Rural Interests

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 4, 9 August 1929, Page 7

Rural Interests

Service for Producers

-_-- 3YA Primary Productions Committee

A MEBTING of the committee was’ . held in the studio of the Radio Broadcasting Company on Wednesday, July 31. Those present were: Mr..O. W. B. Andérson (Horticultural Society), Mr. P. R. Climie (Canterbury -Progress League), Mr. R. B. Robinson (Selwyn antation Board), Mr. -H. S..E. Turner of Commerce), Dr. Chas. hilton’ (organiser); Mr. C. 8. Booth (adininistrative staff) and.Mr. L. Slade {station director, 3YA).. Apologies were received from Messrs. C. McIntosh (Farmers’ Union), J. G. Herdman (president A. and P. Association), R. McGillivray (Department of Agriculture, Christchurch), C. T. Aschman (Board of Governors, Canterbury -College); M. E. Lyons (secretary A. and P. Association), John Deans (Lincoln College), and H. G. Denham (Department ,of Scientific and Industrial Research). Mr. H. S. E. Turner was unanimously appointed chairman. An executive committee was set up consisting of: Messrs. H. S. EH, Turner _Achairman), P. R. Climie . (Progress J. G Herdman and M. E. . Lyons (representing the A. and P. As- " R. McGillivray (Field Superintendent, Department of Agriculture,. Christchurch), R. EH, Alexander (Director of Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, or. other, representative of the college), and Dr. C. Chilton. — -. The sub-committee appointed at the conference to. report. upon the programme submitted their report. It stated that the arrangements: for the programme were well advanced, the Canterbury Agricultural College haying promised to give one lecture. per month. on the second Thursday and the Fields Division of the Agricultural Department one on the last Thursday of each month, while other lectures have been promised by the Horticultural Society, the Poultry and Live-stock Divisions of the Department of Agriculture and State Forest Service. The committee also suggested that arrangewients should be made for broadcasting summaries of the more important articles in the "Journal of ‘Agriculture." The report was approved. Letters were received from the Canterbury Agricultural College giving a list of the subjects for lectures up to June, 1930, and fromi Mr. McGillivray ’ referring to a lecture on seed potato certification. These letters were referred to the executive committee. Another letter asked for a lecture on mortality of sheep caused by parasite, This letter was referred to the executive committee’ with instructions to ‘make arrangements: for..a lecture on this. subject. a Mr. R. B. Robinson stated ‘that he would gladly do what he could to assist the committee in connection with the instruction of farmers in forestry and promised to give a talk on. the first Thursday in September. a

Mr. O. W. B. Anderson stated that the Horticultural Society had arranged a series of lectures for their members on general questions of horticulture, and would be glad to broadcast these talks. The chairman stated: that the Agricultural Bulletins® prepared by the Chamber of Commerce in connection with the Agricultural College, Linceln, and the Economics Department of Canterbury College, were being widely. distributed, and that the committee were welcome. to broadcast abstracts of the more important points in them, It was reported that the Radio Broadcasting Company had _ received from their consultants in America, a large amount of information about the method of broadcasting agricultural information in the United States, with samples of some of the lectures. These talks dealt with a large number of subjects, including domestic matters and scientific questions affecting the farmer, as well as the ordinary operations on the farm, and would serve ax a good example of the kind of thing that.might be attempted ih New Zealand. These were referred to the Hxecutive Committee to consider and report upon at the next general meeting. It was agreed that the Executive Committee complete the preparation of the programme’ for ‘the coming season as far as possible and call a meeting of the’ general committee at some convenient date within a period of two months. ,