The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 72

Report of the Conference of delegates from Agricultural Societies throughout New Zealand; held in the Museum, Wellington, under the auspices of the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association, commencing May 29th and ending June 1st, 1894

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [title page]
  • List of Associations and their Delegates
  • Table of Contents
• • The Agricultural Conference
    • First Day
    • Letter from the Minister of Lands
    • The Chairman's Address
    • The Duties of the Farmer p. 6
    • The Advantages of an Agricultural Conference
    • A Tribute to the Dead
    • Last Year's Resolutions
    • New Zealand Sheep in Australia
    • The Frozen Meat Trade
    • Dairy Produce p. 7
    • The Pork Industry
    • Grain-Growing
    • The Hope for the Future
    • Election of Chairman
    • The Establishment of a Flock Book for Sheep p. 8
    • Sheep and Cattle-Stealing
    • Public Abattoirs p. 9
    • The Dairy Act
    • Taxing Stallions p. 10
    • Railway Charges on Stock
    • Sheep Trucks and Insulated Vans p. 11
    • Free Railway Passes for Judges at Shows
    • Noxious Weeds
    • Second Day p. 12
    • Flock Book
    • The Retiring Chairman p. 13
    • Grub and Rust in Grass and Corn
    • Rust p. 14
    • The Quarantining of Stock
    • Disseminating Information for Farmers
    • Manures and the Manure Act p. 15
    • Qualifications of Stock Inspectors
    • Dehorning Calves
    • Suitable Sheep and Cattle for Freezing
    • Noxious Weeds Bill p. 18
    • The Sheep Tax and the Rabbit Nuisance
    • The Small Birds Nuisance p. 19
    • Assimilation of Rules
    • Housing and Clothing Sheep p. 20
    • Third Day
    • The Amended Rules
    • Clothing and Housing of Sheep
    • Thanks
    • Mortality among Sheep
  • Breeding of the Most Profitable Cattle and Sheep for Freezing Purposes p. 23
    • [introduction] p. 23
    • Conveyance of Poison p. 24
    • Rabbit Fencing
    • Promotion of Irrigation Works p. 26
    • Sale of Live Stock by Weight
    • Deputation to Railway Commissioners p. 27
    • Foot-Rot in Sheep
    • Fourth Day
    • The Business of the Conference
    • Fresh Markets for Agricultural Produce p. 28
    • Keeping Stock on the Quarantine Station
    • Government Inspection of Public Dips p. 29
    • Illustrated Agricultural Reading-Books for State Schools
    • Wheel Tax
    • Cultivation of Beet-Root
    • Duty on Agricultural Implements
    • Autumn Shows p. 30
    • Clothing and Housing Sheep
    • Exchange of Judges
    • The Secretary
    • A Potato Moth
    • Hooker's "Flora."
    • Government Assistance
    • Thanks p. 31
  • The Following are the Papers Referred to in the Body of the Report, — Given in the Order in Which they Week Read. — Sheep Stealing. — A Preventive Measure
    • [introduction]
    • Form A p. 4
    • Form B
    • Form C p. 5
      • Buyer's Form p. 5
      • Seller's Form
  • Sheep Stealing p. 6
  • New Zealand Dairying p. 8
  • The Necessity for a Noxious Weeds Bill p. 13
  • On Manures and the Manure Act p. 17
  • Breeding of the Most Profitable Cattle and Sheep for Freezing Purposes p. 23
  • Some Diseases in Sheep and Some Preventives p. 26
    • I p. 26
    • II p. 27
    • III p. 28
    • IV p. 30

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