AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4735, 1 June 1894, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE.

' (By TelegrapL—Press Association). ' Welmsoios, Friday.' ' At tlvc Agricultural Confcrenco tliiß d morning a letter was read from Mr • r Crawfurd, of Miramar, suggesting tho , foraationof a society on tlio lines o£ tho l lioyal Agricultural Society of England. t A resolution wasffpasscd coulining • future representation to not moro than ; two delegates from caeli society, but ■ ' allowing gentleman who kvo a special I s knowledge to attend, to number not , moro than ten. ■ • ' : \ ': Urging tkafc continuous efforts bo ) made lo extend markets,, espcciully for , wool, frozen meat, aud dairy produce, .':! and the frequent publication of reports 1 thereon, 'J • ■ That it is dcsirablo to subject all pub. ■' > lie dips lo proper inspectors. i i That more facilities should be givcu il ; for the study of veterinary science, by .:) i giving scholarships. . 'j That wheel tax should bo removed i , iroiri farmers vehicles on west coast of ' , tho South Island. { ■ MrKilchie said that steps would bo taken to prevent quaranthio - kcopers ! from running their own stock on tho : islands, - The Education Department sent word i that is was intended to introduce special I . school books on Agricultural, Botany, Ecology, and Mining, \ A proposal to eocouragc tho growth , ; of sugar beet, by extending tho bonus ■ to fifteen years was lost. Mr Cart--1 wright,oHa W kcsßay, said that tho industry had been tried tb»rc, and was i i an litter failure, Mr Griitond others, i also opposed tho motion, ; THE CONFERENCE CLOSED 1 — T ■ :i . , It was decided that all machines "or ' implements used in agriculture, with ' their parts, should be admitted free of ■ duty, ; i' llioSecrclnrjmadc some suggestions ' ™ l tllo M rad ! c ? l , io , ut of a «™ ;i potato moth which has madcits appear. ' i aucc in tho Colony, j Mr Murphy, of Christchlircll, was I apnoiuted permanent Secretary. ( lie Conference decided that future : ' Conferences beheld independent of tho Government aid in the payment of . ;'j travellmg expenses, and the Conference ; * closed with the usual votes of thanks ''';