One of the largest country sheep shows

Press, 18 March 1988, Page 16

One of the largest country sheep shows

The! 81st Hawarden Agricultural and Pastoral i show which will be held i tomorrow promises to be another good autumn j show for North Canterbury. , . Grant Calder, the presii dent for the Hawarden A ; and P Association,; says that the showgrounds (opposite Hawarden School), ; are looking very good ow-i ing to the work done by the garden club and parks! committee. Hawarden holds one of! the largest country sheep' stipws in Canterbury. This! year, for the first time? the Corriedale Society is 1 sponsoring a new class of; ram lamb judging cham-

pionship which is open to competitors 30 years and under. I I “This new competition will hopefully encourage youn > people to take part in slowing and judging stock,” Mr Calder says. ;■ ! ' j The Northern (South Island) Suffolk Breeders’ Club will hold their "Fee ture Show” at Hawarden this! year. Popular vote judging will be completed by 1.30 p.m.j and the club will then hold a discussion group, I and breed demonstrations will be carried out for members and the pub ic. J Tle Palmer and Doak auti mn show jumping circuit for ;horse and pony entries will finish at the Hav'arden show. It started at he Amuri show two weeks ago and continued thrc ugh the Cheviot show last week-end. The circuit has been sponsored by Palmer and Doak, the North Canterbury Ford agents. ; This year’s show entries are 2378 which compares with 2308 for last year. “The wool and dog entries have doubled and sheep entries are well up on last year,” Mr Calder sajs.

This year there will be a greatly improved cattle show owing to a new display area which was recently built in the grounds. Although much of the attention will be on the sheep, horse and stock events, there will be numerous other displays. These will include the entries in the photography competition, colour drawing, handcraft, flowers, hand spun-wqol, decorative work and -home-made wine. An interesting [ class which has featured in the North Canterbury autumn shows is school work. This competition at Hawarden is for all the schools in the Waipara Division of Hurunui County. There will also be the usual trade displays. One interesting exhibit will be the S.T.S. portable dipping unit which has become popular with sheep farmers during the last 10 years. I This light, but durable, unit is able to be taken to the sheep and small numbers of sheep can be treated at various locations. The unit is ideal for shared ownership by a number of farmers in a district. i I