NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 142, 18 June 1931, Page 9

NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW

SECOND DAY WAS COLD CALF REARING COMPETITION There was a cold wind blowing ai ! Pelinerston North yesterday for the i second day of the National Daily ; s how. A number of New Zealand ■championships are being allocated at j the Manawatu Poultry Association . 1 show which opened there yesteruay. Gate takings for the first day were £33 IGs Gd, compared with £52 4s for die opening day last year aud £BU 14s for the corresponding day in .1929. It was anticipated liiat the Prime Munstvi (,Rt. lion. G. W Forbes) and the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. A. J. Murdoch) may be in attendance at rlo show tu-day. J.he North Island show ring championship dog trials commenced in the morning. There was a wool demonstration under the auspices of Massey College, and the judging of tho cnildren’s calf rearing competition at which the North Island championship is being allotted. The big fixture for the afternoon was the Rugby inatvh tor the Moascar Cup between Palmer stun North Boys’ High School and Tc Ante College. Manawatu Calf Championship The calf rearing competition which is open to all members of recognised Boys’ and Girls’ Calf Clubs attracted nine entries, and tho judge, Mr J. W. Deem, had an onerous task in making nis final placings. The calves entered had all been the subject of previous judging earlier in the year in their club groups, then district, groups, and finally the championships so that it need hardly be said that each entry was a well cared for and choice animal. With the exception of one entry, which was a Jerscy-Holstem crossbred heifer, all were grade Jerseys and showed, in their well groomed and sleek appearance, signs of unremitting care at tho hands of their young owners. Mr Deem’s final award was given in favour of James Clark’s (Kairanga) heifer, Diana, with Neil Cheetham’s (Bunnythorpe) Peggy, second, and Jean Cheetham’s (Bunnythorpe) Merle third. There was very little difference between the placed calves, and Mr Deem was obliged to get down to very fine points in making his decision. Commenting on the class, Air Deem expressed his pleasure with them. The calves were all well got up and well looked after and judging had been a I difficult job. An added feature of the calves’ careful training way shown in the way they could be handled, the children having undoubtedly shown great interest in them. Judging had also been made more difficult because of it being done on general point ano not on dairy type. Tractability and rearing and care were the main points and in this instance tho competition had been very close. Mr Deem also had some remarks to make regarding tho value of those classes. The boys and girls showing these calves were going to be the farmers of the future, and, if they proceeded on the same lines as at present, they would become fully acquainted with the value of feeding and looking after their stock. In Taranalfl, said Air Deem, boys and girls frequently showed the same animal up to four consecutive years in the classes made available, and the results obtained were undoubtedly beneficial to the young exhibitor. Where parents made their children a present of the calf when it was young the best results were obtained for the idea was to get. along into the successive classes. Ownership of the calf gave the child an incentive to look after it bette>, and later when the calf had grown into a valuable cow the child came to realise the commercial aspect that was attached to the better rearing and feeding of stock.

PRIZE LIST Bacon (Judges; Messrs T. 11. Walker, Hawera, and P. J. Meller, Palmerston North). Bacon made from pigs exhibited at the Alanawatu and West Coast A. and P. Spring Show, November, 1930, and at the Feilding Summer Show in February, 1931. The pigs were judged alive in the pen and have been in cool store until the first day of tho Winter Show: W. A. Davison (Rongotea) 1. 2, equal 3 and v.h.c., Cheltenham Dairy Company, equal 3 and c.; thirtyseven entries. Public Schools’ Gardens Owing to entries that were missing yesterday coming forward later, the prize list for public schools’ was revised as follows: Potatoes, 12 tubers, any one variety: Alilson School 1, Cheltenham 2; only entries. Field carrots; Cheltenham 2; only entry. Garden carrots: Cheltenham 1; oniy entry. Parsnips: Fitzherbert East 2, Cheltenham 3; only entries. Onions: Cheltenham 1; only entry. Beet: Cheltenham 2; only entry. Any other variety table vegetables: Fitzherbert East 2; only entry. Collection vegetables; Cheltenham 1; oniy entry. Home Industries White bread, baked in tins: Mrs R. M. Dickson (Afangaweka), 2. Brown bread, baked in tins: Mrs 11. M. Dickson, 3. Seed cake: Airs E. Duncan (Hal combe) 1. Fruit cake, dark: Airs E. Duncan 1. Madeira cake: Mrs E. Duncan 1. Scones, plain: Mrs E. Duncan 3. Scones, without butter, cream or lard: Mrs E. Duncan 3. Scones, currant or sultana: Mrs E. Duncan 1. Date scones: Mrs L. Duncan I. I Gingernut: Mrs E. Duncan 3. j Gems: Airs E. Duncan 2. I Farmers’ butter (separator': Mrs 1/ • combe), v.h.c. Needlework Hand embroidered bedspread: Airs G. M. O’Donnell (Marton), 2. Cross stitch work: Aliss Joan Gaisford 1. Doyles: Mrs G. M. O’Donnell. 3. Apron: Aliss J. Boobyer (Marton* 3. Twelve entries. Luncheon set: Mrs G. M. O'Donnell Throe entries. Girls Under 17 Years Darning and buttonholes: Aliss B. • Makiwhara (Marlon) 1. Three entries. ( Apron: Aliss B. E. Winter (Marton' • Six entries.

Farm Products Mangolds, Wurzcls (long red): Flock House 3. Mangold Wurzel (heaviest): K. A. G. L. Marshall (Marton) 3. Mangold Wurzel (heaviest*: R. A. Wilson (Bulls) 2. Swedes (purple top : A Marshall (Marton) L Pickling onions: Flock House 3. Beets: Flock House station I. Beet, long red: Flock House 3. Carrots, long red: W. G. Pedley. ■ Celery, white: Flock House 2 and I Marrow, yellow: Flock Hous v I and i Marrow, green: Flock House 3. j Pumpkin, quality: Flock House 3. i Brussels sprouts: Flock House 2 and Field Roots j Potatoes. Sutton’s Supreme: N. Hughes (Wanganui), 1; B. A. Hancock (.Awahuri), 2. Kidney, any variety; N. Hughes, 1 and 2. Aberbrothock: A. V. Moreom (Kopane). 1 and 2. Best Early White, round: N. Hughes, 1; H. A. Hancock, 2. Best Early Brush or Rose: N. Hughes. 1; H. A. Hancock, 2. Late, coloured, round or oval: N. Hughes, 1; H. A. Hancock, 2. Best late white, round or oval: N. Hughes, 1; Flock House Station, 2. Any varieties: W. Jackson (Golden Wonder). 1; H. A. Hancock (Dakota Red). 2. Six varieties: N. Hughes, I and 2.