THE GREATEST YET

Evening Star, Issue 22973, 2 June 1938, Page 2

THE GREATEST YET

TO-MORROW'S WINTER SHOW HEW LAY-OUT AH IMPROVEMENT Present indications are that the success that attended last year’s diamond jubilee Winter Show will be completely eclipsed by this year’s exhibition, which the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society opens to-morrow. It has always been a policy of the committee to try to make each succeeding show better than the last, but this is not always possible for divers reasons. However, the committee has succeeded, after exhaustive effort, in organising the coming show on a larger scale than usual, and has gained the almost unanimous support of the farming community and city exhibitors in creating what will probably result in the greatest fixture to date. , ; * Evidence of the interest taken by the women of both town and country in the show will be found in the exceptionally large number of Women’s Institutes’ exhibitions, no fewer than 15 bays having been hooked for display purposes. By altering the lay-out of the whole show, the committee has been able to leave the Victoria Hall entirely free for these hays and the needlework section, thus allowing them to be more attractively and appropriately staged than previously. In the Fuller Hall next door will he found the baking section, which, in spite of the high price of eggs, has attracted 570 entries, an increase of 36 on last year. In those classes in which special prizes are offering the entries are exceptionally heavy.

Entries from all over New Zealand have been received for the bakers bread, a total of 130 being in hand. Adjacent to this display will be found the farmers’ butter, preserves, and honey sections, all of which are being supported to a greater extent than last year. The following are the comparative entry figures :—Preserves, 160 this year as against 136 last year; honey, 87 and 39; farmers’ butter, 54 and 43. The Fuller Hall will also be used to house the photography, drawing, and painting entries and a display by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department. - It will be in the Dalgety store that visitors will notice the greatest change in the show, for in the whole of the area provided there the Department of Agriculture has arranged a display which is so comprehensive and instructive that no farmer should avoid inspecting it. City people will also find a good deal to interest them in this exhibit. An exhibit of special interest on the cheese table will be the Bledisloe Cup, winch was won by a Goodwood competitor at the British Empire cheese, competition in London. Owing to the drv season experienced this year, the rest of this table will not be so completely filled as last year. The wool table,* however, will contain 60 fleeces, compared with 56 last year, while at the end of the table will be shown samples of artificial wool made from wood fibre, these being secured from the Leipzig Fair. Roots, grain and seeds, potatoes, and hams and bacons will also be present. Stock representation will again be large, prominent fanners from all parts of the province having hooked space. The best breeds reared by the men on the land will be a strong feature of

the show. Once again there will he a bullock weight-guessing competition, for which valuable prizes are to bo offered, while visitors will also bo asked to estimate the weight of a twotier iced fruit cake- - , Other exhibits will be a display by the Otago Model Engineering Society, which will have several of its models working, manufacturers’ products, the latest model motor cars, and farm implements. . , ,