OTAGO A. AND P. SHOW.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16854, 7 June 1920, Page 7

OTAGO A. AND P. SHOW.

CANTERBURY SUCCESSES.

Canterbury exhibitors very eueceasfuV at the Otago Winter Show, which concluded on Friday, the majority of the entries from this province being included in tho prize list. Messrs Hedley Bros. (Timaru) secured first and second awards for fat bullock, any age, and first for fat cow; C. Austin (Winchester) first and second for heifer under two years, and first for bullock under four yean, and second for steer under two years. In fat sheep, Mr E. Jenkins (Courtenay) annexed tho premier awards for merino wethers, crossbred Down wethers, longwool -wethers, and three sheep suitable for the frozen meat trade, and second for crossbred Down wethers not exceeding 22 months. Mr Jenkins was tho most successful exhibitor in the fat sheep section. The Staveley Dairy Factory annexed the first prizes in flye of the factory cheese competitions, this series of successes 'being quite exceptional where competition is invariably so strong. In. the factory butter section Canterbury Central factory was second and fourth among eleven entries in the two., principal classes. H. J. Fleming (Balcairn) was first in two classes for farmew' fresh butter first in powdered butter, and second in collection of buttor. In the grain classes, Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Christchurch) secured first awards in Danish oats and various named chaffs, besides erubordinate prizes in other classes. The Christy church firm secured the bulk of the aeed awards, the list comprising first in perennial rye, Italian rye, cocksfoot, crested dogstail, linseed, rape, cowgrasa clover, red _ clover, white clover, lucerne, swede turnip, and named seed turnip. T. S. Innes (Waddington) was first for White Tuscan wheat, first for farmers' wheat, and second for Algerian oats. In the splendid fruit display E. Blakewuy (Christchurch) eecured first for Cox's Orange Pippin apples, and any other named variety, and third in four other classes. In apples "for export he secured a third, and in cooking applea two firsts and a second. In tho potato and roots section T. S. Innes (Waddington) was first for white-fleshed turnips and second for potato varieties; W. Stalker (Rangiora) first for purple-top swedes, first for Golden Tanked mangels, and The far Mammoth Long-red mangels. Jaa. Carr (Methven) was second for Purple-top swedes, and third for Purple-top Aberdeen turnips. A striking feature of tho Toots section was a display of turnips, mangels, and parsnips, from the field roots competition section of the Methven A. and P. Association, ■whilst a display of lucerne by the Christchurch Office of the Department of Agricul (uio vas a* Bource of keen interest to farmer^-