate the transaction of business. He;furthcr considered that it would be.an advantage to'have a chaiiman not personally'.'interested in the affairs of the conference. The lettex was received, the opinion ..being . expressed | ; the writer would, have no reason to complain of the chairman., presiding over the Hastings conference. 1 '". .... ■." At a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association'(according to: a Napier. paper; a. communication from Mr. Norman Wellwood stated that.his syndicate hadidecideU'npt to go on, with their present, ;'.,They .were..rathe'r.-Misappointed.,at the support extended*by ■the, fruit-growers,.;.as they expected::'a.. guarantee ",.ef at /least 12,000 cascs.i'Evin.after';allbwing.a largeimargin Ifo'r' other,): bfanclios'vCpf 'refrigeration the scheme,-woulil not'l'proye.-'payable'.-without .sucjb,,:a Ho'haa;no':'doubt that, should, ;his.,. company ,would':,'gb on''.with::tlielr:;sSheme.next;'yea.r, "when';•he. '■'""''trustedr-th*at\!th'e ,-associatio-n would extend.their support. Mr. Wellwood was..thanked.for,laying, approached the" association- oil'' the.'-cool'storage- ques-' tion. , -.. i ;. , r ,. ;. ■'. ' .... .'■;-.' ' , '.'At Tututawa was held r the annual meeting of the ; Puniwh'akau Dairy- Company. Messrs. Foley,' Watchorn, .and /Briskoll w,ere re-elected directors, During tho last season the milk' supply was . more than, double that,of. the."previous one, and tho, .company had reduced tho.ba'nk overdraft by .'.6201)...-''' Mr. .W,.'-'Stanton,.' the manager, obtained first-grade', throughout! the season. Considering- tho low .price of ■ land (from £!\ to £7 • per acre), in this district,'-the. company's .'returns compare more than,-, favourably with some .of. the. larger factories/situated, in ~£2.0: -to £6\> per. acre land (says a correspondent of'a' Taranaki exchange). ''■/ -..-■■■/