SHOW GROUND TOPICS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 9

SHOW GROUND TOPICS.

-i ri''' • T: ' -■f wbo -lipc "tllii itn'poftant 'Ms\. of jtfiJgiiig/tlip^Bo'miicys,' f ijio ? j)rizo^;aged/.ew'p, 1 ' ■ no; observed' '.' gavo 'triplets last -.season," rearedtliem ' all. That is tho kind : bi animal we vivant.to ou;iloijrago as agaiusfc.-thosq /ptlior's'..that have noi|cr.rearedV lahibiKLa&b-re'i'ring Qualities arti.hereditary; liko other, points." • ■ ffiven triplet-rearing - <*i V.l'ogji. A eertaiji iticml,of,.ours,will .never jet ja tfwilMalhb 1 go'- to- tho butchch'-' - Ho saves it always for Ilia (lock.: -Th'n i:osuit is tn.u lio .possesses a llock of iny.es- tliat were largely boiiii' in'twins .o^^ilifets'.! 1 .. o?J)o they, in -turn, be.lr twins? ""'(•To- a great extents■ He has reached nearly do a'-;2CWC«per'icollt.:'limbing aYerago;' Not only doe's, ho savo-tho twin owns, but ho r usqs also twinirtims.';l•■"am satisfied that' by popoijj sclco,frion »nr this:4vay iii* ilockv of: twilllambing v'wes could • ' | 1 BAM LAMBS OR EWES? LMIv.W: :11. 1 Alleil' ;(lso. lifts ideiis on tlie rogulation.'u} sbv;r-" Tho. progeny ,ob an aged .ram,lV hp >• sjil'd f^"tusually,v abqniitls e in; .owes, ■ y.h)lQ.in„yial:,pf Vi a lambs' aftj Ju"wi<j .y :':; : : : ! THE'BEST POTATOES. ... Mr.-'W, !>.•■• Jjoiidott.'-of' Kmibdlton,' wlioso~ potiitoid'.xlubita .;it tho; show,-attracted some; attention, is an enthusiast in tho.oulture.nf'. tho popular tuber. ..>.j-li» potato.:farm, is _on> light;" Urbwir. sail in tlni heifeltts of Kim-; b.ottoir, where -hu ilnds -'tho-plant's;• rirp -.very' lieb .train- blight and- proUuco -good-shape tubers. Sir. lAindoit wa'a.iisked -itoniliuo the. btfsit dozen liota toes put of- the hundred ho- litis tip* trial, aiid'Oiij {srou'lied 'tlieni in tho following.order;. K --■ liato'Vor lhliin errtp (well tested)Up-to-. DntofScdtia, mid Adnouduck (01 ciowilnead); Lata ! br niaiii' ni'op ■■( tested l ,for; onlv- threo ycni'n. l i)ast),:f,r»'|lillioii-. ilakerj '.Warrior,-- and Second. .1 ;■ lin'i'ly: -Gold Iteof, ■ British Queen, V> hito ElAplmlitp I'ltrithti ; >Lr;: L6nrlon".is •adimrer-'-of-lip-to-' nnd;hp, t|iinliK-J;lin: Up-to-D;xtc second,.said to have lieeii lir6cl from similar' parents,. «vi(l ovon. surpass it. Hp considers tliero 13 ro(iirf l, for' A VootlliliK-rnisiiiK 111 Now Zealand, ind has himself had largo l plots, of now i-nriotids ,iuulor cultivation, for 801110 years |ia|it—raised. fropvj ,' 4 tho 1. |»od,\ -of; f potato ipples.",. Sonio, of tho proßony - pvo good promlfoj '7n IMi'itmed '•» t T ;tlio*'" snow. : ; Mil'j.jori'lbivhHi'Jiotit.'.''" otvlsew Zealand.even-; .pra'ctjov •• - 'J- ■' J CUAS3.gTEWARDS,r, s A''OnnfbrHi"ir f i ,v -Vis!to| 3 lilib' was'.'w-ateliiulj'a'' ilalsslfef.' 30 ;beiijg, jjKlged; -remarked '• to 1 j.i.'cpi'i'SPiJ(Ht 1 vp-- that- it was u ]bq vo"-j.lip Vo.jr.otcr] ./hoj-scn.. ino2--i}|v'J)Ti r fn'nt -nf,1(110 ptnnd,. to. >I)|it«ic.t.vtliii' ; paWio;;A'jby.',.!\v-hilp tjio; judging J va'sjjti - progress* ¥ Ihis.-was not,a uiattpr.for lib qudg*>'-to»attomkto;i;bnti a slight detail 0j bo ;.rcmoiiiberodi by> blaf,s.: : stiswards." ••. J,:. • \YRSHIRES?RETURNING-'7O FAVOUR, jV. f in- mo v.,.: vJw fj.. (Hiked., why, tho Ayrslures i-crot (aft jipproaohing, tho, front rank 111 tlja. roil3iiig^<l.jstnoti,^ro|)li^(l;^tlmt. : . -tlis' - reason-: i'lts that,* farmers of reeont years' hud 1 been laj-tnft njururutteiition-.to tlw.lciiU.--Hitherto-' lie "great olijec-t-ioni ; from a! liand-milkins iif..HM;ow,;."Wasv.Hjls Rinitll-' tfii'ts. r He was ;: jjllt6/"th«i--'raiiking: : ma-' ? liii!^ M . : w^:"B^.'!^i ; y l • iilsErumental'-.'iii'' teat !cvolppjivpV\t>; 't-Jl % ■ '/ -'J , . "! ROMNEY.':.MARSH?ASSOCIATION. Tlih ■ .sulj-co 1111 nittoo : of 'tho- lioinney Jfai'sh •' lrecders\.;'A;SKpeiiitibi| -iiio):' : 'oiV .tlw ''show.-' ;roij)j9V,fo ; 'cg.ifeidpi: Clio, advisability of iisina ' lie tatl.o'9 from ' hu presented , to ..tlio. Association-.' y. |\h:.. K.; hjlipft-. ,At. the : last- Jlanawntn liowii'fc had booiusußpestod that a prominont ■ lomnoy breeder at ; tliu port-of export might n'dort'ake ■ to'-see •thoJ'Hhoop branded, and" stilieino- should bis >oi-l:ed similarly s;tlialPtttioptpil'in-TJnplajid. .Tho Cojnniittea infonna--011 toKo up<)n,- no sugecs- -' oil. Tho .Association, however, does" not icet'.bjfbt'b 1 it ! 1S! hoped 'tlmt soiiio "/ iggbstipris. wilF-bb 'fofthebmiha; before' thatjte.'.'.iiud t.hafc;- ; wilj' be' bronchi; ■ ito feneration. " Tho 'brand is ' it • pennanoufc ie, whioh oannot bo obliterated, "