MASTERTON A. & P. SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2308, 16 November 1914, Page 8

MASTERTON A. & P. SOCIETY

MONTHLY MEETING,

._ Th© monthly mooting of tie General Committee of the Mastorton A. arid P, Association was held in the association's rooms .ou . Saturday, - there-- being present: Messrs. 0. C. Cooper (president). £ .J- l>agg,Holmes-Warren,.. W. H. - - i3uick,---H. Evans,; D. . foreman,! Q:' H. i M y;. G. 0; Summerell W; Cooper, J. C;-,M'Kdl° P) \\'. D.: Watson, ,W. J. r l .' 1 ' cA. Cameron A. (J.-' Pilmeiy P. M'. faster Q. Donald, I{. Gray, Q. C. Williams, D. Gaselberg, L. R \vilton W Perry, E. Harper, ;J. T. Dagg, ir" v and-C. I l '.-Vallance. . :: '/Zealand Sheepbreeders' As.v;...' sooiation . intimated that it' had ■ allct- ... - tod a gold medal for-tho nest show for pechampionSouthdownram.—Acknowledged with thanks. - ; An ofler of Mr. H. Kummer, of a ? T nZ6 n , the 'best collection of -New* Zealand-grown wool sewn on to .wool, and classed,. was. received with itliamCß. ''' * ••' ' ~ New Zealand Romney Breeders' - Association .asked for information as to /V: ' 16 .date, and' time arranged for the auctioning of rams to .bo sold under tho . auspices of the.'association.—Keferred ; to tho Bam Pair Committee, with power to act v ' Department of-Agriculture, Industnes, and Commerce wrote.in regard /. to the quarantine restrictions that will ~ ho imposed- on'live stock-exhibited- at-v.--the... Panama Pacific Exposition. The , : . . Department stated that' it was making. . inquiries, and it.- was hoped shortly to receive full particulars' of /thoguaranty .: tine imposed--—Received.':. A/. :'-j \ A communication from -tho HolsteiriFriesiau Association, iu reference' to an /f;:'. incident at- the . Pahia'tiia'^'iShow:, /ivas.; '-f ecelv e(l. / The .' association, statedthat " , it had contented itself by cautioning the /exhibitor referred to. jr'; ' ■ ® 6 , president of .the. Palmerston Society for tho Prevention of .Cruelty to lAnimals . wrote,' urging that exhibitions' - of buck-jumping at the annual show bo ; ' prohibited.—On the motion of Mr. Pore- . man, it. was decided that buck-jumping 'be prohibited at. the Masterton Show., - A voto of-thanks' was passed to Mr. H. H. Bcetham for a copy of the Jour-' . nalof the . Royal Agricultural Society of England: -. . The New Zealand Board of Agriculwrote,; suggesting that, instruction : hy means of. demonstrations by competi eiit judges on. .the points of horses and .: .y other .stock l)e ( ' given' at shows.—R-efer-':--:-'-red. to,^ sub-eommittee i.' consisting -of . 'Messrs. . Pilmer,; Watson, 1 ' M. Cooper,' and Vallance.. . .. . ■ The Reports of the various ~schedule revision.committees were read and approved. ' Tlie .'president' stated' ( that m : the , aggregate ; the prize, money, . had been substantially increased. •:, - : It was decided that a.class bo'provid;..ed .for artillery' horses, and it:was suggested that: tho Government be. asked . jto send .artillery horses- for. exhibition Sit the show. ; /■

, A suggestion from Mr.: "W. E. 0- Ty■leo that barren owes, bo excluded from competition ;in!,the; farmers'- classes;: was. appro\ed "v,! v. An Mr. W. Andrew of a > 'prizo of £o ■ os. for- Romney . flockvxams' • •in ; tTio farmers' classes, other than ; Stnds, was. left.in, the hands of Mr. W: ,:■ U. Welch to deal with. ; 54. class for Down ewes was added ■ -the._section. for freezing sheep/ .. • . A prize. was,awarded in the. scheduleJ... "for best crop; of Swedes. (flat .'or ridged); grown ill ■'the' MastertonJ" Wairarapa,' and Pahiatua electorates. It was decided that in future years ; : the 'schedule ..revision.,committees . meet —i.wifhm two months of tlio < show: , On the motion of Mr. ! M'KiUop, it ...... , was resolved that reserve champion- ,. ' ships be awarded at future shows in all . purebred classes. - It Tyas decided ..that the auctioneers >:- /bo asked _to - IJ. per •• -.'cent.' of their th&;;jsale >■ .i''\. of : slioiyj stock to tho ■funds'.'of: the," asso*-. . 'Elation, 1 , and a subcommittee was set •. Up to .deal with the matter. - ; - ( t

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