COURTENAY A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.
FIELD ROOTS COMPETITION. The field day in connexion with the Courtenay A. and P. Association's field roots competition took place on Tuesday. The attendance was rather small, owing to the fixture clashing with a clearing sale. The party met the judge, Mr F. E. Wa..d, at Kiiwce, at 5.30 a.m.: they then motored to Darfield, where, they picked up Ihe land valuator, Mr R. Rcid, and then proeeedsd to Sheffield, where they started at Mr W. J. Jenkins's farm. Before proceeding with the judging the party, numbering a dozen, were entertained at morning tea by Mr and Mrs W. J: Jenkins.
The judges went over Mr W. J. Jenkins's mangolds, and then through a splendid stand of Chou Moullier, which was entered in the class for best three acres of green feed. Then to Mr A. W. Adams's, whera some fine swedes were seen, both on ridges and on '.he flat, and mangolds also were judged. Mr F. Jenkins's swedes were next judged. After lunch, a move was made to Mr Bulmcr's. where a very fine crop of mangolds was seen. The party then went on to Coui'lenay, where Mr A. W. Colee's man-
golds and .Mr H. Roper's mangolds, white fleshed turnips, and green feed were examined. In the evening Mr Ward and his assistant attended at the Courtenay A. and P. Association's room?, where a far number of farmers attended to hear tho result of the competition. The president (Mr I). Gallagher) introduced Mr Ward, who congratulated the Association for taking up the scheme of field competitions. The basis of the judging was done on the rental value of the land, cost of work, manure, 6ccd, etc., and monetary value of the crop. The points given were 10 for evenness of crop, in for freedom from weeds, SO for quality and freedom from disease, and 50 for weight. The, land where the. crops were grown was valued as follows- —W. J. Jenkins, £lO per acre; A. W. Adams. £42; F. Jenkins, £32; A. W. Colee,' £34; 11. Roper, mangold ->> lot £36, green feed plot £26"; and —. Bulmcr, £42. The rental was taken on a 5 per cent, oasis. The. results were as follows: Best Half-acre of Swedes—A. W. Adams (Sheffield) drilled on ridges, 1; F. Jenkins (Sheffield 2; A. W. Adams (Sheffield), drilled on the flat, 3. 3est Half-acre of Mangolds—J. Bulmer (Waddington) 1; H. Roper (Courtenay) 2; W. J. Jenkins (Sheffield) 3. Best Three Acres of White-fleshed Turnips —H. Roper (Courtenay) 1. Best Three Acres of Green Feed—W. J. Jenkins (Sheffield), Chou Moullier, 1; H. Roper (Courtenay), Western WoJUis, 2. Several entries of turnip* were withdrawn, on account of moth find fly. A discussion took pkee as to the rel.'itive value of swedes and mangolds for feeding purposes, and opinion was divided as to which was the better. '
Mr Ward said that it was very interesting and educative to see such a fine crop of Chou Moullier as they had seen that day at Mr Jenkins's. This crop was not greatly grown in Canterbury, but it was more extensively grown in Southland, on account of the prevalence of club-root in swedss and turnipß. Mr W. J. Jenkins r.dvceated growing a certain amount of Kohl Rahi, which, he stated, was very easily tiansplanted, and was greatly relished by etock. Mr Ward said that to get good root crops it was imperative that the land be ploughed deeply in June and July, and then worked shallower during the spring. Swedes sown in October were all right if they escaped lhe diamond-back moth, but those drilled later in" November recovered quicker from the moth, and usually kept on growing. He thought that half an acre of swedes and mangold's was rather too small an area, as it gave the chance of picking out a specially good' piece of ground. In conclusion, he said that the display of roots reflected great credit" to the district, and that the prize-winners wcr« to he .congratulated. Votes of thanks were accorded to Mr Ward . and his assistant (Mr Grant), and to Mr R. Reid; also to those who supplied motor-cars, and to Mr and Mrs W. J. Jenkins, who supplied • morning tea.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18365, 24 April 1925, Page 10
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