MINISTER’S SUCCESS
FAT LAMB COMPETITION. HIGH PRAISE BY JUDGES. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 13. As a practical farmer, the Hon. A. Hamilton, Acting-Minister of Finance and Postmaster-Generel, has gained the distinction of winning the first award for fat lambs in the South Island lamb competition at Smithfield, London. Nine districts competed, and the awards were:— First: Southland, pen No. 21. Second: Eastern Southland, pen. No. 31. Third: Central Otago, pen No. 6. Fourth: South Otago, pen No. 67. The winning lambs were raised on Mr Hamilton’s farm at Thornbury, Southland. Southland won the shield and the judges in commenting on Mr Hamilton’s exhibit said it was a pen of good strain Down lambs of exceptional merit; short in leg, lean across the loins and perfect in the shoulders. They represent the ideal lamb for London trade from every point of view
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Southland Times, Issue 25311, 14 June 1935, Page 7
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143MINISTER’S SUCCESS Southland Times, Issue 25311, 14 June 1935, Page 7
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