THE WINTER SHOW

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 167, 14 June 1940, Page 8

THE WINTER SHOW

TO-DAY’S ATTRACTIONS. HORSE COMPETITIONS. There was a fair attendance at the Winter Show this forning, and a greater one this afternoon, when horse competitions and a sheep dog trial demonstration were staged on the oval. Much interest was also taken in the attractions indoors. This evening Miss Ana Hato, and her party of Maori entertainers from Rotorua, will give their final performances. The Poultry Show closes at 5 p.m. to-day. A feature of the Show has been the response by members of the A. and P.- Association, many renewing their membership, while several new ones have joined. , ? To-morrow the main attraction will be the representative Rugby match between the Manawatu and Wanganui Rugby footbair teams, the Show closing finally at 5.30 p.m. YOUNG FARMERS’ CLUBS. SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY TOURNEY. Organised by the Manawatu District Committee of the Young Farmers’ Clubs, and open to clubs in the Wellington district, a seven-a-side Rugby tournament was yesterday morning. The organising of the tournament was in the hands of Mr L. Earl, secretary of the Manawatu District Committee. There were 23 entries but two teams defaulted. Results:— First round.—Bunnythorpe beat Pohangina, 6—o: Halcombe A beat Woodville, 6—o; Waituna A beat Rongotea, 6—5; Bunnythorpe B beat Opiki, 19—0; Kairanga beat Halcombe B 13—4; Oroua Downs beat Colyton, 9—o; Rongotea A won by default from Waituna B ; Second round.—Feilding won by default from Mangatainoka; Apiti A beat Westmere, 3-nil; Bunnythorpe A beat Wa.imarino A, 10—5; Kairanga beat Bunnythorpe B, 3-nil; Rongotea A beat Oroua Downs, 16-nil; Kimbolton beat Waimarino B 3-nil; Mangatainoka A beat Apiti B, 6-nil; Halcombe A beat Waituna A, 19-nil. Third round.—Halcombe beat Bunnythorpe A, 15—5; Rongotea A beat Kairanga, 3—o; Apiti A beat Feilding, 3—o; Mangatainoka A beat Kim'bolton, 16 —0. Semi-final.—Mangatainoka A beat Apiti, 11—3; Rongotea beat Halcombe A, 13 —33. Final. —Rongotea A beat Mangatainoka A, 5 —3. Rongotea A held a 5-point lead against Mangatainoka A in the final until the dying stages of the game, when the latter scored a try. This, however, was not converted. The referees were Messrs R.. York, C. Eglinton, I. W. Claridge, and P. Tbevenard; MILK TESTING. , Two milk testing competitions were held yesterday, one for boys over 15 years and the other for boys under 15 years, the judge being Mr E. 11. Lange, who is the agricultural instructor of the Wanganui Education Board. He said he was vert satisfied with the work of the boys. Results : ; Fifteen years or over. —A. Yeale 1, A. I. Mason 2, E. Sanson 3, D. G. Scott v.h.c.; 10 entries. Under 15 years: L. Grant 1, B. Jones 2, S. Rowe 3, D. Houghton v.h.c., K. Reid h.c.; 9 entries. PIG FLESH PRODUCTION. . LECTURE BY SUPERVISOR. Giving a lecture at the Wellington District Pig Council’s display at the Show yesterday, Mr A. A. Johnson, the council’s supervisor, stressed the need for increased production and said that, temporarily, quality had to be made secondary to quantity. Mr Johnson said that information had . been received in New Zealand that in England breeding pigs were being killed, partly for food, and partly because there was not a sufficient quantity of concentrates available to maintain breeding. However, said Mr Johnson, quantity and quality might still be kept together, for the average growth-rate of the pigs on display in the Show was .71b per pig per day from birth to slaughter. The leeway in the decline in production might still be made up in New Zealand by means of improved housing, better feeding, and improved management. By using these methods, farmers could increase the individual weights of their pigs. The “one cow. one baconer” slogan could be-realised only by the provision of home-grown foodstuffs, and if we reached that objective New Zealand’s output would-be 55.000 tons of bacon. Home-grown foods included sugar-beet, carrots, and' mangels, a rough estimate of the amount required being an acre of these foods to every six sows. The crops could be grown either on the.individual farms or could be grown collectively, to serve several farms, said Mr Johnson, who concluded by urging all to do their utmost to increase . production.