Stalham
Farmers 1914
FEBRUARY
17
Minutes
of a meeting on February 17. A record attendance of 40 members was noted. Col
Petre occupied the chair.
The
hon secretary presented the balance sheet for 1913, showing a balance in hand
of £2 15s 8d.
Proposed
by Col Petre, seconded by the Rev Bird, that Mr EG Cubitt again be chairman.
Proposed
by Mr W Cubitt, seconded by Mr Gibbs that Col Petre be vice-chairman.
Proposed
by Mr Bygrave, seconded by Mr Newton, that Mr G Gibbs be secretary.
Proposed
by Mr W Cubitt, seconded by Rev Bird that Mr F C Neave and Mr J Littlewood be
again elected to represent the club on the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture.
Mr
Horace Howlett, Mr Curtis and Mr Davison were elected members.
Mr
Charlton and Rev Castley were proposed as new members by Rev Bird, seconded by
Mr H Barber.
It
was proposed by Rev Bird, seconded by Mr Barber, that a reporter be admitted.
NOVEMBER
14
Minutes
of a meeting on November 14, 1914.
A
total of 24 members were present. A letter was read from Mr J Gaymer resigning
his membership owing to his frequent inability to attend the meetings. Rev T P
Castley and Mr W J Charlton were elected members.
The
following new members were proposed –
Mr
J Clements, proposed Mr Howlett, seconded M r Bunn.
Mr
J Bussens, proposed Mr Howlett, seconded Mr Bunn.
Mr
J Mobbs, proposed Mr G Durrell, seconded Mr C Gedge.
The
president, Mr EG Cubitt, proposed and it was unanimously agreed that a letter
of sympathy should be sent to the family of the late Mr A Gibbs, of Smallburgh.
Rev Bird, acting on behalf of the hon secretary, reported that mangold grown on
the flat and on baulks had been sent by Messrs Bygrave, of Sutton, and Mr
Hudson Barber, of Catfield, for analysis as to their sugar contents. He read
other correspondence that he had with the Cambridge University Laboratory on
the subject.
In
the absence of his co-judges, Mr Bird read a short report on the root
competition and explained the difficulty that had arisen in consequence of the
hon secretary’s absence on military duty, as to the lateness of inviting
entries for the same.
Mr
W P Cubitt was heartily congratulated on winning the Swede Cup for the third
time and the president most generously again offered to provide another, for
which he was unanimously thanked. The mangold cup was won Mr J Bygrave and the
judges unanimously awarded the cup for the entire root crop to Mr W Faulke, on
Dilham Hall Farm.
The
estimated weight per acre of Mr Bygrave’s two acres of mangold was 51 tons, Mr
H Barber coming second with 41 tons and Mr F Neave third with 37 tons.
Mr
Cubitt’s swedes were reckoned at 33 tons per acre and Mr T Barcham ran him very
closely with 32 tons, but his roots were not so ? or clean a crop.
The
names of nine members of the club – namely Col Petre, Capt Jickling, Capt
Blofeld, Messrs ER Cubitt, M Faulke jnr, Mr G Gladden, jnr, and Mr B Bird were
honourably mentioned as being absent from the meeting in consequence of their
being on military service.
The
president ably and interestingly described the risks to be provided against in
the prospect of a raid or foreign invasion.
Mr
W P Cubitt volunteered to open a discussion on the diamond-backed moth at the
next meeting of the club.