AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2572, 5 August 1909, Page 5

AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE

YESTERDAY’S SITTING

[Pica Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 4

•At the Agricultural Conference resolutions were carried, asking the Government to legislate in the direction of ensuring supplies of pure seed, to make it compulsorv that an analysis be given of all stock foods, the conditions being as in tiro ease of manure: also, to encourage the breeding of light horses. A motion, introduced dv the president, in the direction of bringing the daylight saving principle into force, was lost by a narrow majority. The" Agricultural Congress resolved in order to afford Dominion youths the opportunity of filling sueli positions, the Government, through the Ministers of Agriculture and Education, be asked to adopt some such scheme as outlined in the opening address of the retiring chairman, so that a number of veterinary surgeons, trained in the Melbourne University (and therefore colonial) would be available for Government offices in New Zealand in/the near future, and it is suggested from this conference that if the A. and P. Associations were to subscribe yearly a sufficient sum would be raised to give one scholar a chance of taking the five years’ course under Professor Giirutli. It was decided to ask .smaller Associations to contribute .. £2, and the larger Associations £o annually towards the scholarship.' , It was also decided that the system of veterinary examination and registering of stallions at present m use m Victoria bo adopted in New Zealand; that the. agricultural organisations throughout the Dominion be urged to promote and foster the formation or cow testing associations.