TIMARU A. & P. ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1175, 10 July 1911, Page 8

TIMARU A. & P. ASSOCIATION

IXSTttUCTION IN" AGRICUILTVRE." iDj- Tclesraph.—Press Asaociation.l . . Timaru, July n. The A. and P. Association's Cmiimitlon paid .£25 t'lnvni'tls lust year's salary of tho l-idiication Board's agricultural instructor, and roprat it for the current year on tho condition, that Mr: Brown dives three lectures to farmer.-!. J[r. 'Juhn Withell said they had a remarkably good man in 11 r. Krown. One lecture he had given on manure alone was worth tho .t'2">. The committee appointed two delegates to the Dunediu Conference to consider the establishment of a Clydesdale Stud Book for New Zealand. 'Mr. 1 , . J. Slielton, IJomo representative I oF the Xew Zealand Producers' Association, has. advised the New Zealand secretary (Mr. E. C. .lack) that lie has opened nn otlic-j in Sniithfield, near the great liieat market, lie has nlrcnrfy visited Maucliester and Liverpool, at which places he was shown over the docks and accommodations by the authorities, lie has watched the discharge mid delivery of meat at the London docks, and considers that there is a vast opportunity for improvement in the methods at present in use. ■ Tlie E«mont (Ifinvora! A. nml I'LAfsociation has res'ulvetl: "That tho time is ripe for thu iiiangurntioii of a Ciyilesiliilc Hoi'so Society for . New .Zealand, nnd it is advisable to. co-operate with th? Ola?o A., am) I , ; Association, with a view to attain tjiat. object." , Itorsc-shoeinij competitions arn very popular at 'the summer shows in England.