DISTRICT REPORTS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 25, 24 October 1907, Page 2

DISTRICT REPORTS

..(FROM OUR; COHKESrONDENTSi) . : Mr. Peter Harris, who lias been fat; stock 1 buyer for' Messrs'.' Abraham; and ,A\ ilhams,of; Mastcrton,, for the past yean, has befin transferred' -to the firm s'Tahiatua 'branch. -His. place will bo v taken; bj:Mr-'F. iv''manager for Messrs. Lowes and lorns. t Mi*: Newton King's 1 ■champion Holstcm bull, Sir Do 110 l Tuka P.ctcrjc, was placed upon the 'weighbridge: at; Hastings ad turned tho 'scale at 15cwt. 2qr. *141bs. Hio, Dutch' beast won : his 'fourth championship at the .Hastings sliow'.;/' <.■ .■, . Mr AY. Heslop, 1 , of. Hastings, who was a steward at the.Hawke's Bay''show'the other dav is one of' the oldest show-stewards .nv the Dominion'. ; Mr!' Heslop was a, steward; at' the first Hawke's Bay 'show held in-1863■ at 'Havelock, and 1 'He' has^actcd'm a similar capacity 'at' al! tli6 :: shows which' have befell' Im d siiico that 1 'time' in Me'.'Hastings'' district. Since' 1863 *6 fleshy only one show has been' 1 missed, and that one owing to the Maori ' troubles.- < =• ••' •• • It' is 'reported' that Mr. r Thomtis ; "Browii, of Alauriceville, : lias ' a' lambiiig return from his flock of 121 per cent.. The prevalence Soutlidowns in the flock is 'responsible for the hi.rli percentage, Avrites ovy- Wairarapa correspondent, • Southdown,, ewes being; remarkably. prolific , v.- , ■ , • ' Messrs. Thomas . and ..Cook,.- wool, brokers,, of London,'.iiave.presented,a handsome'.silvir, bowl. ,to tho Mastertoh ''A.', andP.".'Association . for competition' -in , loiig-woollcd sheep (farmers', .classos).',,The '. trophy, which will, arrive here' next.'month.' ! (writes. oiir. .Wairarapa, correspondent);! is',.': to be., won, twicp^m succession' or.''throe, '.times. .at", internals.. ,• Tho firm lias. also, '.promised! tho Association a show,. case, which will contain , samples .of. tho,.various spinning .qualities.,of.greasy,,uik manufactured wool. ~ ,Messrs.. Thomas, 'and Cook have made a five-guinea foliation to tho.. funds ..of thfi.,AVairarapa'.A,., and;,P. Association.. ' \ ,)■ y Our. I'Vilding : .ijprrespondoht . ..writes...that docking 'arid, otlie.r,farm-work in the. Tapual district is. now. 1 being, pushed on as, expeditiously as possible. Lambing .throughout, tho district is very satisfactory considering the season. Tho majority .of farmers,.who have docked havo obtained, about 100. .per,,cent.. Some of tho farmers began shearing their dry. sheep last .week,, but had. to cej\se..operations: because', the elomoiits. wore, unfavour-. hblo.. The shoep;'arb coming .of, their wool very satisfactorily, quito beyond cxpec--tations. ' ...