WAIKATO FARMERS' CLUB.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3133, 13 August 1892, Page 2

WAIKATO FARMERS' CLUB.

The monthly meeting of the above Club , was held at Cambridge on Monday evenins?, Ht 7.30 p.m. Present: Messrs J 4 ■ Fisher (chairman), G. E. Clark, J. Fer- • guson. R. C. Dyer, W. Allen, G. Wyatt, ,Jas. Forrest, R. Fisher, R. Reynolds, H. • Buttle, W. Vosper, Geo. Comer, W. • Suuter, A. Souter, J. Fisher, jun., A. Wallace, W. Wal'aee, S. Seddon, C. fc Hunter, J. Saott; A. Clark. C. Bull, F. . Gane, T. Wei's, D. Caley, R. Caley and J. S. Bond. The following visitors were - also present : Messrs Farley and Watts , (of Reynolds and Co.) and J. S. Buckland. I Insects. —The secretary of the Agricultural Department wrote giving the names of the various works on insects.—Received. —Mr Forrest thought the Club would do well to purchase books upon insects and - such like pests for the benefit of the members.—The discussion of this matter was • deferred until a future meeting. Auckland Provincial Agricultural : Association.—A letter was received from this Association asking the Club to send a delegate to a conference to be held in Auckland early in November—Referred till next meeting. Puoposed Alteration of Places op Meeting.—Mr John Hutchinson, of Bray- ' stone ; s, Orakau, wrote the chairman on 1 July 9th : " Having just received my member's ticket, which reminds me that '' my subscription is due for the current 1 year, it also reminds me that I have . thought for some time of making a proposition to the Club that it should have a sitting at this end of the Waikato two or three times a year—say every four months , at Te Awamutu or Kihikihi, in the after- ' noon. I do not suppose there are many members from this immediate district, but it might be the means of inducing some to become members, who do not c;ire to do so now on account of the distance to the place where the meetings are held. I myself , unfortunately have never been able to attend a meeting, although I follow with 1 interest what transpires there as reported in the paper. Some local man could no doubt be induced to read a paper, and it would he a pleasant gathering together of farmers, but above all I feel confident it would be the means of increasing the membership, and extending the usefulness of the Club. lam of opinion that it would be a better plan to adopt than to attempt to establish a separate branch—an attempt which, I am sure, would end in failure. Howerer, I merely lay the proposition before you, and no doubt the members will exnreis their opinion on the matter at the nfXt meeting."—The Chairman said Mr Hutchinson's letter opened up a very broad question. Personally he was in favour of granting tho request, avun at some inconvenience, but not if it would interfere with their usual meetings at Cambridge. If Mr Hutchison could get eertiin individuals to read papers at such meetings, hethought the Club should duly advertise the meetings, and that as many members as could possibly arrange to attend should do so.— Mr Forrest thought that if the district Mr Hutchinson referred to would furnish the Club with, say, twenty members, then two meetings a year should be held there.—Mr ■Ruttle suggested going over and holding a meeting by way of encouraging the farmers to join the Club.—This matter was discussed at considerable length, many being of opinion that the western people should meet the Club half way, and at the conclusion the following motion was carried : "That the Club agrees, in reply to Mr Hutchinson's letter of tho 9th ultimo, to hold a meeting of this Club at Ohaupo, on such a date as may be fixed by the Western members, and on condition that a paper be provided and read by one of them ; such meeting not to be allowed to interfere with any of the usual monthly business meetings

held in Cambridge." Dairy Industry.—A draft of the proposed Bill affecting this industry was received and way referred to the committee to report upon. Bots.—Mr R. W. Hears, of Ohaupo. wrote on the oth instant:—''Herewith I send you some grubs taken from the stomach of a horse, which died last week after a very short illness. Not being able to account, for its death we held an examination and found the stomach largely infested with these grubs, which had eaten almost the whole of the membraneous covering from that organ, allowing it to burst and thus cause death. If not the grub of the bot fly, will some member of the Club kindly say what it is, and if there is any remedy for it." The grubs forwarded were undoubtedly the larva of the bot fly. The chairman read an extract from the New Zealand Country Journal, in which a contributor said that for bots they might •' throw physio to the hogs " just ai well as as give it to the horse; but he (the chairman) was afraid the bots were becoming plentiful and|that they would prove a source of great trouble to the farmers of Waikato. Mr Williamson had a mare that was killed by the bot?, and when she was opened chaff was found right up to the kidneys. Much amusement was caused by Mr Forrest reading several extracts from Professor Sample's book. The Professor said all horses had bots; when the horse was sick the bots were sick also, and in fact the more bots a horse contained, the better it was. N> one appeared to know ot a remedy for the pest, so the clerk was instruotod to thank Mr

Mears for his communication, and inform him the grubs forwarded were bots. The Stallion Parade.—Rule 10 was was suspended to allow Mr G. K. Clark to move that the resolution passed at the former meeting viz., that tickets should be given to those witnessing the stallion parade enabling them to record their opinion as to which they considered the best animals, should be rescinded. Mr Clark said he found that the issuing of such tickets would most probably injure the General Show to beheld at Claudelands; he therefore asked that the portion of the resolution relating to the tickets be expunged. He made a motion to that effect which was unanimously agreed to.—Mr R. Reynolds then read a paper on " News from Home and the London markets," but that together with the discussion that followed we mußt relegate to next week's supplement. De-horning of Cattle.—Mr Reynolds hart a paper on this subject, but it was too Lite to bring it on, and Mr H. Buttle kindly undertook to read the paper at nest meeting, and reply to criticisms thereon. The meeting then terminated.