The annual meeting of
the Norfolk Poultry Association was held in the parlours of the Norfolk
House, last Friday night, and a very fair number of members and others
were present, notwithstanding the unfavorable weather.
In the absence of the
president, Mr. W. H. Lugsdin, who has moved to Blenheim,
Mr. J. B. Jackson
was elected to the chair.
The election of
officers resulted as follows:--
President: Mr. H. H. Groff
Vice-President: Mr. S. E. Lindabury
Superintendent: Mr. S. G. Starling of Strathlynn Farm, Simcoe
Treasurer: Mr. J. Thomas Murphy
Secretary: Mr. W. B. Thomlinson.
The Executive Committee,
Messrs.:
J. B. Jackson
H. Bennett
J. W. Trinder
E. C. Carpenter
W. Thorne
K. A. Shaw
Fred Woolley
C. W. Brookfield
W. Scott
N. Butler
J. McCarten
E. W. Mabee
J. W. Martin
A. W. Smith
[Paragraphs
re association activities omitted]
This journal feels that every
man in Norfolk ought to be a member of the Norfolk Poultry Association
and help boom the poultry industry into the place it rightly
belongs, namely, that of the first position among the stock of the
country.