SHEEPBREEDERS' ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 234, 21 June 1918, Page 8

SHEEPBREEDERS' ASSOCIATION

! . ANNUAL MEETING. V i (Special Reporter.) ! Palmerston North, June. 20. i At the annual meeting of the New Zea- ! land Sheepbreeders' Association, Mr. H. B. Stnck'ey (D'annevirke) presided'. ; The annual report slated that owing to i the war only six new Mocks were added i to the stud book. Several Southdown | flock owners had intimated that they pro- ; posed to merely hold on to their Hocks i until things became normal, turning all I their ram lambs into wether mutton. 1 Breeders had been very remiss in supplying tb.9 information required by the rules, especially the regulation that the ; name of the sire of a, transferred ram j must be endorsed on the back of the j transfer. Members also had failed Jo remember that all ewes sold must be in- ' speoted before their transfer could be rei gistered. The association by arrangc- ; ment with the bank had been enabled to i invest amounts on.fixed deposit in the War Loan, enabling it to do its little bit I towards financing the- war.

Officers were elected as follow:—Presi- ' dent, Mr. S. K. Lancaster (re-elected); I vice-president, -Mr. H. B. Stuckey (rei elected); auditor, Mr. P; L. Sim. /i'lie | council was re-elected. . ; The gold medal for the championship i Southdown ram was awarded to Master- , ton. i Championships for best two-tooth Southdown rams were awarded to Manawatu. '■. Feilding, Wanganni, VTairarapa, and I Dannevirke. | The Border Leicester championship was awarded to Hawke's B.iv. and the Eng- ; lish Leicester to Auckland.' ' . .The Shronshire championship .was ! awarded to Marton. : It was decided to increase the value of ; the championship Southdown ram from £1 2s. to £a ss. \ The following new members were elect- ; ed:—Thomas Bnshby (Taihane), Colin j ' M'Laren (Stratford). N. J. Short (Feild- ; ing), G. H. Foote (Marton). IV. B. V. ! Pearce (Rangiotn), T. O. Havcock (Mar- ! tinborough), and lYnnganni' Collegiate i School.