ASHBURTON A. & P. SHOW

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2412, 18 March 1915, Page 8

ASHBURTON A. & P. SHOW

r (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ' J ; . Ashburtori, March 17. c |, .Tha A .!A6lxliiirtqii,.A..,.aiid. P. Associa- j* |'^n'?^|Wid' , 'jMitiwuiv;Blibw, which is 0 : also its 38th annual exhibition, was vi f openedito-day in fine weather.. The en- t: f included 401. steep,.ll2,: J i caitle/Juid 448 horses, totalled;lß67,~;as'. j r/againsft 1866 last year. ••There was ""a - b j'ieavyjjaeorease in sheep owing to the n [ dry' season, hut this was met' by-an; inr .J: '■crease ;3n almost every tither section, ti [ and particularly farm and garden pro- ,fi • duce 'and needle and family work. animals were exhibited. . In t< principal honours',;were secur- | ed bjr-the Canterbury Agricultural Col- ; lege .'(Sbuthdowns/'Shropshire Downs,'' l and Roinney ,Marsh),. I. 'Andrew (Eng- !■' lish,leicestej-)> ! ;J*/ Dowthwaite,(Border '■ Leicester), khd-;G.-.::H. (Corrie- •{, • •. se&rrecT-.-tie' ma-r.-ority.". i of ftln cattle, the Riocar- " ipn i Estate shared; honours- in h Short-; E ; iorris,-iwhile Watson; secured c i'most joints 'iiESFSr&j&'.'.'Sj'"Bwig's 'im-' ® ! •.por'teifchorse Black;,l)ou'glas< 'proved the, ;• •champion draught:' entire; ?'an.d T.- Tay- B ivlor's ,->Nerissa the - champion- draught a I-mare".'iThey w'ereXalso, awarded' :, .the- * !■OlydeMale Hors£;Society.,.of Great ;Bri- ® i medals:'" People's .Day; will . keventuate to-morrow,' when.';his -Excel-. £ [dencyithe Governor , and the - Countess , hof Liverpool will be present. ' I< f ' . . ■' '' : .. ...v,... " d T; ' 'A'rough balance-sheet'suhniitted!; to, . i'the meeting of tho Pahiatua Ay a'rid'P. »| ' 'Association,-'last' Saturday: showed that '-receipts, forytlie year's working- exceed-, c' • fed thevexpenditure' by-£141: Tho mat- ; iter of. voting' a' percentage/of the profits' . -to the Belgian Fund .was-held over-until 0 S next (states our Pahiatua «or- i J [' At-the.'last-meeting of <the Feathers- f, '"tou Co-operative Dairy Company special o [/resolutions were passed revismg_. and e I'amending the Articles; of •.Association to t i ; date,"and authorising an application .be- t ; 'iii"*niado to tlio Supreme Court for an k V'OTaer} extending the memorandum to fl | enable -the company, if necessary, to t . i. enter/into business as wholesale and re-, S i. tail' storekeepers. A sum of £100 was c ! mted; to the. Belgian Relief Fund by „ 1 -the 'suppliers of the company. , " ( i ; Mrs;* Jones, of Round Hill. Farm, £ i Shannon, is about to dispose of her pro- {} r perty. to Mr. A. 0. Hyde, of . Christ- o ' church. _ Jj ;y Mr. Beach, of Shannon, has sold his jj farm'at the Heights to Mr. Nashy of- 11 [i iPalmerston North. , | Oii; April 14, 15, and 16 an important ji ! sale y,of pedigree stock' will be held:' by n i, Messrs. Williams: and Kettle,' Ltd., Nai pier, in conjunction witli Messrs. Abra- £ I'j-hanK.and Williams, Ltd., Palmereton [, -'(North, who, under, instructions, will ; jVhold' a dispersal sale of the; well-known i -'Te ; 1 Auto, herd of Shorthorn cattle and « Ii ffiock of English Leicesters.,' The Te ! i'Aute, herd of Shorthorn cattle was : bounded in 1863 by the late Archdeacon . piSamuel Williams by importation of , a K'ji number of pedigree' animals from Eng- „ I .'land, and Au'straUa, and in consequence t: f-'iaveiibeen .remarkably successful at ® j agricultural shows throughout , the Do- | >minioii and Australia.' Catalogues and; ; | all information can be had oh applica- : tion- to the agents. The.demand in Wanganui, -with its large 5 population, for good separator butter, ! - dairy . butter and eggs, is every_day on i • the inorease. Wanganui market offers, a ! splendid market for producers, and coun- . try storekeepers, who handle large auani"' titiea. We recommend you to sell your ! 'cream, butter, and egge to the Wanganui . i ■ Fresh; Food and Ice Coy.; who can han- 6 : die any .quantity you may rail them.— ; ' Advt. ' ' ' ' i ;' There's not a more efficient helper to ■ the. raisin on the land than the Richmond 2 ; : Oil -Engine.', Easy, safe, and, reliable to',. 1 !• it equals many hired hands; is ' . always .on" the spot- when needed and ; Sready 'to' start. Choose the-Richmond i . cause of the many points in which- it exI . itels,' of its solid construction, and all- * ■ (round'goodness. Ask or write for par''fticulars. A. J. Parton, Plumber, Car- ! Herton:—Advt.