THE MASTERTON SHOW.
.' ;'■:. ■'-;: ■■:■)■:} RECORD'"ENTRIES.-' A;.' r^ V ' , Tl ?i entries; reeefre : d for : the ■show:.of ■ the .Association, .to; be : held ; m.;.Masterf6n.on' 'Tuesday and \\edhCßday/'February 16 and 47; numbw--1874, -or.6s,mpre,than', last' year's .entries.'. Ibis. constitutes a : record in 'the 'history of | the : organisation;;(says; our/travelling.correspondent).. The chief ■features of: the. : entriesare sheep,,stud, cattle, .horses,' and produce. ! ■ The sheep .entries number -771, and'comprise; over' 3000 .animals/. whicli.';is probably , a record for. a ..sheep- entry.'in -"'■any New Zealand show. .;,,- '-:■.: . ; :o";'' ;'■ :":''-■": :<:■:: . -Theshoir.promises.l.to.be the meit successi' furever, held.;,;': ; r v'->v.-..: .v.--.- *;-»...:-. , The "fpllowihgAare..,the entries-'^for';''-this year, s show placed for thepurposes of comparison, beside those entered:-. last-year ; 1 -^:':'" ■"': '„-: : V :'•■':-': 'A Ih 1908;" Horses -;-- : -... . ..:;-295-: ' ' :.-: 26S - .Competitions ;• : ~;'•;■ 154.-v ; ---;.-'"':'-. > ; -'ißs'''- ■", Cattle ;'."..-',';"■'.•;;■■■'! '■'"'■'','':■ 233 ; ■' :Sheepi....■•';;' ,; ..' : ':^:;v:^771:;:-.'.- ! '"'.- - 6'4 : " .Dogs;,:'.-..-;'..; ::...; V ;;54 "•'•;:»■: "i '" /Pigs ';..;.'-.:.... ■:■ :^;.-;::l6 ; Vr:\\;;'v,.i;;-52«: ; Produce:: .;. -. .'.:. =187 ; - - :i 144- : ■Horticulture.: ... -'-^'w.;-." ; 187'-" A' :. ■'- ;24S^ '' ; /' : ;^•Tot6iß^^;;iv'\•^^■■ißT^v.^^J'V^•':'' .': The entries practically.closed'on 'Saturday night, though.;th6rc are suretobe a few sent m;.at ; ,the last: ';;;.,';'-'...:;-: ::; \: : ;. ; .v <.. MAHARAHARA : : . The last, shipment ,'of butter,.by-- the -Ma- : harahara .Factory realised: 1128;' per: cwt- on the London market. The' .factory - was formerly a. creamery; ; but was transformed through the agency of Mr. H. Gaisford, the well-known owner ef, the Mokoia Estate,, which is situated in, the, district, v The factory is receiving now about: 2000 gallons of milk per;day.-■/■'■ :: - •-.•'■■■ : ■■ -.. -
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 426, 8 February 1909, Page 2
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207THE MASTERTON SHOW. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 426, 8 February 1909, Page 2
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