JERSEY CATTLE BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 222, 13 June 1919, Page 8

JERSEY CATTLE BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION

• ANNUAL MEETING. ; |' By Telegraph—PressoAsßooiatifia. I New Plymouth, Juno 12. ' , The annual meeting . of" the'.New 'Zea-. t; . land Jersey Cattlo Breeders'-Association, |.V : 'held today, ivas attended by over eighty ; members. Jlr. C. Dormer, the president, ; in moving the adoption of the annual re- ; port, said that there were now over 9100 - pedigrees of females and 0850 males on !. the hooks of the association. The traiH- ! • fers showed au increaso of GM over the | figures of the preceding year. Regarding i finance, the association had .<£2350 in. hand, hearing interest, and iMO invested in war loans. Ho expressed keen disapI pointment at the small number of inem- , bet's who were testing 'cows. Apparently \ . only 15 per cent, considered testing'.of: ' any value, while tho percentage-'pf. test-, ring members was lower'than it was threi' ; .years, ago. /I'o satisfactorily dispose of >■ -the surplus stock, testing was necessary- ;•; . The following remits were -adopted:— I- Tliat a gold medal be given to tha J■■■';. breeder or imported of every Jersey bull | - ■ bavin?-five or more daughters out of diiierent dams, with semi-official records of |; ■ at'least 100 per cent, over-standard; tho i .breeder ;to qualify to. be 'a member of I. the association; ; That" the recommendation to. the council [. that ho remit having been adopted by ; .the annual meeting: could be vetoed bv the council without reasonable excuse hi!- ~ ing given to the different branches. m I*. A i'emit that the council.lake action ! . against the breeding' and selling of grade - bulls by members of the association wa; withdrawn on the grounds that this would be illegal. ; - The council is to consider a nroposel 'to offer a prize for a New Zealand cham- [ -pion Jersey cow and bull. It was de- ', cided to award a gold medal to any cow or heifer doing 2501b. of buttor-fai . over the required amount. \ * A paper was read by Mr. Griffiths oil C the mai'king' and identification of aniiinals, and advocating tatooing as the beat ; 6y?tem. • It was resolved: "That this meeting of I Jersey breeders placed.on record its em- ; ..phatic protest against the.action of the jr; in limiting the price naid lo ;..j,Sthe producer for butter for local oon- • -.sumption to'Va price estimated at. 2|d. . -Per lb. less than the cost.of manufacture, and to request that an equalisation fund be taken out of tho consolidated revenue." ... The next annual meeting is to be held at Hamilton.