SCHOOL SECTION AT MASTERTON SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 3

SCHOOL SECTION AT MASTERTON SHOW.

'_/A correspondent who was greatly interested, in the School exhibits at the Mastertoh Show, writes commenting on the "well-deserved prominence" given;in- The Dominion's, report: to the Clareville School exhibit, but asking us to publish the following reference to the, displays 'of,/the other schools. He'states' j- A. noticeable' feature ,in'.the horticultural Show'was the very fine display of vegetables and flowers vfromV the gardens of the public schools. ; . Owing 1 to/the-fact, that the' show is hold at a'lsome--whait junfavpurable for/the. many of the crops coming to / maturity, during the long summer vacation--the number of, schools'represented was not large, but the quality ,of the oxhibits, in which there is a . marked improvement year by^year . was", excellent, /.and- ; was' 'a. /pleasing / indication !of the' good work being .accomplisbed^-:ih"-- the; direction of rurar education in/this district. /As an;-ilhptration-of - what.may- be ; accomplished. in the'/waj/ of 'successfully/combating : adverse' conditions ;of, soil; the exhibits'from ,the; Mas-/ terton; School -were'. very ;: striking, while:.the' results preduoed by :caroful cultivation/in the fertile.jland at 'Matahiwi must have iproved very, gratifying to the juvenile gardeners .in. that favoured locality." ; ~