MANAWAHE CALF JUDGING HAS RECORD ENTRIES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 72, 5 December 1949, Page 3

MANAWAHE CALF JUDGING HAS RECORD ENTRIES

A large crowd of parents and friends gathered to watch the animals paraded and judged at the annual calf club show of the Manawahe School. It was considered that the entries this year almost constitute a record for the school. They comprised 19 calves, four yearlings and nine lambs all in good condition and showing the effects of care and attention they had received from the children over the past three months. Messrs A. H. Adams and S. G. Ker judged the calves and yearlings and Mr W. Bowes judged the lambs. In keping with the educational aim of the calf club movement the judges spent some time in explaining to the children the good points of the various animals and why certain ones were chosen as winners in their particular classes. At the conclusion of the judging, Mr W. D. Jones, chairman of the school committee, thanked the judges for their assitance, the women who had provided and served the lunch and then presented prizes and certificates won during the day. In the evening a successful dance was held to raise funds to assist in providing transport to take winning animals to the group field day at Otakiri today. Results:— Judging Competition: Seniors, Neil Hopkins 1, Beverley Sweetman and Hugh Blade equal, 2; Juniors, Colleen Purvis 1, Jill Jones, Merline West, Ron Purvis and Ray Lambert 2 equal. Best Led Calf: Seniors, Jocelyn Reid 1, Pat O’Connor 2, Judith Jones 3; Juniors, Owen Drabble 1, Ron Purvis 2, Ivor Jones 3. Best Cared for and Conditioned Calf: Seniors, Jocelyn Reid 1, Ngaio Bayliss 2, Judith Hopkins 3; Juniors, Owen Drabble 1, Peter Drabble 2, Jill Jones 3. Best Fat and Shepherded Lamb, Long Wool Type, Ngaio Bayliss 1, Michael O’Connor 2. Short Wool Type, Maurice Anderson 1, Judith Hopkins, Ngaio Bayliss 3. Best Type: Heavy Breed, Seniors, Jocelyn Reid 1, Diane Goldsmith 2, Pat O’Connor 3; Light Breed, Juniors, Owen Drabble 1, Peter Drabble 2, Ron Purvis 3; Seniors. Margaret Crawford 1, Ngaio Bayliss 2, Maurice Anderson 3. Best Yearling: Ivon Jones 1, Judith Jones 2, Jocelyn Reid 3. Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions; yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.—Sydney Smith.