Judges at Agricultural Shows.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5205, 11 February 1892, Page 1

Judges at Agricultural Shows.

Tin; subject of the number of judges lit agricultural sluuvs is rather a 1 mrniiitc olio in this district just now. We therefore extract I In: following from " AgrieolnVt " column in tin; Auckland News for general inforiniition : From October to December of last year agricultural shows were held as follow : llawke's P>ay, October H and !) ; Tiumm, October '27 and 28 ; Uaugiora, November 5; Auckland, November (land 7 ; Canterbury, November 12 and 115 ; Wellington, November 18 and lit; Norlh Otago, November 1!) and 20; Otago, November 2l> ami 27 ; lnvereai'Ltill, December 10 and 11. Looking over the reports of these shows, il, is very evident that there is not a concensus of opinion promoters or committees as in the number of judges rei|iiii'ed for the various classes of exhibits in order to confer (he usual awards. In Invereargill il appears I,hat. one judge was deemed sullicient, while in other places judges varied from one to three. The following table will show the number of judges for the various classes of stock, elc., in the places specified :

Would it not, 1)0 well fur I ho secretaries of the different agricultural societies to correspond wil.li :i view In .■it-rivinjjc nl, a decision about judges ? If one judge cadi class is found to work well, why appoint two or tliroo ? It. is the opinion of not, a few farmers thai, if there is more than 0110 judge, there should ho throe, I.lm third to act. as umpire, as two judges do not always agree.

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