Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 206
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xv I—‘A ' P r< 15111"??? é.) 4.00 PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. It was decided that the Secretary be instructed to direct the attention of the Board Of_Trade to this matter, and to inquire if nothing could be done to withdraw the restriction on import above referred to. Hill Sheep Farms. A letter was submitted from the Secretary of the Scottish Land and Property Federation, enclosing copy of a letter, dated 30th January, addressed by the Federation to the Department of A iculture for Scotland. The letter dealt with the serious posxtion of the Sheep ndustry throu bout the greater part of the Highlands..and urged the vital necessity for a ind inquiry being made into the reasons which had led to the fall in the sheep population in the Highland areas before a decision was come to on any Long-Term Policv for Shcep Farming in the Highlands. ‘ It was decided to remit the letter to the Special Committee appointed by tho SOCiety on lst November 1939 for consideration and report. Proctor’s Tripod Harvesting System. Mr Scott Ait-on, Legerwood, Earlston, referred to the decision arrived at by the Directors on 1st November, and requested the Meeting to give reconsideration to Mr Dale's letter of 23rd October 1939. Circumstances, he said, had altered Since that date in a way which had not been foreseen. They had not visualised that so early in the \Var there would be the difficulty in obtaining artificial Feeding- Stufis which now existed. He thought they had, by means of this system, a valuable. reserve of proteins which would go a long way to solve the difficulty in bringing their Stock through next winter. He moved that a Committee be appointed to look further into tho possibilities of making hay in Scotland under the Proctor Tripod System. Mr J. W. Alexander, M.V.O., of Newton. Golfhill, MofiatA seconded. Mr John D. Allan, Culthill, Murthly, moved that no action be taken. Major R. W. Sharpe of The Park, Earlston, in seconding the Amendment, said he would prefer that the matter be delayed until a later Meeting, when there was a larger attendance of members of the Board. Mr R. Scott Aiton thereupon stated that if it was the view of the Meeting that the matter be deferred he was willing to withdraw his Motion. on the understanding that the matter would come up for consideration at next Meeting of the Board. This was agreed to. Red Cross Agriculture Fund. Correspondence was submitted between the Red Cross Agriculture Fund Com- mittee in London and the Society, and the Secretary reported on a meeting of that Committee which he had attended at the Mansion House, London, on 12th January. There was also submitted a letter from the Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society, Glasgow, inviting this Society to take the initiative in setting up a Committee in Scotland to organise the raising of funds from the Agricultural interests in Scotland on behalf of the Red Cross. On the recommendation of the Finance Committee, it was decided that the matter be remitted to a Committee to consider as to the advisability of taking action on the lines suggested, and, if so decided, to act with other bodies in con- vening a Meeting of representatives of Scottish agricultural interests with a view to setting up a Scottish Red Cross Agriculture Committee. The members of the Committee were appointed as follows : Major R. F. Brebner ; The Earl of Home, K.T.; Colonel F. J. Carruthers; Mr George Grant; Mr William C. Hunter; Mr Alexander Murdoch; Mr James Paton; Sir Joshua Ross-Taylor; Major R. W. Sharpe: Mr T. G. \Vilson. Finance. A Minute of Meeting of Finance Committee, dated 7th February, was submitted. The Minute dealt with the following matters :— Scottish Jililk Records Association—The Committee had given further considera- tion to the application from the Scottish Milk Records Association for a grant in aid of the work of the Association in View of the discontinuance of the grant from the Treasury. Certain further information, supplied by the Secretary of the Association, with regard to the estimated financial position for the year beginning 1st April 1940 was submitted. PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. 401 After full deliberation, the Committee had decided that they could not see their way to recommend that a grant be given. Master of Works—The Secretary had reported that the Society’s Master of Works, Mr Henry Raesido, had received a temporary appointment, under the War Department, as a Clerk of Works. It was decided to recommend that the Society pay to Mr Raesido, throughout the duration of this temporary appointment, a sum sufficient to make up the difference between What he was receiving and his salary with the Society. Mr Alexander Murdoch, East Hallside, Cambuslang, moved approval of the Minute, and this was seconded by Major R. W. Sharpe of The Park, Earlston. Mr A. W. Montgomerie, Westburn, Cambuslang, expressed disappointment with regard to the recommendation that no grant be given to the Scottish Milk Records Association, and moved that consideration of this matter be deferred until next Meeting. This was seconded by Mr James Clark, VVindlaW House, Carmunnock. On a vote being taken, the Minute of the Finance Committee was approved by a large majority. Presentation to Mr John Reid. The Secretary reported that, with the sum voted by the Board on 3rd J anuary, a Gold Watch had been purchased, as Mr Reid had expressed a preference for this instead Of a piece of Silver Plate. The Watch would be handed over to Mr Reid, by the Chairman of Directors, at the Meeting of Members for Nomination of a Director in Aberdeen on Friday, lst March. N ext Board Meeting. In view of the fact that the first Wednesday in March coincided with the date of the Stallion Show in Glasgow, it was decided that no Meeting of the Board be called for that date, unless business should arise of sufficient importance to render a Meeting necessary. |
| Title | Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 206 |
