INDUSTRIAL SECTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15480, 11 December 1913, Page 9

INDUSTRIAL SECTION.

COMPREHENSIVE DISPLAY.

An interesting feature of the show was the display 0 f farming implements, vehicles, New Zealand manufactures, and produce. The exhibits are situated on each fide of the main avenue, between the gates and the show-ring, and make up a comprehensive collection of everything required on a farm, from grass-seed to windmills. As many of the latter are in full working order the attractiveness of the exhibits is enhanced.

One of the most extensive displays is U»t of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. This includes a 11111 range of farming implements and machinery .prominent among which are the Appleton Goodhue windmills. The Walter A Woods hay rake, mower, and tedder, and Howards disc and mould-board ploughs and disc and tine harrows are show... The Myers cable hay imloacler and Keystone threshing mill are' both interesting and useful exhibits. A description ef tlie exhibit would not be complete without reference to the farmers combined grain and fertiliser hoe and disc drills, and the l 7 ii y " air " coolc( stationary engines. A full range of garden implements and seeds is shown by O'Leary Bros, and Downs. In the exhibit is a good show of rose, carnation, stock, and miscellaneous blooms.

Domo separators form the leading features of Messrs. Alfred Buckland and bona exhibit. The Domes ate claimed to be too cheapest machines of their kind on the market, and they are also claimed to bo equal to the best. They are simple to run. The firm is also exhibiting " Mi-ki," a horse and cattle food, which has proved stimulating properties; Little* sheen-dip, fcvelyn calf food, and Toxa sheep-dip. Concrete receptacles are shown in great variety by Mr. Thomas Napier. Tho Anker-Ro/th cream separators are on exhibition at the stall of Messrs. Arthur lates and Co., Ltd. These machines are new to the Dominion. They are so simple that a 10-year-old boy can put them to- ' gether. The cream comes from the bottom of the machines. The firm is also showing a full range of farm and garden seeds; also all necessary garden implements. A labour-saving device in the form of a potato-planter is not the least interesting part of the exhibit.

A Challenge windmill in full working order attracts attention to the exhibit of John Burns and Co., Ltd. This exhibit is very comprehensive. In addition to the windmills, the Crown grain and fertiliser drills are worthy of inspection. Three farm engines are shown, 6 h.p. portable, and pumping; Hornsbv's and a Kaurie pumping engine. The firm is also showing a full line of Planet Jnr. cultivators and garden tools. The exhibit embraces farm requisites, from Rapid fireless cookers to portable engines. Royal Doncaster butterscotch is displayed in Mr. S. M. Parkinson's stall. A show of farm and garden manures of all classes is made by Kempthome, Prosser and Co., Ltd.

Patent house-building blocks and earthenware goods are shown by R. 0, Clark, Ltd.

Rational petrol engines, capable of pumping 2500 gallons of water per hour day and night, are a feature of A. and T. Burt's exhibit. Edina galvanised steel windmills and towers are abo shown, these including a four-post tank tower and a one-post tower. The windmills are shown in full working order. An article of interest to every farmer's wife is the Unique rapid washing boilers. The firm specialises in pumping plants for farms. Sheep - shearing machines, engines, chums, etc., are shown by Levin and Co., Ltd.

An exhibit of 30 vehicles, including tho modern high-class- buggy and humble creamery dray is made by the Cousins and Atkin Carriage Factory/Ltd. Globe cream separators are the leading exhibits in Wingato and Co.'s stall. In addition the firm is showing Deero disc ploughs, Superior grain drills, and other farm appliances. , Ploughs, engines, .harrows," and dairy J machinery are shown by Mason, Struthers and Co.

Tinned meats and table delicacies are exhibited by T. Borthwick and Sons of Australasia.

A model IT Sucwt chassis motor lorry, capable of carrying 23 passengers, is shown by. J. W. Andrew. A range of farm machinery and requisites is shown by Cruickshank, Miller, and Co., chief among which are the Avery ploughs and corn planter. A potato plough and lifter is also shown. An imposing collection of motor-cars and carriages is shown by D.S.C. and Cousins and Cousins, Ltd. the display of 1 motorcars includes the celebrated Sunbeam and Krit, and a Straker-Squire commercial vehicle. Owing to the strike the Kissel car and auto-carrier will not be landed in time to be shown. Carriages suitable for town and country work are shown t including both two and four-wheeled vehicles.

Quibell's sheep-dip and Kerol disinfectants form the major part of the exhibit made by Dalgety and Co., Ltd, Domestic Vacuum Cleaners and four-in-one wringer mops arc shown by the Domestic Supply Company. A large assortment of fan,,, implements is being shown by Bcaney and Co., Ltd. Calf, cattle, horse, and fowl foods are shown by Geo.. Shaw. An exhibit of much interest is that of T. and S. Morrhi, Ltd. . The Dandy engines and windmills are shown, and* also Johnston Harvester Company's implements. Several implements arc working, and this adds greatly to the attractiveness of the display. The Brendel potato-digger is shown bv S. 0. Unwiu, the Shaw waterniill Iry' H. H. Shaw, and the farmers' milking machine by the Farmers' Milking Machine- Company. A new note, is struck in E. Lcßoy's exhibit. A canopy tent is erected, and inside this is pitched a canvas village. The firm shows a large range of folding camp furniture, horse and cow covers, and feather-weight canvas coats.

PROGRAMME OP EVENTS.

SECTIONS JUDGED TO-DAY.

Judging will bo commenced to-day in real earnest. In the horse sections, the winners will be found in all the blood stock classes, in a number of the paddlehorse classes, in four important hunter classes, and in all the principal draughthorse classes. The judges will commonce operations at nine o'clock on all the sheen sections— Merinos, English Leicester*, Romncy Marsh, Shropshires, and fats—and on the cattle sections— Shorthorns, Herefords, Devons, HolsteinFriesians, Ayrshires, Jerseys, and fat cattle. The pigs will be judged this morning. To-day, also, some 20. men will take part in an interesting judging competition. To-morrow the dairy cattle, the dairy exhibits, and the agricultural and horticultural produce will.be judged, and the remaining light and draugh't-horse classes will be adjudicated upon. Saturday will be People's Day, and only competitive events, such as riding and jumping, will take place. All competitions of a spectacular nature have been arranged to take place in the show-rings before the grandstand- in the afternoons, so that entertainment may be provided for the crowd. Some interesting events have been fixed for to-day and tomorrow, and Saturday afternoon's programme is to include such competitions as dual jumping, best lady rider, bare-back riding, best Maori rider, Victoria Cross competition, stockmen's competition, and leaping.