JERSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3578, 18 July 1912, Page 2

JERSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL MEETING

[PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

STRATFORD, July 17. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Jersey Breeders’ Association was held here "this afternoon.. Forty delegates were present, Mr. A. H. Haleombe (Wienui), in the chair. The retiring president, in the course of his address, congratulated the Association on the state of its affairs. The membership was now 235, and there was a credit balance of £298.

The following officers were elqpted : President, Mr. W. M. Tapp (Auckland) ; vice-president, Mr. H. E. B. Watson (Palmerston). Mr. A. H. Halcombe (retiring president), and Messrs J. Mcßae and Tapp were elected to vacancies on the council. A motion to reduce the fee for opening the Herd Book was defeated. It was decided that members of the council should he reimbursed their expenses when travelling on the association’s business.

The council was instructed to prepare a scheme to have the country divided- into seven divisions. It was decided to revise the rules and to send a copy to each member before the next meeting, at which thev shall be considered.

A remit from Wanganui that only the offspring of cows with a certain butterfat should he entered in the Herd Book, was discussed and withdrawn.

The question of legislation on the question of impure progeny was referred to the next meetingThe council was recommended to urge auctioneers not to advertise as purebred cattle- other than those eligible for the Herd Book. The council was instructed to formulate a scheme for giving a prize to encourage young judges. The next meeting was fixed for Palmerston North. The visitors were entertained in the evening by the Stratford branch.