THE SHOW SEASON.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 December 1910, Page 8

THE SHOW SEASON.

\ WHERE ' 1 The of 'the Scottish. Commission' remarked after the close, of .their' < tour-in New South Wales' that], Britain was:, much' behind; this .'country, "in"' agri- . cultural experiments "i mi- the-direction of promoting better farm'methods ; and introducing better:'varieties .'of various [ crops.-... This is/.recognised at Home, 1 and-tlio British-.Science'.GuikV tin a , ..memorial to .the' Prime■ Minister in regard'.tb,the.funds that'have- been voted by. Parliament"for. the''advancement of agriculture, ..urge's that .'.'only by a lib,'eral allotment of the 'funds- how avail■'able.'cah British farmers beplaoe'd in the ; position-enjoyed by their., competitors in other lands,, where the/endowment of . agricultural-research has-.long been recognised to an extent to which there is .no.parallel .in Great Britain as among the most urgent and legitimate objects for State aid."

-.-■■•■■ A TABLE;OETIATES; . ;' The following is a list of ..'dates of A. and- P. Shows 'up till • February next. Many South, Island' shows and some in the far north of this : island are omitj.ted:-' '■•:,■'', ••■. •••■ ■■•■,■'. •■ .■ • January'..' ' 25.—Bush Districts,' a'rWoodrille. 22.—Eketahuna (Farmers!.. Union). '-. February. '■.-.■'■■ I.—Central Hawke's Bay, at Waipakurau. 1. Horowhenua, at Levin: ' " ' ' 7-B.—Poilding, at Feilding. ■'•''• "B,—Dannevirke," at Dannevirke. " 10-11.—Pahiatua-Akitio, at Pahiatua. . ,14.15.—Hasterton. at jlasterton. ■■ lG;—Waimarino A., P.,"H., and I. Association, at Eaetihi.' ' ..,.