CANTERBURY EGG FARMER'S ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 19

CANTERBURY EGG FARMER'S ASSOCIATION.

> The annual meeting of thi> Canterbury. • Egg Farmers' Assoriatfoh was .prositled . over by Mr. A. E, AVil-son. The aißiH.nl' > report stated that 4'uri'us tile year the ! membership bad more titan doubied, and i that the quantit-v of -eggs presented for 5 ' sale at the weekly sales had iwreased j by 25 per cent., the average price- per 3 dozen realised beim: Is, 2 9-16(1. Tho following officers were elected for r tho ensuing year Mr. A. 1 E. Wilson (re-W«*tcd); vico'president, . Mr. J. Salkeld: h«K secretary, Sir. Hi 3 Harman; export sccre-tary, jl'r. A. W , Kent; treasurer, Alv. G. Hotftyilß; hftn. 1 auditors, Messrs, Harman fr.n4 Wilson-, 3 To give some idea as- to the capacity 2 of some of tbc farms interested, it, was ! reported bv the see-retsry 'that five i members of tho association had .submit-. 3 ted over 18 tons of eggs to auction cliir^ 2 ing the year, aisd thiit one "farm 'had. B contributed 6 toils Itnwt. 2'2lh. Taking ns an average tho weight of an egg to be 1 20z., will show tin"; quantity/ same -of the i, Canterbury egg farms turn out per year. 3 . Tho export secretary roper-tod matf,w r in connection with this year's proifctpj s export of engs to Vnni'owVfi' well in hand, mid that it is intended to ship j I four consignments dni'MW Oie season, o.ieli to consist of I'f-oi*? flOfJii to 10.000. ,',' Inquiries, it wiis sliil<?il, have- also been made by San FraWisro wcri-buists, and altogether Die iv?t>arl ft'Med. it would ' seem that (her.- are bright nuisne-pts in .j view for the association dttfing lite (.'oju-