JERSEY BREEDERS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3288, 14 July 1943, Page 3

JERSEY BREEDERS

ANNUAL MEETING OF CLUB ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR FINANCES IN SOUND ORDER “The activities of the club are still restricted by the stern necessities of war-time economy of transport and manpower shortage, but we look foiward with increasing confidence to the growing dawn of victory when we hope to resume our pre-war scale of operations,” read the twenty-second annual report presented to the annual meeting of the Thames Valley Jersey Breeders’ Club held in Paeroa on Sat-. urday. The report added: — “The season just past has been a difficult one for the farming commun-' ity in our area and the prolonged dry spell from November till April was not conducive to compiling any production records. The Jersey studs in the Valley have been reinforced this autumn by purchases from some of New Zealand’s leading- studs to a considerable extent. Valuable stock of imported strains and others from proven New Zealand strains must have an influence for good in the years to come. “Membership [remains steady around forty. New members for the year are Messrs C. Paton, Waitakaruru, A. H. Blackmore, Waihi, and A. J. Lowry, ikikutaia. There are still a few breeders in the district who are not in the club and we would welcome their support and co-operation., “The credit balance at close of the books for the year stands at £l5 2s 0d as against £8 10 s Id brought into account. For the first time since the inception of the club no money has

been paid to. A. and P. associations for show subsidies on Jersey classes and this largely accounts for the increase in funds. It would be wise to conserve our resources for the day when stock classes are reinstated at the show fixtures and to encourage our younger breeders to bring out their cattle into open competition. “The club’s annual bull fair was held early in October and attracted an entry of 64. head, of which 50-odd were sold for an average of 17J g'ns: Awards of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company cups for best yearling and 2 : year-old went to Mrs K. N. Jones and H. H. Sutton and Sons respectively. , . , “11l keeping with our war-time policy only one field day was this being at Mr Wm. Muir’s Goldfields