WAIRARAPA A. & P. SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1653, 21 January 1913, Page 8

WAIRARAPA A. & P. SOCIETY.

TOT7R SHOWS COMPARED theAVairarapa.'andvEast. Coast; A.,and P. 'Society has .bsen the most - unfortunate body ; of, the kind -in ' New Zea-{ • laii'd V"so.t far'- as.'iweather', for .'its'' shows, is. I.ibncoriied, thft.'siciety {is;., making/steady-'.-growth in spitS "of tlieielem-ents it has had '.to [brittle against.'-; : The . secretary of the society,-, Moss, has prepared-the, following, comparative .statements ;bf;-,the ''financial positioii'.'of .'ieaclr show for .the', four years, fwhich (indicate. -j cleai'ly tUe'advahce made; ' The. I'JO9 fhow resulted in -'»' loss, of 17s. -Id. The.'following .year there was.again a. lcsi. but it had. . fallen;jEb^s6: 95.,,: .Th,ei. ; payments-at this. cash,-.and medals,: IDs.; advertising arid printing, *£108; insurance:'rates .'artd* P/C':;and interest,; ,£B6 '■■os.-v.2(1.'; '.band;; judges, and .luncheon,-. iiBISS 25.;10d. i 'gener'al .sh(}\v expenses, JGISS 17s; 3d.; expenses of ' ,Management,' ',£l4B 17s. Total, - ,fi1337- lGs.-3d, " The receipts wefe f donations and 4pisial,V;i:37fl i entry fees,: .£313 75,;.; show.: r .receipts, JCIB2 og.. 3di; .balance,loss, «£SG 9s. : :Total, '.£1387 165. : 3d. .-' ... .

jjy-.iMl > : a turn in the, tide enabled the {society''to. show a credit of ~-The for the year were:—Subscriptions,' w£soo; donations, arid specials,'.£393; entry: . :feM, show .-receipts, , 'i£2tt. v : Total, ' ,£1417. ,-Tli® {payments wdre:—Prizes arid. , prt'dal.V..£7Bo, ; l3?i-{ advertisirig^arid-' print-'-ing,'-f£l00; insurance rates and P/C and interest;"JG7o j :b&rid. judges and luncheon, jEIOO j'general show'expenses,^£l3B; general, expanses' - management,-'':'-.£150; {•■ bdlance,' 'profit, i£7B:7s'. ! 'Total,- <£1437. : ' ■ '^ireach'bf'the above cases the comparisons are taken as lit: tho.'eiid of, February, but the figiires ; .for. last year's show, which giy.b a credit, balanoo of: 1 «£B2, again, in .spito.of .wretched. weather. conditions,- are a-s at -December.'; The -receipts'' were:—. -Subscriptions, \£s2o; donations and special,' ; JE3501; jenti-y-..; (ees,";'J327o; show- ircceipts, JE22O.- : Total,'i£l36o. The payments: n'ere. as follow'.—Prizes and medals,' =E700; advertising and- printing,-; «£100;--' insurance; '■rate's.'.ind'P/C, 1 band, 'judges,, arid luncheon; ;,£l2t;. general; show expenses, -.8134'; ' -general ■ - expenses management, i! 150; balance, profit,, i! 82 .; Total, i613G0.

• '■*;'America..is.'-popularly, supposed' to -be the home 'of progressive farming, For '- point .of .size the States and ,our. Dominion are as an elephant to a bulldog, but in ; comparison with ,the population New Zea--land farmers are every'whit as- progres;sivo as"their Yankee 'cousins. , If proof of this .'were wanted, ono': need but 'point to the great; number of :4airy-farmers in this country.who . have , installed' Milking' Tlants and "Anderson" 1 Oil Engines, as well as inodern implements of every ' description; .The increasing sales of "Anderson" . Engines bear , out the contention ■ that these New-Zealand-made engines are specially suited to,local conditions. Tho mere fact that their money is kept iu the' country, v induces many farmers to ■ buy "Andersons."' But, ' in addition to ; this, "Anderson" .Engines are/superior in all respects to imported makes, and spare ports can {always be obtained ivithout delay. - Instal an "Anderson" with your Milking Machine. Anderson's, Ltd., ChristchurchAdvt.

Generally speaking, the crops all over Southland are light, and late this summer, and a shortage of oats,in the province is assured (says tile "News"). In so many' places land which was intended for oats, and. ,indeed, partly, prepared for seed, ;co;i|d not be sown on account of the bad weather in the "'spring'. ■ Other. paddocks were sown so late that it would be only with the best of seasons that a crop would b; harvested, and other paddocks sown ingood order were spoiled by ■, tho floods which were so frequent in the spring. Remarkable yields.will be unknown this harvest, Recently heavy crops will be few and : far 'between,'and many crops now shooting into ear less than a foot from the ground will not be worth harvesting, and will probably be fed off. Owing to the number "of. late crops it improbable. that there will bo n surplus of chaff, but to secure it good weather will be necessary from this out. County Council • has banned Sunday kinoinatograph shows,