CALF COMPETITIONS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 19, 19 December 1932, Page 4

CALF COMPETITIONS

JUDGING AT LEVIN. NORTHERN DIVISION RESULTS. The third annual display, accompanied bv the final adjudications for tiro season, in the calf-rearing competition under the auspices of the Horowhcnua Boys’ and Girls’ Agncultural Club, took place recently, t The territory from which entries were . eligible bad been enlarged since last year, with the result that , entries from pupils of three schools ill the Shannon district and oi the Manakau and To Hero schools were added to j the competition. The group contest was won by hoputaroa for the third year in suecession. Ohau were again the run-ners-up, as in the two previous years. They were only two points behind the , winners, and Shannon were, third, j three points further back. ’J he individual championship was secured by Edith Close, of Koputaroa, with Peggy Horn, of Ohau, next in order. Last year the winner of the Shaw Cup was Ross Speedy, of Ohau, and there were equal runners-up—-Daphne Graham and Jean Mitchell, of Koputaroa. For the Lancaster Cup the entry to qualify was that of Allan Horn, of Ohau,' the runner-up being Edith I Close This prize for a type animal I was awarded for the first time last year, when it was won by Fred Cockrell, of the Levin District High .School. .. . | Results in the northern division were as follow: Shannon.—George Lang 68, -John Mitchell 78, Betty Rolston 80; group total 226. Opiki.—Ray Aichison 60, .lean Tantrum 63, Lewis Young 64—192. Makerua.— Hannah Anderson iO, .Tov Anderson 70, Norman Prier 63 203. „ . Best type calf.—George Lang. Rest individual calf: Betty Rolston. Best group: Shannon. . . . Koputaroa won the central division, in which the groups represented were Levin District High School, Koputaroa and Porontawhao. The southern division was won by Ohau, the groups, represented in this being Manakau, Ohau and r le lloro. j The judge, -Mr H. J, Lancaster (Glen Oroua) explained how essential i it was to the dairv industry in a time of crisis such as'the present that the lvost methods of rearing stock should he practised. A very creditable lot of .calves Jimd Veil exhibited: one could not wish to see a finer lot in ; New Zealand. He advised the child- ! ren to carry on the care of the ani- ’ mals so that when these came into j milk thev would help the Dominion jto escape from the depression. Mr Lancaster also tendered some words of J encouragement to the competitors who ' had not gained final honours. He went on to say that the champion and 1 the best type calf were very nice in- ! deed and there was very little sepa- . rating them. Some technical points ' of difference between these two exr liibits were described by thfe judge. In f the course of his comments, he stated _ that both calves were very well developed underneath. The eliam- " pion had a wonderful udder; and ho predicted that it would be a very 1 nice cow indeed. Care and atten- • tion, he added, meant having the ‘ animals in nice healthy growing ron--1 dition; and he advised children who were looking after calves to lead them j to their milk-feed, instead of taking the milk to them, as by tire former j! practice they would teach tire calves _ to be led at all times.