FARM & COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 4 November 1914, Page 8

FARM & COMMERCIAL.

!rp;^PAL»ffiRSTON : . SHOW ; ,iV a $ 60MB JUDGING. '•-■' ; ffl/vTelegraph.-Speclal Boporter.)'■,.,... ;AS ' JATalmarston 3.'! A A The Manawatu Spring Show will open >.'here to-morrow.;'- The weather this A.evenmg "promises well: for the opening t day arid,,the prospects are that,the atiA;tendancevwill be large. . The entries for AAthe competitions do not total up as ;A high, as ; ,l.a'st year's . entries which made I:, a record and tho reason for the slight •' fallingf off .this year is- that many farms ;i and stations have been hampered someiv.'what ia*'the getting up of their stock A by theAfact that they are short-handed • through? ilieir hands'having gone to i'A the war;" ; Nevertheless -the entries are t^very;good numerically and some exiVcelleiit; competition is looked forward £-:tri; ; : ;",;,;:.■.; "v-. ..< ■.■".;. : a •-.; /-. ;■;

ri- ;/ programme is:—- ; K,'. :! 9 of machinery, im-' ]r\ plemeiitsy pormanelnt stalls,;..-vehicles, ;..needlework, and photography. ..Judg-!-Vi.ing produce and home inaustriesi : etc. f;iv 11 a.m-; to Ixp.m.--Men' ; ridefßi -bend-; ■ : ing,- lady's turnout, _and pony-leaping A':competitions. ..-.''A'':'.' : .'j':. ; . v . .'■'■" ■. IX'■■ ■; 1 p.m.—Pig3 to Jbe; penned and ready; f'.fbr; judging. , AjA '-;.- '-■ ■ '■. '■'- ..Ai .;. : ' 2 p.'mt—Trotting ■■'• Horse- "(pace and ,;■ atylef;"and;push'-baU!competition, v '.-.:. [ ; 2.15 :,p;m.—-Boy; and: girl riders.: .'.-' t; -. .3.p'.m.T—Maideii;hunters' '.->';■'(■■ 6 ; piiri|^Shp t.Apublicr •?■ '"fiTl.'" ■■"; f ;.,..•>. Some of tho'vwork in'the "schools'' t : ition'.was';judged';this afternoon arid; the ";\^;resnlts;--'dyailable.-';foUow':^;.V-:V'-''.-.:. ■ /A;. '■; |i A Freehand, .drawing' (pupils-; under' 9 !;A Turner"'i.(Collegej." Street £" School)jjConnio Bosie (Con vent;; .Dan-, |'.;jievirkc)V-Merit cards—Elsie. > ,(ToiTacV-End), : commended. . '".•;.>-■>— -'■ .-• a",; ;Freehiirtd • drawing (pupils under; 11" '.. years)Triinda RobsdnA (To Arakura),' '.' Given AWatson, Claude ;;'■ Carter,;'■ Erici.'.'Hancock , (Campbell A Street),'EUar Gilchrist, Leslie Hansen, s'; ; aifred?Bryant (Terrace End),'.-. Phyllis merit: cards;' Cyril ■ : Isaac, !illan East; Grilbe'rt Mills (Camp-,-.bell. Street), Larry 7 : Hewitt - (Terrace ;'';; End),; commended. vA,, .'I •.'' '■ \-: A/ ;■; A :v;';A.;Freehand /drawing (pupils under 11 A; years) Waters,- Stanley New- •/ main,- Clarice Priest)" Muriel Mells, LeonA ard ;Hancock, Allan Muirhead, -Given ;; Yoiingj (Campbell:■ .Street);. Clarence . ; vHanleyj-(Cohyent)V;>Clement.A Lawson ; A(Terracej.End), A merit cards.' Jack ";. Pratt, "3 Bernard' Clarke (Campbell; ; A; Street); Commended. : '■- >. s ■, • drawing (pupils* under 12 •years)^-Mplly,;Allardice (Convent,-Dan-nevirke),'Myrtle Cowan (West End),- 7 ;:Nellie.Gerke (Te Arakura), Oliver Gil-. A lion,: Wm..Munro (Campbell Street), i. ; Hya«inth : Rodgers, Madge Stone,,(ConAvent),'iJames Wood, 'Hedley . Byciroft ({(Terrace End),■ merit cards.AClias. Ed-, •;;';warfß7l;Eita-.XiddleA(Campbell..Street)i 'Margaret.Shaw, (Ashhurst)] commended. AA/Preehand drawing (pupils .under 13 : years)— Mary Christcnsen (Te Arakura), Harper (College Street), Newman; Nita East, C. Eosvale, NelHo- ■: Clarke (Campbell Street), Eva BrophyV AEllis -Galpin. (Convent); Leslie;Murga- • ; troyd (Terrai© End)/Jnerit'cardsi Clara 'ABennett' '(Te Arakura), .Sydney Fuller ?': (College Street), \Qlivß.VMelles' (Camp; ; ibell Street), commended. '.J>eehaild : drawing (pupils under 14 AjrearsJ-rrLloyd Synal ,(Porewa),. Maggie .-'lwohnstonV- . Agnes Daiiielson ■„- John "fearnesKTe Arakura)'.Keith Hodderj AjDos'sie 'Wobdmass, Roy Brace (College :- Strcet),-,Clarence (Campbell A : Street)ilF. Williams (Ashhurst), Hilda A Kavainagh, Thelma' Lissirigtoi"" (CohAAvent), merit cards. ;A Hoy Stewart' (Ma- ; kirikiri),ADaisy Cordell (Conventj Dan■rievirke), Leonard 1 Mitchell, Doris Pratt A (Campbell', Street), commended. ~ ; ;.. ,: Mapping (Standards 8v ; ; iWalton, :Wm.: Signal, Darcy Ball(FpxAtori), Muriel Beckett (Linton), tnerit' ■ .cards..' Moritz Mandl (Foxton), D. Ma- : iwhiny XWest End), cbnimended'.?.''-'-' : -'-.V;*A'. A Mapping':(Standards,s and; 6) A Robinson. (Foxton), Grace Hansen'(KaiA.paroTo), 'Violet LickmanA (College r Street), Mavis merit cards. Boy Eimmer. (Foxtori)j .■Alice Palmer (Kaiparora), ' ,Cuthbert .-Barnicoat (College.Street), tEiHeeri Wal:;ker '(Whakaroriga:)" 7 ," cpinmendedl '.'■• : - In' the- classes;. under'; the heading of A Agriculture and mechanical drawing and ,::woodwork,/ first -prizes (were gained,by AH. Wansbofough, G. Cooper,- 1 .-, Walter •;. Kibble'whife, and; Stanley; Nairn.; • ■:•-• : : Honest work ;is always'appreciated, and - that is.the Teason why: oar Dairy Factory ( at St.John's Station, Wanganui, isnow fortunate; enough to have one hundred and fifty suppliers. -We. want the cost of. manufacturing, and hope to got the: support of another hundred 7 Vfarmers. Send your cream'to.St. John's : Factory, Co Wanganui Fresh Food and Ice Company.—Advt. . . .'■.