FEILDING A. & P. ASSOCIATION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10406, 20 July 1912, Page 2

FEILDING A. & P. ASSOCIATION.

The secretary has received the retains of the sheep and lamns sent to London ‘for sale and repo™. It will be noticed that exhibitors .got a good price for their evidently having struck a able market. Following is the prize list : EXPORT GLASS. Class'9B-Five Wethers, not to be shorn earlier than Ist November, •wool and catcase combined; date or shearing and age of sheep must be stated on entry form. Jndgea on Show ground, £2, £i. 10s; judged in London. £*>, j£i. Conditions.— Sheep e”*®*®* l A“ class will be sent to Wellington by the Association, killed, frozen, and cent to London for sale Skins and fat will be sold in Wellington and amount placed to credit of pen On receipt of returns from London, the amount obtained £for each P e ° toe added to the amoucit realised tor sale, of skins and fat, an., the pr* 2B will be awarded to the pen which areallses the highest total value, everything included. Tho Association will make all the necessary arrangements.—Hlghrien .Estate, value iS4 lla, Ist, £3; Keed and Sons, £4 bs lid, and, £1; Read and Sons, £4 os 2d, 3rd. 10s. Olass 104—Five Fat Lambs, shorn Down crosses, bred bv exhibitor and exhibited at Show in class 103.* Ail lambs entered in this class will be frozen and sent to London tor report and sale on owner’s account. On receipt of report and account sales of Loudon agents, prizes will be awarded on merit of report, irreapectiva of value —S. Gray, five lambs, very good quality, very ««e f nl size, very meaty, well finished. Ist, £3; A Campbell,'five Jambs, very good quality, well finished. short legs, nsefnl 83za, 2nd, jgl; J. Knight, five lambs, very good quality, short logs, very meaty, nsefnl size, 3rd, 10s. Olass 106—Five Fat Lambs, shorn, longwool crosses, nred by exhibitor and exhibited at Show in class 105. oocdifcioas and prJass ks claps 304.—H. J. Booth, nice quality, very useful size, very meaty, fairly well finished, Ist, £2; H. J Booth, very Hair quality, fairly well oovGred 9 2nd, £1; Highden Estate, fairly good quality, fairlv meaty, fairly well finished, 3rd, 10a. 113 —Five Fat Lamba, shorn, Down crosses, heavy weight (over 42!b), brad by exhibitor, and exhibited at Show in class 111. All lambs entered in this class will bo frozen and sent to London for report and sale on owner’s account. On receipt of account sales and report of Loudon agents, prizes will be awarded on net value of pen. everything included. irrespective of qualify.—J. Shortall, value £6 8s 10J, Ist, £2; J. Shomll, £5 17s, 2nd. £1; H. J. Booth, £5 Is 4d, 3rd, 10s. IX4—Five Fat Lambs, shorn, longwool Grosses, heavy weight (over 21b), (bred by exhibitor, and exhibited at Show In olass 113. Same conditions and prizes as -in class 112.—u. Milieu, value £5 13s Id, Ist, £3; Hugh Burrell, £4’ 16s ; 2nd, £1; H. J. Booth, £4 5a 4d, 3rd, 10s Points Prize, one ton of fertilizer, value £6 6a, presented by the Wanganui Meat Freezing 00., Ltd., for most points in all classes of fat lambs and fat sheep, classes 92 to 114, Points in export classes wili be included.—F. S. Moßaa, 39 points, let ; Reid & Sons, 31, 2nd; J. Shortall, 23, 3rd. Two oases MoDaugall’s Sheep Dip, presented through local agents, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd,, will bs awarded feo the competitor scoring the highest aggregate of points in the lollowing iaanes ia classes 113 sod 114* viz. ; (1) Wet value of pou; (2) report of London agents —J. Shortall, 8 points, O. rMillen, 8 points, tie for Ist place. REPORT. Messrs W. S. Fitter & Soaa, London, send the following general report and advice as to the bast olass <jf lamb lor the London marks* ; General remarks on show carcases. —ln sending over lambs to be judged Pere, as to those most suitable for 4he London market, we should like Co remind shippers that the difference between lambs and tsga in the frozen meat trade is decided by the weight more than by the age of the animal. Oonssqnently lambs over 44lbs, ate called tegs aa they are too large to sell as ordinary lamb There is always -a good demand for tegs from 44 to 621b*., from February to the end of July (during the Loudon season) but there is very little demand for them after that for ihe iremainder of the year Th mo*t essential points to aim at are: 1 Well covered short legs; 2 pleaty o± meat; 3. must not bo fat and westefnl. A very fat teg is very hard to eel!. In the case of lamb*. the great thlng’is to breed a lamb that maf area well at a small weight, the greatest demand is generally (and especially at the end of the season) for lambs of about 321bs—say £3Bib3— sell better in the year.