NEW SHEEP PENS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16848, 26 September 1922, Page 7

NEW SHEEP PENS.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SHOW GROUNDS •Seme welcome alterations art* bein ' .‘fleeted at the Canterbury A and I\ Association gfoiunfe, Addington. Tho sheep-pons which have been ised since 188. have been dismantled, ind 10-»d new ones arc Ix-i/ifr built mi -lie ground formerly occupied bv the mplements exhibits. The new ' ions ire thoroughly up-to-date. Four coe--11-ete posts, eaoh of which is reinforce i f” 1 "' <iuarter-i»ch iron bars are iscd in the construction of each pen. i nert; is a. mo Lal book on each >nd the hurdles to complete the pen no fastened to these. .The pens are » rranged in pairs .and there is a good i.leyway hot eea each pair. Three tundred flm! pens will be roofed. !nd - ,( > "iH ‘lit on tho oh 1 plan, rithout the . • vreto post There is in excellent seheme lor draining tho oof over the covered ✓pens,' lux- tho upes come down through the concrete fillars, which support the roof. The pig pens ' have been moved to he north-east corner of tho ground.-, »nd the siding at the railway line has teen improved so as to facilitate tho oading and unloading of sheep. The otal cost of the alteration to the pens vi 11 l>e about £5500. The original site of the pens, at the jack of the secretary’s office, will be ised for the implements and macliinjr.v exhibits, and an additional judging ing will be placed where the refreshThe luncheon room- underneath the grandstand have been floored with concrete, in place of the tanning and sawlust. The secretnrvbs office, which is now .tanding almost alone, will probably >e shifted to the raised bank opposite he stand, so that its position will be nore central. All the cattle and horse boxes have >een cleaned and white-washed, and ho next improvements to be made at he grounds will probably Ire the con.ti action of cattle accommodation ifter the plan of the new sheep pens, md with that done, iq the still more •emote future, new horse-boxes will be •rected. The secretary (Mr G. G. Denniston) ■aid that further necessary material or the sheep pens is due to arrive any lay. and ho hopes to have them competed in November.