PASTURE COMPETITIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1933, Page 12

PASTURE COMPETITIONS

JUDGING DONE AT URENUI. Judging of the entries in the pasture section of the farmers’ field compeition was continued yesterday, when Mr. J. M. Smith, of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture, visited the Urenui district and judged fifteen pastures in the Moerangi, Urenui and Waitoitoi district. He has yet to visit the Pukearuhe end of the district. As at Huirangi the pastures did not possess the same bloom as last year owing to the dry weather and the wind that has been experienced during the last week. The pasture of Mr. S. Managh, Moerangi, has secured the highest points so far. The judge was accompanied throughout the day by Mr. .D. L. Tate, secretary of th? Urenui branch of the Farmers’ Union, and a numbqr of farmers. They were entertained to morning ,tea by Mr. A. H. Halcombe and to afternoon tea by Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Tate. Details, points being for good grasses (30), good clovers (25), freedom from inferior grasses (5), freedom from weeds (10), denseness (15), evenness (15), total (100), are:—

Open Classes. S. Managh . . 28 234 4 84 14 134 91} D. L. Tate . . 284 23 4 8 14 134 91 S. Topless . . 274 23 3i 8 144 14 904 Zimmerman Bros No. 2 27 23 4 8 14 134 894 R. Jury ... . 27 23 3} 7 134 131 874 J. Mooney . . 27 23 3} 64 134 14 874 W. Mooney 264 23 3$ 7 13 13 86 A. Zimmerman .... . 244 22$ 4 7 134 14 854 A. H. Halcombe . 24$ 22 3 64 13 134 824 R. Andrews 24 22 3 6 13 14 82 Local Classes. J. Mooney . . 28 23 4 7 14 14 90 S. Topless . . 27 23 3$ 74 141 14 891 Zimmerman Bros . 26 24 4 8 13 14 89 A. H. Halcombe . 25 23 34 7 13 14 854 A. Zimmer- . 24 241 4 61 13 14 84 Some of the entries i in the open classes also competed in the local classes for which a cup has been donated by Mr. A. H. Halcombe.