TARANAKI AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 22, 16 June 1914, Page 6

TARANAKI AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

AN INTERESTING HISTORY

The following brief history of the ' above Society, by one v.-ho is a life .member (elected) of two agricultural societies may be of intercut at t'he present time:— The Taranaki Agricultural Society was started on February 2S, 1852, with a Membership of forty, at 5s per annum. At the monthly meetings various papers were read and debated, sudi as "How to prevent unsound siu'op being . imported into the district," "The most 'eligible Kinds of manure." ''The 'best modi' of farming;," etc. The farmer in ; "those far-off day's related their experiences freely, so that the whole com-! munity might benefit, and everything was going on smoothly .until -the dark i cloud o.f.'war came .along, and the plough, was put aside for the musket and the reaping took'gave way lto- ttie.sword. The society was restarted.J.in 18(57, and. :thc;"first 'show tQofc.phwSi/oir March 27»'i5tt8..Vlt was 'held,'or) fttho reserve! St Moittffc. Eliot, nearly opposite Hie Plypmutji Railway Station. The ' gf istpplv was,veEy ; ;pj[)oj, but thd<| vegetables Were fche\ featiify show. J A es&]>ifed turned- tlije , §ea]e J 1 ft aird jbis .the .exhibit jot' sir':' ' fftypkfe'; of ReU, fiiscfe,' This fknpffcs'' ..out'' fc ; hepiest', 'About IS/'O tiie sociefy' waned, imfthe farmers started t'i« s ßeil Block .Nor'fflera y' Ajrjptoiurai''' AsspfchftVorf,' ifioUjng jshows aM.'vilritfglfiiig. ijia'teliiw! .foTtfS Ifoa T'hAfi^'Sbarfy-.flf. loftr drawlvfeilj"and ' tSite " IffeTl !Blodc % stitutjna .dropped its cogniffS^i l ® ,^^'^^l JUiule ' "d9or «£d'fcWy Wty '& ft." German's-^q«are—this was one • awl'Vi Hffqgffa, ef'tgnt. allows r jfet - e»i tad nwi&er of the ground 'wing too small, the' j ,fjjt£tpa#3s the i iSfeis-! 'course,, reserve in the borough oI New Elvmo'uth. v'JVte.'&W , s IIOWS very small -a-ffairrf;- than a hundred,"lnliFthey included all classes of agricultural produce. The ipnisioipafcvwinnea : s ! of -die shows in tliwfßiimtiesi were Miri -iB.-v'Teed, uta itedk the!flliampioiisMp in ithei horse ex;JtU>Bs< Ntftti #s<roylin /(ForiMiotj-Ina); EMK! sfDOTo3iunter,'s; tKi'efi-ygjJt J old bull, 'Bh6rthbrfe olasrf, "Master .►afeßmfnflwJe,'', stmriß>(li6iKllra3tipibn i£old tW fvotbnSi, 'ihiC At: JiHosl(m;'enifirie.dfofl' "pile' (SSfliaatawUittve dwiibi IqibA ait foot) Mi l -s /lA.JfVSSonjiflß'the West )ntly ! rider,ijtgpk the special prize of a gold •Jiickt <«ie nf'Mo dinners dieldin tlfc ninc:l)lesjoMribiKowi(fr, ,'wWj rfetaimled joniS/. of" thatiofelaiiiuter .in -j "Our •®oy4" , i')sJßi rbuttxiw iua ted. fthab wheij Ije.Jrst cam&utiS > lii»8boh«M&l firmv i£2OGO f£ou?d <«ovi|P\Sß>! he had •in five years that arf)o*Tit(fliMhg,r<nvn to fyr„tfc*> ]ire«aj£>season lie jhlwtfMjniJtiS ioridon £l7jOQft worth what he 'hadforwimistl* 'idwaag .J88od;i ■..,>■ ' f. , men ijn'iirgawl' to susj., tajnaqg/ftIKS: jftteresb. iri r rthft Tarunakv' Agricultural ISoci'cttf jJitt-iUija* ktrgfasitnaswan!.: ifcssrW Junliv >Kinrpi6if[-'.iEjiiott, T ißeimlliui ifitnsotjjfli",, i bjioftbersoWoslcins, JvGoamett.Dfliffle. aju!' iWi w.lio. .(by. jiis> pen.'^hly jalaiimgdirfripPirt.fo'i'etlic.isioeiet.v. i .in-, a T-h'e soviety 'was .fortunate .in: its iJs.torj?--ift-l)ivhig capable an'd energetip JutMsfetettterics, . Mr....Whjtcombe, ''Me. H. D. Vavasour, Mr. .T. C. DaSMrfpiit.'" C. T. Mills and Mr Kclsey all ■UWv. piloted-ttie society in their successive\ years. sav?\l e show Blod?.*>ii'nij whicli...Avas miore of a j a li .'F 18 horse-' leaping "competitions, wood-chopping I events, jilojg'liir.g mntdliies, etc., and jjiMgingJiiho show which closed on) [ antj tlie magnitude of the ] j4KSiji^,jf s r,«Jte' is forced to exclaim, like £hp; inunigrants at Tnglq ; . they foregathered and ; tfcte changes"-.'TClio'd a-