RYELAND SHEEP
PROGRESS OF BREED SOCIETY’S CONFERENCE (P«r Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, this day. At the anntial meeting of the Ryeland Sheep Society of New Zealand last evening, the opinion was expressed by the president that Agricultural and Pastoral Associations should be requested to appoint junior judges in this section at their annual fixtures and that the decision should be communicated to the associations concerned.
In the course of the annual report, the president stated that the breed had made satisfactory progress throughout the Dominion and the number of flocks registered was 98 compared with 8G the previous year. Fifteen new breeders -had joined. He wished them success. It was a matter for congratulation that a number of Ryeland sheep had been imported from England, thus bringing new blood to the Dominion. The society’s finances were sound, the surplus exceeding £75. The following officers were elected: President, Mr. IT. Wliitell Canterbury; vice-president, Mr. L. R. Averill, Hawke’s Bay; council, Messrs. E. Averill and R. Budd, Hawke’s Bay; 11. C. Hewlett, Auckland; J. W. Ridd, Palmerston North; J. Brooks, Canterbury; S. T. Evans, Southland: W. O. Rennie and J. S. Brooks, Canterbury.
It was decided to increase the export fees lor stud rams from 2s (id to 5s and to reduce the fees for stud and flock ewes from 2s (id to Is.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20119, 13 December 1939, Page 6
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