RESULTS COUNT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 162, 11 July 1930, Page 16

RESULTS COUNT.

SHOW EDUCATION. SPIRIT OF COMPETITION. INDUSTRIES IMPROVED. j The education such ae a show like that being held in Auckland promotes is •to be found in many directions. Results are always the factors that count and these, in the case of Auckland, are to be found in increased yields of the root crops, the growth of varieties and the wonderful improvement in quality. The show has in fact been responsible for increasing the quality of both primary and secondary products of the province in general. Home industries, too, have not 'been neglected, and exhibits have come from as far as Invercargill in the South, and from Kaitai in the North. These exhibitors have in the past sent forward the very best which they, at the time, were capable of producing, and it was only when they saw and compared their exhibits with others that they realised exactly where they stood. The exhibition •, committee has every reason to be gratified with this year's show, which is in its 23rd year. . As far as entries and space allotments are concerned, this year's show has eclipsed all .previous records by a large majority. In the past the space allotted to.the ■home industries section had necessitated the cramping of many of the exhibits which, iu consequence, had not been afforded a fair display. This year, however they have been given the space to which they are justly entitled. Here they can be seen to better advantage than m former years. The samples of needlework and cookery to >be found at the ehow leave nothing to be desired, lhey are a striking testimonial . for thencreators, and leave the impression that despite all that may be.saidto trary, the art of housekeeping and tJie love of home life are not dead.

Valuable Institutions. In a country such as New Zealand, the prosperity of which depends very largely Spoil primary products, there are.no more important or valuable institutions than agricultural and .pastoral associations and other organisations of a kindred nature. They have played a great part in the development of primary ana secondary industries. Indeed, it is not too much to say that but for them some districts would-be lagging many years behind their present stage of advancement The exhibitions such as the Auckland A. and P. Association and the Auckland Manufacturers' Association promote provide, as it were, windows in which are displayed the products, animate and inanimate, of the districts concerned. More than that the shows foster a spirit of emulation and competition among local farmers and manufacturers, and, by attracting primary and secondary industries from other districts, allow local standards to be surveyed in the proper perspective. This is all to the good. It has the natural tendency to spur exhibitors to improve their stock and farm products, as well as manufacturers their goods, so that they shall not only equal those of other places, but also shall excel them. There does not seem to be any other annual trysting place exactly like an exhibition. There old friends meet and these meetings are not solitary. The reunion of a group who have not seen one another for twelve months is an occasion looked forward to, and judging by the gate receipts for the first two days this year, there is every indication that the 1930 fixture will be just as popular, if not more so, than those held previously.