WAIRARAPA SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 647, 26 October 1909, Page 8

WAIRARAPA SHOW.

: While,the .'contest among,' sheep and cattW • arid.horses at the Wnirarapa Show at Carterton ;to-iriorrOw/;isyexpected •to.-bo;,exceedingly keen,.. 'fet"if'd'n6'*.h'ad' be .the; chief centre of interest one would select the 1 dairying;classes. ..The,butter-fat contest, which;: is to' be. before, the show begins,, will; • JVanK',anioni;,the t, 'm6Bt;impbr'taht.,of these 'con-' tests yet held in 'New Twenty-nine cows: are •'■ faking'.part, with a.yield equal ,to' ; /^^e:qnar^rsibftit.toi{io|f%inilk ; jper/.diiy,.>':ll ; ;is;' ~,eiiiectedt;fJi'at y tfi6:'aVerag'6. yiefd\ perAojir;'Willi; ]f :'bli \recordi ; • .The dairy,'.'farmer's 1 found Carterforii : '.whb s 'havb had' -special -'instruction'-.on the quostion ; of yields per cow/may be trusted to cast d-"critical. •eye-! over "'.pie', figyres; ip vthis show:- contest. ; It, :Xill'be. interesting to' sce'-whethef'-the best cow •of the' contest': will show a; better ,record 'than that of .the; best tow bf"No.\B,", if-that anony ; :mbus gentleman still' heads"tho list in the Car- ■ terton yield-testing competition; or whether the lotrwillAverage,'.put' better ..'than, the herd .of - "No.; 21,"-who, has' .the best herd in' the Tield- , testing Association,'-If one's'memory is not at. ■ fault, a'Wairarapa cow holds'the New .Zealand 'record!for butter-fat'contests, and 'probably'the, Australian .record <also;;.for she.: beat the Syd-'"ney-winner, easily.- -' :'i;.. '■ J' : . :: ;•/',-■-'■'-■■.■■' .- . •I.Q.ntside of this ■contest there will-'..be .some gdbd'contests among the "dairy cattle judged "ohpaints'. The entries arej'much larger .than usual. <ln. Ayrshires •" tliero-: 1 are' --ten ■: exhibitors, as against only two-.last year, and '.'.these ten exhibitors have .entered 40'cattH Wairarapa has,.losti.nono of :its love for this productive little milking breed. The chief. com- ' .petitors'aro:'.SlCssrs.'.'Slack Bros;', T..H. ColpS'npf J.^Standen', v,! Gallister Bros:!-„C.'"Morgan, . ;'Feast, A; K. Goodwin, and. W. .A.» Abbott. The .'Holsteins ,'alsb show ,a decided increase. ■The-25'entries;are:/divided), chiefly" between Messrs. Newton King, W. Lovelock,.' and E. H.' Buckeridge. A. very fine show: of Jerseys will be .made by. Messrs. ;E: Eagle, and. W.. H. ■Booths-, •■;■■;'•■ -.-;.■ ■'■:.-. .'..•'■■■■■■>. ■ ,*■-'■' ■