AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL CONFERENCE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2349, 28 April 1892, Page 1

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL CONFERENCE.

Chbistohujrch, April 26. The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association suggest the following subjects for discussion at the Agricultural and Pastoral Conference on May 26th : Show dates, as they affect judges and exhibitors; relative value of various methods of ]udging; clothing and feeding of sheep for show purposes; free passes for judges; appointment of veterinary surgeons; appointment of an entomologist with a view to the thorough investigation of insect and parasite pests, and specially with reference to the life history, and the means of dealing with the horse bot fly, etc.; the establishment of one or more peripatetic dairies ; the necessity for insulated railway vans for carrying dairy produce on certain days each week ; that bonuses be offered for the building of creameries and factories unde\' comiu conditions ; that bonuses be offered fo.r the’ production of farina and other products of the potato ; the spread of noxious weeds, and how best to cope with the evil; the amount collected on account of the sheep tax, and ho\Y it expended ; excessive qqarftptlne charges ; date of quarqntinq to. commence from time of shipment instead of dato of arrival in the colony ; suggestions the prevention of sheen-stealing'. j 10 colony should bo dflf'Vared free of scab ; reductions in I’ailway charges for carrying live stqjjk ; i s it desirable that stallion should be taxed ? that the official recognition of the New Zealand Shorthorn Herd, Rook, the herd book of other breeds, and the draught horses stud-book, be obtained; that the Government be asked to have the agricultural statistics published at an earlier date ; the necessity for having elementary agriculture taught ju Government Schools; that the Government undertake the analysis of manures, with a view to prevent the sale of spurious manures ; Lincoln College—to consider the appointment of the governing authority.