ASHBURTON SHOW.
1 The annual Show of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Ajwoeiation was held on Nov. IS. under anything tut good auspices a* regards weather. The morning was not promising to begin with. ami by H> o'otoch them vu not uncomfortable dmate making itself Ml. This* bad state of the weather militated against the attendance on the Show ground. which hitherto has been wy good indeed Mill, notwithstanding the weather, there «aa » large attendance. the show ei sheep wan wry good, and assuredly not a whit behind that of la*£ year. Speaking roundly, the cattle were not at aft bad, but there were some rather better than other*. Among the animal* worthy ol note in thia introductory I’ata* graph may be mentioned the Dutch cattle shown by Mr Ofigg. Howes. epaviaUy In the light daasee, made the bent appearanceT the Aviation has ever got together, but the draught#, though remarkably good in entires and p\W«uw, wew rather weak in mares. The pig» wet* a credit to the district, and one »» and Mirer was the foatre of obwrvatum. Dogs brought oat a nice lot of «»«»!•• moetb well known dog*. In the implcSmt , las# there wa» a splendid bn* ef Hoods, md it waa noticeahk' that Me*#** Beid and Ciray turned out in fine form, and displayed an excellent aesortincnt of ail Med* of implement*. The only- notice* ablo thing in Sew Zealand manufactory was the Kalapol Woollen Factory*® «ah‘ljwhich waa of the usually high clam shown by the Kaiapoi Company. The difry F°dooe waa of Ihe tduuaoteriatk JUhburtoa excellence, though amall h» number of exhiblte, . . There were 438 exhibits, agatoit »l !»** >***» .. ' -i —
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7414, 3 December 1884, Page 4 (Supplement)
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272ASHBURTON SHOW. Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7414, 3 December 1884, Page 4 (Supplement)
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