AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 163, 4 August 1909, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The committee of the Taranaki Agricultural Society met last night. Mr.°W. . Ambury, president, occupied the chair, and there were also present Messrs S. J. smith, W. Stanley, A McL. Thomson". Oeo. Colson, J. H. Street, H. Okey, M.P. f. Watson, A X. Mills, and H. Street. THANKS. _ Mr. J. A. Clark, secretary of the Star Football Club, wrote thanking the So(•lety for its donation towards the funds of the club. -MANURING EXPERIMENTS. Messrs. W. L. Laurie and Co. merchants, of Auckland, wrote in refereuce to- the proposed top-dressing experi ments to be carried out on the showgrounds, and expressed their pleasure in donating 6cwt. of high-grade basic slag lor the purpose. ° The secretary stated that the firm lad paid freight to the breakwater, and the only cost to the Sociey had been 3s Cd railage from Moturoa to town, and IS (id from the station. The committee decided to use 2cwt. the basic 6 lag on one acre, and 4cwt. ay-Othcr acre; and that Messrs S J. Smith, H. J. Gilbert and W. Stanley be wl,r ra ,T UeL ' 10 an ' ,li, K e wl "» "and sS ' ? ."""""e should, be used, Mr. "'t* l otlcrnisr to do the work. SHOW DATES.

hnd a ? * crct ary the Auck•t the <d', n l ' A ? socwtl °n wote that held r Spnn " show would bti 5° , .V" s on the last Friday and e ..atuiduy m Aovember; and expressed 0 ™.nd'T 'n"' t tlie TaraniUti Societ y 1 1 Show ,1 a 1° arrange t0 its/ exhibit y ° r w W ,° earlicr ' 60 that the Ho k r aWe t0 Se " d their ?i th / OU S h frora the Taranaki show 1 to the Auckland show, and to give per- ' , sons desirous of visiting both shows aSdeTtw"!- y ° £ doi - n « S r added that his committee would have I *£ TA w i" ing t0 havc «'S«d tE i ' fHuT Md U be « practiciwfprf t i . ari ! l6rß strenuously oh- ! Lfii i r k "V a ™y later. They ! tL wM™ 0,1 account at ' and to tn P ,'° p e alte, ' ia « thcir da te, ' ami rl ' on , an y d!, y bl, t Friday ■ would involve the Asso- * ciafaon in veiy heavy financial loss. Aik*L C . la T" an re ™a*ed that the Auckland show would be held in the ' Cfbut'lt Egm ° nt Show at Ha " 1 nakf'sliow. not the Tara- X No action was taken. IV SCHEDULE COMMITTEE r and Messr s A. Cliff, S ANi Stre °-' F " Wateon an<l A. JN. Mills were appointed a committee to revise the schedule aud reSSrt Messrs J. R. Hill, A. W Wood A com mitt en T Sta " ley wcre pointed a tion imposed °n Messrs Barrett and Spider! a ' r llorse6 Scout

MILKING COMPETITION, the question of arranging for a nrn perty on which tajjold the milkina competition m connection with the forthcoming show was left in th , of °

SHOW JUDGES. forthcoming' f 6 jU<l 2 eS for the iorti,coining show, a , ld th( , seeret as instructed to communicate with them asking if they will act Mr SQUARE, tn fi c,k e -\ : reported in regard to the Society s freehold in St GerSt S r^'T' e ' n h J" S U6eless to the society, and winch thov desired to dispose of by sale or renewable lease He tw' ; , Minnie, who had replied e ded S ?„ f, l r - thl> - GOVCrn " lent ha d d* ... to t> rln g Bi any legislation dealing but he ° Uffht t0 be able t» th! A ■ and under section 7 of ff ri ?" | t« ra ' and Pastoral Associa' tions legislatwn of 1908. It seemed to Mr. Okey, though, that under that Act the money obtained by the sale of the riirvv n « in ° ther it might be desirable that the Societv w i aSC lnn<l on P CT petimlly newable lease, so that the Society could obtain revenue from it.—The sub-eom mittee (Messrs Okey, M.P., Tisch Ma lone and Morton), .will be isked to in vestigate the legislation referred to. hi general. Mr. Watson urged the necessity fnr fencing the saddling paddock, in order ifP ° ut people who simplv » .umed in—io J )e referred to tlie giounds committee. Th"™ ° f . IIeMM unu nation. the committee decided to U'cet o„ the first Tuesday in the month whenever possible.—Mr. Okey suggested that now and again the members'of the Society should be invited to attend and some member read a paper at the meet-

J', 1 !® 8 decided to recommend the schedule committee to increase the prize money m the aged bull classes