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NURSERYMEN IN CONFERENCE

OPENING SESSION . SPEECH?BY THE;.MINISTER 'r ■ tenth! rumuaL meeting and conference ft • tlio New 1 Zealand Association of Nurserymen .was opened in Wei-, 'lington yestorday, Mr; Thomas Hor- , . ton, F.R-.H.S.j presided. The Mayor (Mr. J, V. Luke) extended the delegates a welcomo to the city. /■Wellington, Lo.'said, was always ready •to welcomo gentlemen attending conferences which represented industries which worked for the benefit of thb general community. Ho hoped the delegates would visit the city gardens, " and give Wellington the benefit of their advica;ias to how host to make im--1 . provemeuts. He asked the conference not to forget the men who were at 1 the front, and assured them tliat our- soldiers appreciated the expreseions of conferences who were good " ( •: enough to remember them during their deliberations. A Ministerial Address. : \ The conference was addressed by the 1 Minister of . Agriculture, Hon. W. D. S.-MacDonald. The Minister said the nhrsery business was of great importance. • The raising of timber ■ trees „ and . shelter trees to re- , place those annually consumed for building and other purposes was. an important feature of the work of • New . Zealand nurserymen. In addiction thero was the fruit-growing industry, which had made striking progress ' in the last ten years. Such a young and rising industry must be carefully controlled and developed. This could best be'done by experts meeting and I adopting standards calculated to ensure /success. Since the last meeting regulations for the registration and inspection of nurseries had been gazetted. • The executive of the association bad been largely responsible for bringing this'about.. To date, 379 nurseries had applied for registration. Of these ,369 had been inspected, and certificates, had been issued—366 unconditional, and three conditional. Ten had not. been dealt with owing to the - enlistment of horticultural officers, but would shortly be attended to. As the

regulations only camo into force in Juno last, the inspectors (in justice to owners) Tvero. somewhat: lenient. The inspection would grow stricter year by year. . The great development of the orchard industry was. shown by the following figures,'which set out'tho annual increase:— 1911 2120 acres. • 1912 2361 acres. 1913 2525 acres. 1914 3302 acres. 1915 ....: 3588 acres. 1916 2390 acres. In six years there had been an increase of over 16,000 acres of true commercial orchards. Since the great forward movement began in 1908,19,500 acres had been planted in modern orchards. An Orchard Tax Act had been passed, and to date about 100,000 orchards, (large and small) had been registered. The tax was collected from commercial growers only. So far about £1700 had -been received. The work of the Horticultural Division of the Department of Agriculture had been hampered through enlistments, and the work dono was only possible through the enthusiasm of the men who remained. The New Officers. The following officers were elected:— President, Mr. T. Waughj vice-presi-dents, Mr. 6. J. Mackay (Auckland) and Mr. A. AV. Buxton (South Island), and chairmen of district councils; committee, Messrs. F. Cooper, H. C. Gibbons, D. A. 1 Hay, W. E. Lippiatt, A. M'Donald (Nor.th Island), G. A. Skene, Millicamp, C. J. Burrow, L. G. Grant, S.' Cousins, E. W. Ivory, jun. (South Island); secretary and treasurer, Mr. G. A. Green (Auckland); auditor, Mr. AY. S. Johnston. Tho-president, in an outline of last year's work, said that trade conditions had been good,- but the rising cost of production tended to reduce profits. Tho annual report stated that members' subscriptions were not producing enough for the working of the association. Resolutions. Arrived At. The following . resolutions were adopted:— "That the Department of Agriculture is requested to increase tho number of instructors, especially in districts like Invercargill." "That the Department bo requested to instruct inspectors to keep a close watch on all nursery stock dumped into auction rooms to see that it is clean,' fit for> sale, and from registered nurseries only." "That all shops selling plants be >,upplied with a copy of the association's price list, and asked not to sell under the rates agreed upon." „ "That conference enter its most emphatic protest against the State supplying farmers and others with shelter and other trees, and tree seeds, at cost price, and that a deputation wait on the Minister on the matter." The conference will resume this morning.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 8

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NURSERYMEN IN CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 8

NURSERYMEN IN CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 8

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