MANAWATU SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 991, 5 December 1910, Page 10

MANAWATU SHOW.

' LEADING PRIZE-TAKERS. • . v Appended is . a list of prize-takers in the Stock classes: .at tfio " Manawatu .'spring sliow whoseiwinnings-amount td £10 and''over:—Messrs. S..R. Lancasf ter, Aokautere, £SCT 10s. ; H. F. Moore} Kai Iwi, £46; E. 1 Short, Waituna, £34 10s.; W.'Perry, Mast-erton, £35; W. Gibson, Feilding, £29; E. D. O'Rorkc, Auckland, £29; Wellington Technical School, '£20;','Poriru'a- Mehtal Hospital, : £20; Slack.' BrosJ,'Awapuni, £20 10s.; W. T. Williams, Pukekou, £17; Newton i King, New Plymouth, £16; W. D: i Watson, Auckland, £26; Nelson Bros.; [ Tomoana, £19; J. Douthwaito, Fordcll, i £-17- os: ;-Gray- 'Bros.j' Masterton., £1-7; • A.' D;mcan, Ilunterville, £14; F. S. . M'Eae, Palmorston North, £20; T. E; t Wclch, Wanstead, £14; Isaac Jefferson, Marion,-£2l; :R. Tanner, Longburn, I' £22 10s.; M. F. Baird, Hastings, £16: - Miss Campbell.. Brunswick, £14; W. I. 1 Lovelock; .Aokautere,. • £11; C. E. - Lovett', Kiwitca, £10. J THE SUGAR BEET QUESTION. 1 _V_i_ \ . AN: INTERESTING PHASE. ! New Zealand is not the only place in j which sugar beet growing lias been . a i subject' of" much discussion of late, » 'English farmers 'have been discussing f the matter at considerable length, and , tho subject has received political at- ! tention. Naturally there have bean . many emphatic statements and cirj cumstantial arguments for and against tho proposal, but both seem to bo so'mcl what astray from the practical point of view. It is contended'that higher yields 3 of beet can be obtained from English 3 soil.than in Coatincntal'countries. "In t . theory," says tho "Farmer and Stock--3 breeder," London, "this sounds -very f iwcll, :but: thero,is , liable .to. .bo a wider spread difference between field weights f and plot weights, and until sugar beet 5 has been grown for a year or two it is ; partly,, speculative to say what should _ bo tho farmer's attitude towards it." B Tho paper goes on to deal with an as--0 spect of tie subjcct which, while it has greater point in England than it ha£ ' hero, is nevertheless interesting to New Zealanders. "It seems clear, however. ■. from the plain facts, so far as they caii \ be verified, that there are cases where ? ,tho .growth of sugar beet would be oi | great, cervice as providing a root oi J .cleaning crop which would find a market by "contract; : In' other words, sugai 1 .-beet has a pecuniary value and not ar 'indirect value, such as mangolds anc " othor root crops very frequently have. ' ;"\Vc do not suppose that anyono .woulc ° : advocate, the growth-, of sugar, beet, ir : the place of mangolds where the lattei y has "a substantial, market value. ,A 1 10s. per. ton it is more.. profitable. t< :prodnco mangolds than it could'bo t< j ,grow; SU2av heet-at 17s. or 18s; a ton 'That'is; obvious, for even a 16-tor e growth of sugar beet when doublec would bo a small crop of mangolds. Th( j" very fact that cleaning crops areneces .sary makes it as far as possible desir a '. able that when the farmer does noi | s keep sumcient stock to feed them of j/ ho should bo able to market them oi j pro-liable, terms. Wo know that it L not always so in the case of roots." is <y ■ j" - FREE TO ALL DAIRYMEN. 1, ___ 50 FARMERS AND STOCKOWNERS. of ' The Wellington, edition of SYKES" :h Journal for Dairymen, Farmers, ■ anStockowners has . now issued from th he ' to press, and', contains the most comprehei sive information necessary to suceessft jJ dairy-farming ever distributed. Speciall useful will be found the x extensive tahle on for recording tho daily milk-testing « S' 1 cords for tho year. Tho diseases commo )Ie :co lo cows and their treatment are explali cd in language that no farmer can mi' understand. Breeding tables, 6Ced-sowii c 'j tables, herd register, account books, i fact, everything a farmer should kno of are now offered to you free. If I hai '1? oVerlooked your name in tho Wellingto is* distribution, send at ones a po6tcaxd I [j* tho publisher, and you will receive oi he by return mail.. A. E. SYKES, Chemis rtI ' Proprietor' SYKES'S DKENCH, New PI, ng . Wi i inoutll. —*