SCHOOL FARM WORK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 December 1924, Page 4

SCHOOL FARM WORK.

PALP-REARING COMPETITIONS TH® CHAMPIONSHIPS. ''

A. The fipal. act ip this year; s competitions was through yesterday, ivnen fhe championships were decided and ■ also the-. 10-cal group of schools. Though, the weather was bad there was a gopd • a^ e ?'d' a f| ce bf parents and ffjepds, coining tfoiii’ qir points of the qpiinpiass. .There was a feeling of keen emulation • aiuohgst. .the competitors and great interestf amongst the supporters of erich' district. 1 r "The judges' .were Messrs. W. jMgL’D'owie, L. H. Barratjough and T. Jenkins (condition),' ami Messrs; F. ffpskip, N.:; and’lf.. ’VVren (type). The tualify .genei'ally was very even, so hat. they hai| 'nd> light task in selecting winii'ers; They - were very coiii])ljmentary in- thb .general standard of quality, ;-. .•' . . ' • Amorihst-; the' ' Visitors; ■ wete Messrs. 0, J. Hawken, 'Mi P,, and :R. Dunn (Ariroa), rariny-others, , ail taking a ,keen; ' ip tefest in .the - proceeding. ■ • - After-’t lie aw ard sv bad been made Mil-; Dunn; 'idifeSidetif -of the - South Taranaki; ex© eutiy e,l,i niac]b , a few reinarks on’'Hiy, ;\yorkj •(He. corigratii-Jat^-dtfije i fee quality< which; fbok a. lot) of j beatihg, aiid said file Jgbnerally iviem better th£lii..ld?t v yciar.-;Riit' he;.added■: he. savy ; ho - reaSon iyhy:. they 'should not and that k(steady imA prtiyeme'nt' Take place" each year. He a^ed;,, unsUccessiiil cbnipetitoi-s, to. stfiye-Tb 'geL, a;..3viniibr - liext . year, and possibly secure the chanipiohship. He .■;takh-x!tr.ptihlfe.''-'-wVtli..;;th6ir' Calves 'b.Hd sec-ure; rdj iihprovement Lii quality. . cqirbiiisibh, ’ he' heartily thanked the judges for the time and tybubJe given at a period of the year when all were ,btmy ; and when ..to do the ivork ? entailed sil sacrifice, and liO]K3cl ttiat., others would induced ♦o’-. belpv-,laful'.. so-' lighten ’.'.the work; of thota who had. -done such good work To the competitors :firially he said thia t >he hoped,.wb\dd keep,their calves ‘IV g maintain their interest Try shtwibg them next year as ryearlings; • He recorded the hearty t-nanks of the union to the press for valued publicity, and to the ■j ai ‘d ; M.A.. Co., Ltd.. Hawera, for the use of the paddock at the yards■'saml itb Mr! Cinieron (secretary) for hik. thoughtfulness in providibg. hlnch '-aiid- afternoon - tea for the competitor?'qml. visitors, ‘an act of .aftpntiou and- kiiidlv thought, which was much appreciated. The. swards, were as Groim T.—Tpk ac;)ra ' Mokoia, Tawhiti, ■i i Fi’aser 'Road. Rawhitiroa. JersevrAyrshire,—R; Major and L. Gernhoefer , (Ra.whitiroa) equal, 173 n-nits.'-l :B McDonald rßawhitiroal, •F. Wilson ( Araratol. IR7. '4. i .Mnior , (Rawhitiroa), ' Points. 1: A, Johnson fTokaora), ton. 2 : J. Johnson (Tolraora), 136 3 , SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR ‘ dairy Type only.

Jerseys.-~P. Bourke (Fi •aser Road), r , V••AHu i n ga), 2• N. AVisnewski < (Huiiiga), 3. . - l' riesiahS.—J. Street (Awatuna), 1; .(Tokapta); 2j M. Jones (binnerty.- Road); 3. . T'he prizes Wefb collected on the ground—6d first, ps seQond, 3s Gd third -in - each class;- - - CHAMP!ONSH (1* DETAILS. Date of "birth, feeding, cost and details of of the two .'leaders in e&ch br«fed were as follow : —r • Jerseys, horn August . 10; ngw milk, Avliey and hay tea; co=t 14s; 4fd.; -Second, born • August 8; ndw .milk, h a y tea, whey, Ceremilk and 8311; cost 16s Points: post 35y, ‘ f liart ,48, condition 97 180. y. Cost . 33<j, ‘.chart 48, "condition 95—1.7G4,. ..,, ' Fnesiaiis.---T-Eirs>t, ,bofn' August 10; ilew. milk,. whey ; and linseed; cost £l 3s Btd.i Second, born,' August 11; ilew milk,., whey and Tiii; 'Meal; cost 9s otl. ( Points r Cost; 26,. chart 46, condition;TOO—l73. C0«t.40.V, chart 45, condition 85—1704. . : ; NOTES. There.-,were 122 entries, and, of these the following were judged: Jersey 86 Ayrshire 'l, Fl'iesiah 10, Shorthorn 4;; total 101-. This was .a. better average than ever before, the judged animals ; being 82 per cent, of the total entries. The cost oil the average . Was -somewhat higher this year, but the calves shown were generally better in; condition. ( After . the eoinpetitions ; were : concluded tbp (visitors (and bbmpeiitofs were by the Farmers’ Unioh exeCittiye(a.t ulterrloon tea, and kn; wintetadtifig afternoon concluded. CLL a,'latel*< yif the Star will be published ,"fhll - details in connection with the Coiriipetltions. . i > . ' From the previous list of aw'ards brei(was“-inadvertently, omitted. Awatuna- ■ SchoolFfost, yearling Shorthorn, first iii dairy type.