ANNUAL SHOW.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2269, 1 November 1889, Page 2

ANNUAL SHOW.

The twelfth annual exhibition of »tock, produoß, farm implements, aud manu factures, under tie uuspic-a of tho Ashburton .agricultural aDd Pastoral Association, was held at ih. yards of the County Saleyaids Oompany to-day, The weather was fiuo, and ih^re was a iarj?e attendance. Tho As_' cla'ion wero favored with tho l_rc»a» entry thoy have yet had,' the tot.i, 640, being muoh m exoeas of tbe total of any former year. Subj jincd will he found a tcble of the entne. at each of the shows during the past d.oade, wbioh for purposes of comparison may be fnn id interesting: —

It will be seen by the foregoing that there have been substantial increases m horses and dairy produce, sh.ep and cattle show up better than :ast year, while pigs and implem^nfs Bhow a falling off The publics ns' booths were iv the hands of Mrs But'er, and Mr W. 0. Davis purveyed refreshments of a lighter order. $ur joined is as muoh of the prize Hat as was obtainable, and a description of tho olasaes jadged, up to the urno of jbnir going to ptess :— IMPLEMENTS.

The show of implements, whioh. as m former years, were ranged along the western aide of the ground, did not make suoh a bi g display as thai to wbioh we have been accustomed for several years jMBt, This is accounted for by the fact that the irap'emrfnt makers aro devoting all their energies towards g* ting ready foe the Exhibition to be held In Dunedin. Mesars P. aod D. Dunoin occupied the spaoa near the gateway, where they showed a number of their ploughs, harrows, drils, and other agricultural im* plaments. These war. m the main similar to tnose shown la.t year. Tbe film's drills are now fitted with patent axles, aid thoy .howed one conatruot-id to oaw manure with grain, turnip, or other seeds, the atcachment heinsr bo arranged that the intervals at which the manure is drilled m can b« graduated as desired, another new ftmturu is au lmp?ove_aent In tbe steering rod of ploughs, which is fitted with a hloi»e oouneollon, thns mioia_Uiug wear and tear. Since last yoar, some, alterations have been effeoted In the handy feeder for threshing maohinea Invented oy Mr John Stalker, Tbe old wooden rollers have been discarded, their p'aoe being taken by Iron Bplndlon fitted with poll y, and generally the feeder has been strengihened and Improved. Another novelty is an ordinary plough fitted with digging boards. Messrs Booth and Macdonald havo Improved their wool presses by providing a Bimpin and handy contrivance for tightening the packs. Toey have alao adopted a method by wbioh tbe strength and rigidity of their tine harrows are inorea«e", withont any lightness being qaortfi'd. They also showed a ploogh fitted with a pulverising attaohment, whioh it is olaimed does away with the necessity for diao harrowing. Reid und Qray showed this year for the , first time a wool press manqfaotnred by tbem, wnioh ban tha -epatation of being simple and doing its woik oapltally. There was alao a sevon-tlne field grubber j with simultaneous leverage, wbioh waa turned out by tho Aahbuton branoh of the firm, the workmanahip being of a aupetlor order Another new exhibit was % drill for sowing manure with grain, turnips or other seeds, and the feed attaohment Is so arranged tbat whether tho manure Is wet or m lumps It will not clog, bnt Ib sown aa usual. A nnmber of their well-known ploughs, harrows and other Implements were shown by the Ikm. Mr Fcrriman showed a fanning iplll for grain and grata seed, an Anglo- American drill, aud one of John Fowler's traotion englr.es. The exhibition of coaQh builders work was particularly good. Mr W. Hicks showed a Whlteohapel oart, a pony oart, aud a ruatlo cart In plain wood and Iron. The latter was fitted with tho maker's Invention for adjusting the seats, and all showed superior workmanahip, Mesars Baker and Brown were represented by a oouple of Whlteohapel oart?, a daisy rustic cart., _tj _ • fs«___:'_ soolable oart, and it w|sf be suffiolant to say Meat (he work; waa as excellent bs previous exhibits by thi ■ firm have led ua to expeot,

The reap.is and blndora shown were the MoCormiok, Deerlng Mn.sey, Hornsby, Brantford, W; A. Wood aud Buckeye. In all the msohlnes a few minor alterations have been made since last year, all tending m the direction of further slmpllolty apid effectiveness, but no radical ohangos have been made. As usual the reapers were a centre of attraction, and the experts were kept busy explaining the points of advantage possessed by their respective maohlues. There were throo enterles for the speolal p.lao offered by Mr W. 0 Walker for the iqoat useful Improvement iv labor caving maohlnery, Thes. were, Moaolom'B Improved feeder for threshing machines, and Hunts potato digger, exhibited by Moßsra I', and D, Duncan, and Slloock's water raoe and drain plough. All thoss contrivances have been described at length on former occasions, bo that further reforenoa to ihem here Is unnncßoaary. After careful Inspeotlon end deliberation tbe judges deoided upon awarding the prlza to the threshing maohine feeder, Mr W. Hicks and Messrß Baker and Brown wero the. oorapetito-B for the prl^a offered by'Mqasrjr J. Orr and 00. for thb best focal h-ade farm 0 ' 8 sec'able oart and Mr Hicks scoured tho pr'ai wllh a vehicle which the Judges deemed worthy of the warmaii; praise.

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