MANUTAHI CROP JUDGING

Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1934, Page 7

MANUTAHI CROP JUDGING

SCHOOL CHILDREN’S MANGOLDS.

Mr. J. B. Hogg, agriculture/instructor, judged the root-growing competition at the Manutahi school under the Boys’ and Girls’ Club movement on Thursday. The quality of the soil of half of the plots was very poor and some children suffered thereby, the difference in weights not being commensurate with the effort put in. The boy with the lightest crop secured full marks for cultivation. Both the first two crops had extra farmyard manure added. Mr. Hogg expressed his pleasure at tfie condition in which the plots were presented and advised those children who had struck poor soil not to be discouraged. The root competition will be completed next week, when the Records kept by the children will be sent in for judging. Results are:—

Average yield 51 tons to the acre; average cultivation marks 39. JUDGING AT WAITOTARA MANGOLD AND CARROT POINTS. The judging of the root crop competition at the Waitotara school took place recently. Marks were given as follows:— Cultivation 40, quality 10, weight % point per ton of yield. The following are the results: — , Mangolds.

Marks are to be given to charts, which are filled in by the children.

Culti- Qualvation ity (40) (10) tns cwt Noel Schwass . 39% 9% 81 6 Raymond Cornwall . ... 40 9% 74 5 Bruce Schwass ... 39 8% 65 11 ... 40 9 59 15 James Schwass ... 39 7% 48 17 Thomas Smart ... ' 40 8 44 13 Rowland Southcombe ... 38 8 40 16 Louis Thorburn ... 39 9 36 0 Gordon 'fhbrburn .... ... 36< j 7 32 15 Rae Muggeridge ... 40 7 22 10

C. Q. Tons. cwt. Rose Hurley 35 9 7 7 Yvonne Sandiford .... 28 7 68 15 Hazel Watson 35 IVz 59 15 Betty Watson 33 6 27 6 Carrots. Sylvia Holloway .... 39 8% 45 19 Maurice Wilson 34 6‘A 40 3 Charlie Wroe ........ 30 5Vz 37 5 Earle Sandiford 30 5 41 9 Jack McCullock ...... 26 4 34 1