OTAGO WINTER SHOW

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17319, 20 May 1918, Page 7

OTAGO WINTER SHOW

GRATIFYING INCREASE OF ENTRIES. Excellent entries have been received for the Winter Show, which will be opeoied in Dunedin on Tuesday afternoon, May 28. li. the cattle and sheep sections some fine exhibits will be seen, and competition should be unusually keen. The entries in factory cheese are very good considering tho disturbing conditions now prevailing. Factory butter is affected by the difficulties of finding shipping spaco for entries from tho North Island. As usual, the on trios in. home industries are large, and the judges will have nQ easy task in arriving at their decisions. In honey and preserves some fine samples will be seen. The entries in fruit are very good, and the dispiay_ is certain to attract the keenest attention of visitors to the show. In the root and potato classes the entries are in cxcese of those serit forward last year, and good competition should result between exhibitors. Grain and seeds will make a good display, and will this year be seen to better advantage than previously. One of the most interesting features of the show will be the display of wool, of which there are 60 entries, as against four last year. The wool has been classified according to Bradford counts, and will be judged by the Government expert valuers. A fine number of entries of roots has been made from senool gardens throughout Otago, and it is pleasing to note the yearly increasing interest that is being taken 'in these classes by the scholars in the province, which indicates that a desire is being evinced by the boys 'to acquire an early knowledge of improved methods of cultivation in agriculture. The catering will again .be under the control of the Otago Women's Patriotic Association, and the proceeds of the lunches and teas will be devoted 'to the patriotic funds. Various stalls will also be allotted for patriotic purposes. The following is a comparative statement of entries for 1917 and 1918:— _ ; 1917. 1918. Uattlo and sheep 100 '78 Factory cheese 62 83 Factory butter _ 18 io Farmers' butter 56 37 Fruit ... 130 295 Bread, scones, cakes, eto, ... 453 4-23 Honey and preserves 26 33 Ilams and bacon 15 20 Grains, seeds, etc. 86 100 Potatoes 40 47 I ••• 92 105 School garden competitions ... 48 59 4 60 Total ... ... 1130 1350