NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 27 June 1912, Page 5

NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.

THE POULTRY EXHIBITS

BY TEIjEGHAPB—PEESS ASSOCIATION

PALMERSTON N., June 26

At the second day of the National Dairy Show there was a line attendance, stated at 15,000, being 2000 more than on the second day last year. During the college fotoball match in the afternoon the stands were crowded and people were massed many deep all round the oval. They came from all over the dominion. At the same time the different halls were crowded.

The Romney Marsh breeders held their annual meeting, and at the National Dairy Association conference papers were read by Mr Jas. Burgess (chairman of the Warea Dairy Company) giving remarkable figures as to the result of herd testing as practised by him ; by Mr Reakes, on "Science and the Farmer" ; and by Mr Cuddie on dairy matters. To-night the Ayrshire Breeders' Association met.

The oliief feature of to-day's exhibition was the opening of the Manawatu Poultry Association's show, which included the New Zealand Poultry Association's championships in Orpingtons. There was a very large entry. Mr G. N. Bell, late manager "for Lanooek and Co., of Lancashire 3 who was judging:, considers that some of th« White Rocks, Leghorns, and Black Orpingtons shown are equal to anything that could be shown in the Old Country, and another competent judge considered that the White Orpingtons were as fine as it was possible to imagine the breed. Mr Bell considers that the colonial birds shown here are better in feather and bloom than the Enslish birds, which he attributes to the climate of New Zealand being more suitable to poultry than that of Great Britain.

The Orpington champion winners were: Black cock, Mrs Sowraan; hen, A. E. Strmex; cockerel, W. T Hickspullet. Hicks; buff cock, E. Hodgson •' hen, C. P. Armstrong; cockerel, J. Gordon : pullet, Armstrong; white cock, A. E. Stonex; hen, R. S. Young; cockerel A- E. Stonex; pullet. A. E. Stonex. ' The Rugby fotoball matches between Wanganui College and Te Aute College caused intense excitement. Wanganui won both the senior and junior games alter brilliant matches, each side having now won an equal number of matches m the iuniors. and Wanganui beinp- ? np, to the p-ood in the seniors. In the lunior match Te Aute got on a try, the total being 16 points in 3. The senior match wn* a VPrv brilliant affair, the ccamo finislimg 16 po?nt<! to 11. pfw sn^A of tlio most brilliant football matches ever seen here. '