May 3, 1920.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 379 



^imbin. 



The annual meeting of this branch was presided over by the chairman, Mr. 

 K. Gall. The report submitted reflected an active and satisfactory year. 

 The helpful co-operation of the Department in the activities of the branch 

 was appreciatively mentioned. A slight increase in membership over the 

 previous year was shown and a credit balance reported by the treasurer. 



Quaker's Hill. 



The monthly meeting of the members of this branch was held on 3rd 

 April, when a fair number of members were present. The main business of 

 the meeting consisted in reading the literature on stink wort forwarded by 

 the Department. It was decided to ask the Shire Council to proclaim it a 

 noxious weed. The branch has already requested the Council to proclaim 

 blackthorn a noxious shrub, as this was the means of maintaining many 

 citrus pests. A protest against the imposition of the orchard tax was raised. 



Stratford. 



A meeting of this branch was held on 6th March. The evening was taken 



up in making final arrangements for the staging of the branch's exhibit at 



the Gloucester show. _. 



Tingna. 



The event of greatest interest to members during the last few weeks was 

 the second annual exhibition, held under the auspices of the branch. "Two 

 years of drought have vitterly failed to bring Tingha to its knees/' remarked a 

 local paper enthusiastically commenting on the exhibits. Certainly the fruit, 

 vegetable and other sections seemed to belie the fact of the prolonged dry spell 

 suffered by the district. All members worked well for the success of the show, 

 which was officially opened by Mr. Ditzell, chairman of the Inverell branch. 



Toronto. 



At the monthly meeting of this branch held on 3rd February eight new 

 members were enrolled. It was announced that the recent show was a 

 success, and it was decided to write a letter of thanks to the judges and to 

 the Department of Agriculture for their assistance. 



At the meeting held on 3rd March it was stated that the membership roll 

 had now reached fifty. Mr. Filmer gave a demonstration of citrus budding, 

 showing several modes on nursery stock and advanced trees. 



Wellington. 

 A valuable paper by Mr. E. G. Salter on the subject of wheat-breeding 

 was read at the March meeting of this branch. Parallels were drawn with 

 a number of other plants and many interesting points were explained. A 

 summary of the paper will appear next month. 



Wetherill Park. 

 A lecture on fodder crops was delivered by Mr. B. C. Meek, Assistant 

 Inspector of Agriculture, under the auspices of this branch, on 22nd 

 March. Members were given many useful points on the preparation and 

 manuring of the soil for different crops, lucerne and Sudan grass being 

 particularly interestingly dealt with. There were some forty farmers present 

 and many questions were put to Mr. Meek and fully answered. 



