THE EGMONT SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 982, 24 November 1910, Page 8

THE EGMONT SHOW.

iBIG ENTRIES AMD FINE- WEATHER. The mnual.show of the.Egmont A'. and P. Association was opened at Hawera yesterday. . 'The weather was fine, and if it remains so for .to-day; there will ■ probably :be a record attendance for .people's day.. The entries ,are, numerically, a record. The-numbeTs for the last two years are as follow ' 1909. 1910.. : Cattle 257 - 290 ~ Sheep . 135 .. 219 .Pigs 35 23 ' ' ■ Horses 320 333 Competitions " 130 -121 Produce ....: 60 , .41 Home., industries ......... 410 - • 720 Dogs — 120 • Totals ................ 1347 . 1867 The dairy herd competition was won by Mr. Hdrkness, of Ngaire.' Mr. O'Donnell, of Inaha, was second. The judging'took place on Monday and Tuesday. There ' were three judges. A challenge trophy and seventoen guineas were offered in prizes. .The exhibitor was allowed to throw, out of his total herd 10 per cent. : over'and above 20 head, and 20 per cent, over 'and above 50 . head, in the presence of .the judges. ■ , ■ The test and weight of milk was taken ' during the last fourteen days prior to jiidgipg. This: information was obtain- , ed by the society from the dairy fac- ' : tories. FURTHER AWARDS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Hawera, November 23. v In! Shorthorns, the Moor Hunter Estate iron both championships with the bull Te Aiite Knight aid the cow. .Killerly Countess.' ' : * .. . Other'.leading cattle'exhibitors were:—■ ' . Herefords.—Mr. 'Ei P. Moore, of Kai Iwi;',-Ayrshires—Messrs.' Slack Bros.,' of Palmerston' North;. Jerseys—Bull, Mr. Peterson, of Midhirst; cow,. Mr. Harkness.L Tariki;: Aberdeen Angus—Mr.'' lioveIcck.of Aokautere; Dutch Friesian—Mr. . JVard,'of Miro.. '- ; SHEEP. , : Lincolns—Mr. 'Wybourrie, 0f.... Whenuakura; . swept the board. ~ . English' Leicesters—Messrs. Lancaster '(Palmerston) and Brewer . (Waverley) ■divided the honours. Border Leicesters—ilr. Dowthwaite, of '•lordell. Roinney Marsli—Mr. Willis,- of Hawera, and, Mr. Best, of Normanby., . Shropshire—Mr- Corrigan, .of Hawera.- ' Southdown—Mr. Ellis, of Bulls. Sheep and freezers were a strong' class. ,Th'e pigs were moderate. The . draught horse classes and also the light' horses were'good. The champion ware ..was • shown by Mr. E. Short, of Waituna West (Miss Ivanhoe). . The principal jumping 'competition was won by Mr. Patterson, of Inaha. ■ ' In cheese for export (coloured), Dale-field-Company was first, and the prize, for trhitowas won by Greytown. Kaponga won the principal butter prize.