THE FEILDING SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 3

THE FEILDING SHOW.

j ( A SUMMARY ( Mr.-.Bissett, thc-.cditov .of publications .111 ■ 7 the ' Department, oh'Agriciiltiife. : attended • t.ho.:Feilding show-on bohalf-of 'the Govcrnment ' Speaking of his impressions to/n-Dominion represontatiro. yesterday,, ho/said it. was., in some respects an".interesting show, illustrnt- ■. ing'the'class. of .fat'.stock produced' in the . district.- . -A largo proportion of the fat lambs , -r-particularly the Downcrosses—would have . qualified; as ".first-grade Canterbury," . but many, of. those of-tho'other crosses'were'deficient in: condition and quality. - . Wot Uniform. . • "Exhibitors," -said Mr.'v Bissett,-. "havo. jomething :to ■ learn in selecting the lambs for, their pens. ,_ Very few of tho pens of'five we're' uniform in!' quality:-they'Often con- • . timed threo, or four lambs' alike,' and tho next were •. ill-matched. ■• Many-of. the shorn lambs . did, not:, showgood r.workrhariship in .'.tho - shearing-shed• The same ; remarks Vprac-, ticnllv apply to the fat sheep. It would bo. van;aavantag6.if;fivb wefemaao tho minimum .number' for a pen.' A.-pen' of' two lambs is . -tcarcely a- representative-:sample. ■■--, .-■"' • ' "The stud sheep were' rather disappointnig.; The; Soiithdowns were, the best, a portion of. these being ivorthyof exhibition at any show.' The ..English Leicesters were good; the:'Lincolns .varied considerably; anf : tho 'Romno.vs included far. too many': indifferent animals. ■Against the Flock' Rams. . > • 'Mi. Bissett expressed an opinion strongly adverse, to the provision 'of , classes: for flock i rams not for the Flock Book. To | . en.coiii age the use of ,non-pedigreo rams for breeding purposes. was a , : great mistake, . and would prove detrimental., to t the , farmers! flocks fin. the long: run;' The ,samo 'objection did ,hot apply to '.owes,.'so .long as' it was •• understood that they wore .representative .what-'might: be ; termed commercial flocks— , flocks for producing,wool and meat. v - ,' The battle, wore disappointing irf-numbers, hilt' the Herofords and Red Polls' were of -'Darticularly 'nice ' '' .