MILKING SHORTHORN ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 36, 6 November 1920, Page 10

MILKING SHORTHORN ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL MEETING. T'he annual meeting of tho New Zealand Milking ShonJiorn Association was held at l'almerston North on Thursday evening. The president, Sir. A. W. Green, occupied the chair. The committee reported that increased interest in the breed and the association generally was being shown. The action of the council in porniiMng returned soldiers to enter up to ten non-pedigree females to form the nucleus of a herd had been appreciated by the fact that over 40 returned soldiers had joined the assoc)ation and taken advantage of the privileges' extended to them The balancesheet showed the association to be m.-a highly satisfactory financial position. It lnul now JEISOO invested in war loans, and .£616 on fixed doposit, and a credit balance of .£5& at the bank.' Forty-four members had been enrolled sinco the hivlfYcarly June meeting, the financial membership of the association now boing 587. liefcrrin" to semi-ollicial testing, the president said that the importance of having as many as possible of every herd put under tost was strongly urged upon | members. Tho certificate-of records was: the best advertisement for tho breeder I as- woll as for the association,, and would, | in. overv case, assist to maintain the high i standard of milking quality that the association, aimed at. It was gratifyingto repori that the entries for \olume L\ were of a much better quality, and with the publication of extended pedigrees as decided upon, should make that, volume a valuable book of l-eforence; 900 and 1700 femalos had been accepted lor the volume. Tho council had now a lixed dato for the closing of entries for futuro volumes of tho Herd Boole, viz., March 31, each year. This should enable tho inspection to bo 'completed, anil tin book issued regularly. Meml/crs would Tenth - assist by sending in their entries early, and thus facilitate the work. Volume IV, now being compiled, had been help up by the delay in obtaining the necessary pedigrees and other causes, but it was hoped to he ready in January next. ■\Viilli reference to sonu-oihcial testing tho prosident pointed to the very satisfactory records already to band; also . to tho fact that at least two of the milkin" Shorthorns under Vest this year would reach the 7001b. of butter-fat mark, and that several had readied tho 600 niaik It was, ho added, gratifying to note tho increased number of cows' put under tost. It was dctmled to nltter tho unto of the annual meeting lo June, yw\ end of the financial year on March ,U. The election of officers was postponed* until tlio annual meeting next June. Forty uew members wero enrolled. ,