CAMBRIDGE FARMERS' CLUB.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1108, 31 July 1879, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE FARMERS' CLUB.

A meeting of the Club was held on Monday last. Present: Messrs E. B. Walker (President, in the chair), E. Mandeno, S. E. Clark, John Fisher, Henry P.eynolds, R. H. Reynolds, •H. Buttle, J. P. Campbell, F. Hicks, A. A. Fantham, W. L. C. Williams, F. J. Brooks. ' CORRESPONDENCE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Sir, —I am desired to inform yon, that a silver cup, which our Board present annually in each provincial district, will be this year given to your Club, to be allotted as the prize at the forthcoming Show, for some competition in connection with improvement of the breed of sheep or class of wool grown. The cup is expected from Eagland* shortly, and will i be held to your order.—l am, &c, James Hume, Agent. The Secretary was instructed to acknowledge the receipt of the letter, and thank the Company in the name of the Ctub, for the award. United States Depart, of Agriculture, Washington, March 20, 1878. Secretary Cam. F. C. Sir, —I have received your request, on behalf of the Cambridge Farmers' Club, for samples of winter wheat, with the enclosure of a draft on the Bank of New Zealand, in London, to pay for the same. This is not with us the season of winter wheat seed, and this department is not supplied with suclrfis you request, or any other winter variety. Our advice to you, therefore, is that you await the incoming of the present winter's crop, say until July next, at which time we can make such a selection of our winter wheats as it may bo most desirable to send to New Zealand, and will with pleasure ovail oursolves of the first opportunity to do so. Meanwhile, we return herewith the draft remitted by you, remarking that whatever samples we may be enabled to send you will be sent free of charge. "Wc congratulate you upon the formation of your Club, and upon the interest which it indicates in agricultural pursuits, and shall be glad at any time to hear of its success, and to be informed of the progress of husbandry in your new country—l am, &c, W. E. Lb Duo, Commissioner. This letter is in answer to one from the Clab, enclosing a bank draft for £7 10s for samples of winter wheat. The money, however, was returned, and the wheat will be sent free of charge. The Secretary was instructed to acknowledge the receipl of the letter, and tliank them for their courtesy and liberality. Mr James Runciman then read his essay on Potato Culture. There was considerable discussion on the essay, after which a vote of thanks wns passed to Mr Ilunciraan for his paper. Some private business then occupied the attention of the Club, and your reporter was requested to withdraw. [The and the discussion up. on it, we shall endeavour to give in oar next. Ed. W. T.]