HEREFORD BREEDERS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 8

HEREFORD BREEDERS

MEETING .OF' ASSOCIATION;''.,. Tho annual general.meeting,of the New Zealand Hereford--Breeders' Association wis held this"w.eeki.at, Pal-! inerston Notthv / ~': ' S" ]'".■ '{}'■ '""•'.':;; '. ■ The 'report : ;and'-balance-sheet; .were adopted on the-motion of;the-chairman (Mr. E. Short)? who'vwris' Ye-elected .pre-' eidont for tho; ensuihg 'year'.:..'.'"'''■ . Seven, now Jbreeders'.' wero elected I members. '■ '; ■ ;.-!. . f J ■ It was decided to award ;:g6ld ,med'ah /or competition for Hereford--classes at tho- Masferton A. arid'''P.. Ass'ocia-' tion and W;p.*A. and JP.i," ahd Poverty Bay A. and-IVAssociations' sliows this year. J * It was proposed by Mr. H. J. Dagg (treasurer) S,nd! seconded by Mr. H. B. " etuckley that,;in future, fthe financial year -of-'tho* association end at March dl each year.—; Carried. ,■)':,■•.;., ,'-...' ', Tho secretary leportcd-'tliat.'.Volume .10 of'tho'Herd Book had'been, nearly 1 comploted,'7and would 'bo issued; to 4 members' in Itho course of a few weeks. A,* vote was passed, to Mr. l!A. Swift fpij-'liis :work in assisting the .■■•'secretary, in elieckiuK and', compiling entries for tho last volume of.'the Herd Book. ■' .!.;! ' .."•,■ • It was decided to send 'avpircular to. all .fnetnbers. of the association asking th'em to," co-operate witlutlic council in arranojing to forward a,;-'eollective I ■ representativ'e Exhibit of Herefp.rd .catt'e to tho Panama Pacific International Exposition, which is to' bo hold '.at San Francisco next'iyear. Tho meeting appointed MessrsJ. D. P. Buchanan and 11. B. Stuckey as inspectors to examine and repott ito vthe-; council on cattle '.which, in tlieir'"opinibn,' were Worthy 'to bo sent as,a)i exhibit, on behalf of tho association.. It was pointed, out' that one general exhibit, representative of the best of the breed under the auspices' ( 'of"'tlie..;H6'fefor(l- Association, should, bo a" big attraction in the cattlo classes. • v It was rfcolved to publish in the Hereford Herd; Book full ■ particulars'.of any -individual'"herd which .has been examined by the Government Veterinarian. and foundcfree from tuberculosis, ,'v