Judging Method In Doubt

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31363, 8 May 1967, Page 17

Judging Method In Doubt

The governing board of the World Plough- ( ing Organisation has yet to decide whether any change should be made in the judging of this week’s world contest.

The president of the organisation, Mr W. Feuerlein, said on Saturday that to make the judging of world contests as fair as possible it had been the practice to appoint a judge from each country taking part, but they had then run the risk that a judge might not be as experienced as they thought. It had been proposed to the board that there should be a panel of experienced and neutral judges but this meant getting together men of such quality, and the question was whether they had such men among them here in New Zealand. Some men whom they had thought about had not been able to come to New Zealand.

Mr Feuerlein said that at a special meeting in Holland they had considered the sort of ploughing that should be done. It was felt that the style must have a practical application. This did not mean speed ploughing. Quality in ploughing had to be fostered, but judges should not be Influenced by furrows that were nice looking. A crumbled, but well-

shaped and possibly isoscelesshaped furrow should be looked for. A ploughing style that was best from a fertility point of view was wanted.