SHOW DATES

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26515, 1 September 1951, Page 5

SHOW DATES

The following is a list of show dates for this season:— October 13—Ellesmere A. & P. at

Leeston. “ October 17 and 18—Hawkes Bay A. & P. at Tomoana. October 20—Northern A. & P. at Rangiora. October 25, 26 and 27—Waikato A. & P. October 26 and 27—Wairarapa and

East Coast A. & P. October 26 and 27—Marlborough A. & P. at Blenheim. October 26 and 27—Poverty Bay A. & P. at Gisborne. October 27—Aimberley A. & P. at Amberley. October 27—Timaru A. & P. at

Timaru. November I—Ashburton1 —Ashburton- A. & P. at

Ashburton. - November 2 and 3—Manawatu A. & P. at Palmerston North. November 7-, 8 and 9—Canterbury A. & P. at Christchurch. November 9 and 10 —Wanganui A. & P. November 14 —North Otago A. & P. at Oamaru. November 16 and 17 —Nelson A. & P. November 17—Courtenay A. & P. at

Kirwee. November 20 and 21—Otago A. & P.

at Dunedin. November 22 and 23—Auckland A. & P. at Auckland, 1951 Royal Show. December I—Winton A. & P. at Win-

ton. December 4 and s—Gore A. & P. at

Gore. December B—Wyndham A. & P. at Wyndham. December 11 and 12 —Southland A. & P. at Invercargill. January 19—Waipukurau A. & P. January 29 and 30—Feilding A. & P. February 2—Woodville A. & P. February 5 and 6—Dannevirke A. & P. February 8 and 9 —Taranaki A. & P. February 15 and 16—Masterton A. & P. February 16—Taihape A. & P. February 23—Banks Peninsula A. &

P. at Little River. March I—Amuri A. & P. at Rother-

ham. March 7 and B—Cambridge A. & P. March B—Kaikoura A. & P. at Kai-

koura. March 15—Cheviot A. & P. at Cheviot. March 15—Mayfield A. & P. at May-

field. March 15—Rotorua A. & P. April s—Methven A. & P. at Methven. April 14 —Mackenzie County A. & P. at Fairlie.

The sale of ram hoggets of various mutton breeds offered by a number of breeders, and the registered Romney flock offered on behalf of Mr W. G. Dalzell. Loburn, at the Showgrounds three weeks ago, was reasonably well attended. The sheep were all of good useful type, and there was a steady demand. Southdown ram hoggets made from 3Jgns to B|gns, Suffolks 9gns to 13gns, South-Suflfolks Bgns to 15gns, Southdown-Border Leicesters 6Jgns to lOgns, and Romneys lOgns to 12gns. Two rams from Mr Dalzell’s flock made 15gns and 25gns, 24 one-shear ewes lOgns, 29 two-shear ewes Bgns to lOgns, 21 three-shear ewes Bgn% 14 aged ewes sgns, and 24 ewe hoggets 6gns to 7gns.