Report

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 90, 30 March 1876, Page 6

Report

of the r Royal Agricultural So- *'■ ; :' •'-•■ i; '' '.:■.■'--"';.•,...'. AAA, J A ciety op Guernsey, 1875. : « ._ r - '-.-.. f. r (We dre indebted to Mr Quertier, : of "Waitepeka*, for the following Report.) In the show of fat cattle on ithe 21st December, 1875, there were present 32 animals,* equal in qualify to ~ the pre-vious-years, The following, ire the beef weights : — Ist Prize, bullock, 7 years old, $81 lbs*, Snd „ „ 8 „ lU3lbs. 3rd „ „.6 „ . 9451b5. 4th •„ .'■„ .4 ; ,-,- 8931b5. sth '„ ,-," AQ --\ } r • • 9lolbs. Cattle and pigs are fattened on parsnips in Guernsey. They are given raw to pigs, which fatten thorn quickly, with little labor. My friends killed two pigs last year 21 "months' old — the two weighed . 8871bs , ami were sold for .£22 3s 6d, which were also fed on parsnips : also the first prize bullock* which .weighed over 13001bs. of beef* and sold' for. £40. . | ■ ,-.' ?- ■ Report of the crops; of 1875, by the Guernsey. Royal Agricultural Society— Potatoes 4—lst Prize,: 1,9,91b5., the Guernsey perch, or 10 tons pea acre—^ (Guernsey perch is . 21 feet square). 2nd prize : 1861bs, Guernsey' perch., or 9 tons 6 cwt. per acre English. PA-RSNiPs.~lst Prize :.y50.91b5. : per perch, or 25 tons 9 cwt. per ficre English. 2nd Prize : 2961b5. per perch, or 1-4 tons 16 cwt. per acre English; Carrots — Ist Prize : |8391bs petf perch, or 41. tons 19 cwt. per acre Eng-> lish. 2nd Prize : 82811)3. per perch, or 41 tons 8 cwt. per acre. ... .. . Mangold' ; W urtz el. —1 st; Prize : 12241b5. per perch, or 61 tons 4 cwt. peracre. 2nd Prize: 10351b5. per perch* or 51 tons 15 cwt. per acre. Mangold wurtzel -. produces a. second crop off the same land in twelve months* that is after winter tares fed off early in spring. Ist Prize : 7281b5. per perch, or 36 tons 18 cwt, per acre. 2nd Prize : 4381b5. per perch, or '21 tons 18 cwt per ' acre, Sweed Turnips. — Ist Prize: : 4791b5. per perch, or 23 tons l9 cwt. per acre. 2nd Prize: 4391b5. per perch, or 21 tons 19 cwt. per acre. Whitr Turnips. — Ist Prize : 732 lbs. per perch, or 36 tons 12 cwt. per acre. 2nd Prize: 6371b5. per perch> or 31 tons 17 cwt. per acre. At the Horticultural Show one individual had at the show 101 different sorts of apples.