MANAWATU A. & P. ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 188, 29 April 1918, Page 8

MANAWATU A. & P. ASSOCIATION

|. ANNUAL REPORT. The annual report of the General Comittee of the Manawatu and AVest Coast ■ and P. Association states that at the ational Dairy Show the exhibits were ain well up to standard, which is notle when the contniuod strain imposed i the war is. taken into consideration. Iβ Manawatu 'Poultry Association's , anial enow was very successful, and grows '■: size and popularity as the years pass. i innovation was madeby tho introduc>n of a sheep dog trial, which proved a aat success, the tirno of the year being iinantly suitable for competitors to get 'ay. from their ordinary work. The te takings amounted to ,£B5l ss. Bd., , increase of .817 3s. Id. on the 1916 pw. The total oron' t amounted to i'ofiO : 3d., an increase of ,£l3l 13s. Id. on b 1916' show. These being war-time ures, the committee is of opinion that good increase may he anticipated after ace is declared. The purebred cattle Iβ has not yet proved the success excted. Certain suggestions, which were j late to adopt at the coming show, 3 under consideration, and steps will taken during the coming year to enely. reorganise the sale. Exceedingly it weather the thirty-second of i association's spring shows, which reIted in a serious decline in the gate iiags. The total receipts from gatee d stands amounted to J619 6s. 2d., lioh ia the lowest eince 1897, when the ai of .£617 Iβ. lid. was taken. The irease on last year's takings amounted : X36S 03. 9d. . Tortunately, however, i donations were some .£184.75. ahead jlast year, which, together with several ier increases in receipts and decreases ' expenditure, combined to bring the t profit of .£536 2s. to within £81 12s. : of the previous year, which was .£617 i. Id. This must be taken as emintly satisfactory, and again goes to w how necessary is the generous suprt accorded in the way of donations. ;triea wore slightly ahead of the 1916 3W, being 3329 against 3260, an increase 69. The ram fair was very successful, biting in a net profit of .£55 Bs., as linst Jei7 in 1916.

Lome fine Polled Angus stook, purised at the Gladbrook Estate dispersal e recently, were shipped on the Te au at Dunedin last week, their desation, being farm stations in Wellingi, Hawlce's Bay, and Poverty Bay dis:ts. In all 135 head of cattle are be- ; shipped by the To Anau, and an adional 35 head will bo forwarded to stralia. The.shipment of the Gladjok herd is valued at over iEU,OOO, Istituting the most valuable lot of ligree cattle over sent away from , any rt in New Zealand: By the Tβ Anau ire also were shipped to Wellington 1 Gisborne 31 heiuf of stud Hereford !ls bred by Messrs. James and Allen lines, of Waimahnka, Southland, if a gathering of settlers in .the milton district,, convened, to consider ■>ther' subject, a discussion arose revling cheeea and butter .as payable tpositions to farmers. The consensus 'opinion "was in favour of cheese, but '» or two of the spwikere contended it it would not 1» advisable for every- > to go in for it* as that'would make glut. This argument carried littlo ig'nt, it being pointed out that the million's output would not materially aofc the -world's market. A' dier remarked it was difficult to _un•stand the action of tho Imperial &ovunent in commandeering cheese lor i men did not value it ae a ration, 1 a large proportion was wantonly ited.