SCHOOL AGRICULTURE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 20 January 1927, Page 10

SCHOOL AGRICULTURE.

TARANAKI COMPETITIONS. OHANGAI WINS CUTHBERT SHIELD. At yesterday’s meeting of the Taranaki Education Board, held at New Plymouth, it was decided, on the recommendation of the .senior instructor in agriculture, Air It. Cl. Rid ling, with regard to the agricultural competitions conducted at schools in the board’s district, to award the Cuthbert Shield (for competition among schools of grades 3a and upward) to Ohangai, and the Tisch Shield (for schools of grades 0 to 2) to Matau. . . The senior instructor submitted his report as follows : The valuation of the work in agriculture in the various schools was made at the end of the school year, and marks were allotted to determine their relative positions in competitions for the Cuthbert and Tisch shields. The marks were allotted upon the same basis as for last year, these, being:— Arrangement of grounds 50 marks, care of grounds 50. instructional value 50, indoor work 50, experimental work 50, total 250. We are of the opinion that the standard of work throughout the schools generally is quite as high as last year and the difficulty of separating' our schools increases from year to year. The taunts awarded tc the first ten schools' in the higher grades are: —

Arrnngcnien Care. Instruction?. ‘.ahie. Indoor work. Experiment? work. Total.

It i® therefore recommended that the Cuthbert Shield be awarded to the Ohangai School and the Tisch shield to the Mn-tau School. It is further recommended that certificates of merit be awarded to the folowing schools: — Ohangai. Auroa, Bell Block, -Matau. Alokoia, Ararnta. Waikaka. Mr A. Lees, who moved the adoption of the senior instructor’s recommendations. expressed lii ~. p ensure at the good work being done in the competitions. He was pleased to see, from the results, the keenness of the competition. which was instanced by the fact that in the senior division only three points separated the three highest schools, while in the junior division the winning school was hut one -point Vad of the two runners-up. He drew attention to the handsome certificates which had been prepared for presentation to school.? securing a high percentage in the competitions. T'-o ebn'rman. Air S. G. Smith, seconded and stroke in commendation of the work. Th ,: - motion was carried.

School. Ohangai 49 48 40 46 44 227 Auroa 46 45 45 42 47 225 Boll B’ock ... 46 46 43 43 46 224 Okainwn 46 46 40 45 46 223 Mangatoki ... 47 49 42 42 40 220 _\[a tap ’. i 47 46 41 43 42 219 Hillsborough 45 46 43 43 40 217 Kaoonsn 49 48 40 39 40 216 Huiron — 4046 38 44 44 212 Oaomii ,.38 39 45 42 48 219 The points awarded for the first ten schools in the lower grades are '• —

School. Matau 49 49 36 42 44 220 Mokoia 47 47 41 44 40 219 Ararata 49 49 39 40 42 219 Waikaka 44 46 4-1 43 43 218 Mt. Messenger 48 48 39 38 43 216 Mi mi 41 45 42 44 43 215 Moeroa . ■ • • 43 47 39 43 41 513 Mata 46 45 42 40 38 211 Turoto 41 45 41 36 43 206 Mnhoemii ... 37 40 42 44 42 205