OTAGO A. AND P. SOCIETY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13896, 7 May 1907, Page 2

OTAGO A. AND P. SOCIETY

FIELD TUT!KIP COMPETITION. j , Tim judges of Hli» ficVl turnip competition ' —Mossm Anihonv Vkmin? (Sling ViiHov) und Dcuald lilms-jh (C 1 arentlon) —have wbmHfcd tin; result of their indgiw;, and report as follows:—Willi Tejiiitl to Hie turnip crops inspected I)}' lis from Wyndhmn in the south to Palmcrston in the norih, we would say that t-lio crojis r.s a whole Mot marked signs cf 1 lie dry season ju?i experienced, with the exception of t!io-o crops in the Wyndham ami Balclutha district:!, where the turnips wo.ro vory good, boinff free from blight and still graving. In tlio Taieri district tlio turnip crops wciv badly blighted in patches.imd in somo ins-br.ces showed of rot. Mangolds were mm:h Mm same, lint t,hough irregular were of lull sizo and of good quality. Potatoes on t)ie whole were good. though ill poiiiD thov showed HiVu- of f]i-ca t e. Tho following is the result of the judging: — P>:wt 10 acres or more of swede turnips, any variety. Mo.-srs Xiinmo and Ulair oiler trophy, virtue liigs, to he won three time?, not necessarily in succession: second prize ft (given by the sociotv). —(1. 11. Oilroy (Stirling) 1° Stevenson and Murray (Balclutha) 2, I'. Campball axd Sons (Wynd'iain) he. Mr (iiiroy's crop iva? a splendid one. Ten acres or over or Aberdeen turnips, any virriatv. First prise, five tons of agricultural lime (presented by tlio Millmrn Lime and Cnncrti Company): second prize. £1 (r.resentwl bv t'no pociet',').—o. P- Johnston (V.'nikului Valley) 1, William F-. Aubrey (Sling YcVk-y) 0. Mr Johnston'a crop was a nice liaray one. Ten acres gTeen crop, including turnips, carrots, inMgolda, ete. First pri?.?, five tons of agricultural lime (urcsi'nlxl by the Milburn Lima and Cement Company); second' prize, £'. (presantod by tin poeicly).—Wni. Scutcr (Fin? Swampl 1, John Sutherland (Allanton) 2. 'fi.e c.roi> own:d by the winner was a goo;l • one. Ba-i two a-jres or over oi mangolds. First 11 prize, £-2; second, £1 (given by the aacietv).— it John How (Non-ton, Out-ram) 1, Csnnichitel a Bros. (Outran) ?.

13est 10 acres or over of turnips, any variety, grown with Chnllengo manure. First prize, Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co.'s Challenge trophy (value 15gs) and go'd medal, trophy to be" won throe times, not necessarily consecutively; second prize, tho society's prize of £I—P. Campbell and Sons fWymllram) 1, John Suthorland (Allanton) 2.