SHEEP JUDGING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 201, 25 August 1937, Page 12

SHEEP JUDGING.

£100 IN PRIZES. "FARMER WEEKLY" CONTEST. STARTS IK TO-DAY'S ISSUE. A unique competition for anyone interested in sheep has been organised by the "New Zealand Farmer Weekly.*' Full details of the first section are contained in the issue of that journal which was published to-day. The basic idea of the competition is simple, but of great interest to sheep farmers. Each week for six weeks there are to be published in the "New Zealand Farmer Weekly" four large photographs of sheep. The entrant is merely required to place them in order of show merit, A, B, C and D. and state his reasons. Section No. 1, which appeared to-day. consists of four Romnev Marsh sheep. Next week four Southdowns will be illustrated and in succeeding weeks Border Leicester's, Ryelands, Lincoln? and Corriedales. Six different breeds will be used instead of one to prevent the owners of that one breed having an undue advantage. The entry form supplied to contestants contains diagrams and hints on judging. The first prize is £50. or saloon return fare to Sydney, with £20 for expenses. The second prize is £30 and there are 11 other prizes, totalling £100 in all.

The competition is open free to all i annual subscribers to the "New Zealand | Farmer Weekly." This means, incident- I ally, that whether a man wins the £50 | first prize or just misses the last of the minor prizes he is still receiving wonderful value for his money in the 52 weekly copies of this fine" agricultural paper for only £1. I Full details of exactly what the competitor has to do. how the judges will work, closing date and how to receive the official entry forms are printed iti this issue. Everyone remotely interested in sheep should at least make an attempt at judging these 24 sheep. Fine Weekly Issue. The outstanding article in to-day's issue, dealing with irrigation in Canterbury. might not appear to be of interest in Auckland, but actually the information given is extremely valuable to all farmers, as a good part of the article deals with the princiole of applying water to the soil. Other articles, all well illustrated, are published on pig keeping on dairy farms, grassland problems, trees for farm shelter, dairying and butterfat records, veterinary notes, farm equipment and free answers to farming problems sent in by readers. The racehorse breeding news is again of exceptional interest, and with the fine section for women, with recipes, fashions and stories, the "New Zealand Farmer Weekly" is the "ideal paper for the man on the land."