EGMONT A. AND P. SHOW.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 October 1922, Page 6

EGMONT A. AND P. SHOW.

A feature of the schedule of the 39th annual show to be. held on the Show Grounds^ Hawera, on November 15 and 116 is the large number, of valuable points prizes .offered. In the Jersey section the Lovell and Christmas Cup, , valued at 100 gfffneas, is offered to exhibitors gaining the most points ia the section. The Friesian points prize? is the gold meual offered hy the New Zealand Friesian Breeders' Association, in addition to cash prizes donated by Messrs E. J. Betts and A. Good. For the Milking Shorthorns the New "Zealand Farmers' Fertiliser Co., Ltd., are offering a special prize. In the draught horse classes the Clydesdale Horse Society's silver medal is offered for the L,-.— best two-year-old or yearling colt bred C by the exhibitor, and Mr. J. Paul, of Balthangie, Stratford^ donates a silver cup valued at ten gumeas for the best yearling Clydesdale filly. The thoroughbred classes have been well catered for, the prize money being donated by the Egmont Racing Club. In the competitions the_ prize money offered amounts to £13W, in addition to the Bryce Rose

Bowl valued at 20 guineas.. The points prize in purebred sheep classes is the , Murray Roberts Cup, valued at £14. while^the New Zealand Sheep Breeders' Association oSer a gold medal for the champion Border Leicester Ram. The^ fat sheep section carries the Tonks Perpetual Memorial Challenge Oup, valued at 55 guineas as a points prize. In the pig section the Berkshire breeders are offering a silver cup valued at five guineas for most points in purebred' Berkshire classes, in addition to gold medals .for the champion Berkshire boar and champion Berkshire sow. The talker and Nicholson Cup is again offered for the best pen of two pigs most suitable for bacon purposes. Schedules and entry forms are obtainable from the secretary, P.O. Box 148, Hawera.