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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 85, 11 August 1877, Page 3

TO THE EJMTOB. • Sib,— l was. about; to write at length on the propose ; d "Palmerston Agricultural -Association," but I : 'find that a leader m the " Manaw&tu Times " of the 4th inst. anticipates most -of my in J tended >suggesnpns. From your remarks I fear; that tHe promoters of the undertaking ham not meiTwith much encouragement nevertheless, they deserve our best thanks, ai^^^^ feel cer-i tain that an appeal to the whole County for support would give them the honor and credit of establishing a Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Society. At least an annual show might take pla.ee, and the meetings to be a success should be held Vy turns at the* chief centres of populatibn/ and ..all possible exhibits should be encouraged, and to ensure a good attendance a little variety might be introduced by-offering prizes for shearing, horse juniping over -bar, &0., and some'Httle^attemptjat an Horticultural Show would,. be attractive to manyi es- l pecially to the ladies, who seldom take the slightest notice pf quadrupeds ; and as : for fovrls, W^J hflf oi the ladies de? •;6bite'';thal!6';t^e3r..'j|iaye'.'hens.' and roosters at home that would^ beat those exhibited, and all of them _refiise to be enthusiastic - about double-furrow^ ploughs, and other useful! implements, and~ call thetn "■"'sfapid-rAingß'/!'^-But;.'U^.coUection--.of-ferns, ornamentalfoliage, or cauliflowers ris quifcett differen^inatter. To encourage ;the ladies to" grace the meetings with their piresence is very necessary, -other- - wise v indeed, m'aiiy reluctant gentlemen would escape being trotted out, and led ' into a little pecuniary arrangement to the advantage of the Agricultural Assbciatidn.- If the inpyers of the proposed undertaking would kindly reconsider the matter, and adapt their programme for the bounty \ somewhat after the manner . suggested, su<?cesS; will follow: The HawkesV Bay^Agricultural Society began m a very way ; last year it^ offered prij|es little short of £750^—1 :;am,'&c. . r Z, ~'\.':-^ y J l '' . ■ . . ' ' • . „H.J.A. . Otaki,Aug. Bth, 1877. "