OTAGO A. AND P. SOCIETY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13856, 20 March 1907, Page 2

OTAGO A. AND P. SOCIETY

WINTER SHOW, We have boon handed by the secretary of the Otago A. ami P. Society the programme and schedule of prizes for tho coming winter show, which is to open in Dunedin on fuosday, June 4. Tne schedule includes the prize list, which is very complete. Several largo special prizes are given Ihia year as mi extra encouragement to exhiliitors, and tho prize money has in many instances been increased; numeroiw elo&ses have al'jo been added to still further popularise the society's winter fixture.' Tho soctioii fill- Bcliool competitions for boys and girls has been amended, and substantial prize-money given, the committee • fouling confident that by adding classes for school children it will assist in educating the.children in horticulture aiul agriculture, and at. (lie same lime increase tho interest that, is taken in the winter show liy tho children and their parenk This year an , extra scjlion has been added for farmers' bays, for the best and mewt comprehend vo coliccl-ion of agricultural, dairying, and pastoral products, for which prizes of £15, £10, £6, and U have l)ccn given. The committee feels that thoso attractive displays should induce many farmers in tho South Island to compete, seeing that tho compct.iton is open to all farmers, with no restrictions, as lo ihe, nature of tho exhibits; the spice allowed for theso bays will be 15 x 4, with sufficient head room to afford an attractive, display. In tho classes for bread am! scones, which in Ilio past hare been so largely patronised by exhibitors, handsome special prizes nro tfivo-n -in addition to the prize-money winch has this year been,increased b.v the addition of a fiflh prize in each class. In the dressed poultry classes, two classes have tliiG year 'been added eligible only to farmers or their wives or daughters. ' Will a view lo fiirlhi'i- increasing the display of wool at the winter show, this' section lias been mado eligible only lo exhibitors whoso flocks do nol exceed 3000 sheep, thus •encouraging I hose uasloralists and farmers with emullei- holdings. Provision will bo mado for the exhibition of .samples' of wool grown by fleck owners- whoso sheep exceed Ihe number already staled. By Iho many promises of'support given tho committee feels confident' that this year's winter show will prove more than ever attractive, especially as tho Department of Agriculture is tending a large, interesting, and most attractive exhib'it for display, and n portion of tho handeomo Souih Canterbury court now on view at. the Chrisfchureh Exhibition will also ho on viov in Duiiodin. ,Now that the large and spacious Brydono Hall is available for show nurpnses, amplo room will bo provided for all cxhibitoi'O who patronise the winter carnival.