NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW, 1917

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3053, 14 April 1917, Page 12

NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW, 1917

The fourteenth National Dairy Show is to he held this year on June 20, 21, and 22, and the . Manawatu Poultry Association annual show will take place in conjunction .therewith on June 20, 21,. and 22. The purebred cattle sale, held-for the convenience of dairymen, will.also-be held in the cattle pavilion on June 21. .As is well known, the National Dairy Show, with its adjuncts, such as the conferences. of the National Dairy Association and New Zealand Dairy Factory Managers' Association, the annual meetings of Friesian, Ayrshire, , and Romney Marsh Breeders' Associations, etc., is a magnet, that draws breeders- and dairymen in all branches' to Palmerston North. Happening as ft docs in the slack season of the year, when all farmers have least to do, hence its great, popularity and high standing. The exhibition halls covering almost 50.000 square feet of space provide splendid accommodation for the various divisions which comprise factory, butter and cheese, honey, fruit, roots, and vegetables, farm produce, grain, seeds, cookery, preserves, deer' heads, needlework, photography, pouftry, and machinery, etc. Outdoor sports are provided, and comprise the popular annual Wanganui and To Ante College football matches, horse and pony leaping, etc. Schedules are now in course of preparation, and may be had. by application to Mr. W. T. Penny, secretary, box 85, Palmerston North.

Sudan grass,' which was introduced into the United States from the Sudan, is being, advocated as a hay crop. •A North Canterbury farmed sowed a plot at the end of October, and in three months it was 3ft. high. Mr. A. Macpherson, Fields ■ Instructor of the Department for Aericulikire, says that it should be possible to get three crops in one season from Sudan grass, which is an annual. The first crop is cut for seed, and the second and third would mnke hay. It is a very rapid grower, hut should not be sown until the ground is warm. In Queensland it'lias been known to grow/7ft. high in eislif weeks from sowing. Mr. Macuhersnn has obtained a quantity of seed for experimental purposes. News has reached ns concerning 'a greatly increased demand for the already famous Victor Cheese Vat. Its new principle of middle drainage and sloping 'bottom make for quicker and more, satisfactory production, which, in turn, assures bigger profits. Write for details to A. .T.. Parton, Sheet Metal and Plumbing AVorks. Carterton. Write now, while you. have the matter in mind.—Advt.