FEILDING A. &. P. SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 8

FEILDING A. &. P. SOCIETY.

A, - 1 , n ,? °*. " 10 general committee of the lending A. and P. Association was held on Saturday Tuprhfr. says our local correspondent. A letter was received from Messrs. Levin and Co. stating they had inadvertently mentioned shearing instead of sheep classes when forwarding a letter dealing with their promised cup. It would lie quite .satisfactory to them if their clip was allocated to somo competition in a sheep class. . The Department of Agriculture wrote ,in reply_to the society's letter regarding jthc appointment of veterinary snrgeons as /inspectors of stock.

j A!\? P ro3i( ! en t said it was the intention I of Mr. Reakes to appoint as manv veterinary surgeons as possible. The "Govei-n-Unent had tried to get vets., but it was i found difficult to do so. 1 The, report of the Ground Committee, ; considered by tjie General (Committee:, was brought on for disposal, jit was recommended in the report that | -£100 bo spent in improving the pig pens, fjnaking better provisions for dairy stock, [.etc. I The report was adopted. j The committee decided to draw up a iprize list allowing for the expenditure of over £1000 in prizes and trophies at the .inoxfc show.

i The following donations were made:— •Messrs. E. Short, 20 guineas J. Knisftt, j.H. Booth, J. R. M'Lennan, J. Cobbe, ,10 guineas cach; Bramwell . Bros., O. |M1!lroy, A. Hj Atkinson, A. Campbell, f5 guineas cich; P. X. Lethbridge, 1 ,'gnineas; James Shortall, C. Dernier, E. \H. Hocking, li guineas each; Mrs. Cobbe, J. H. Porrett, J. T. Hogg, J. W. Brainwell, 2 guineas each.