RURAL SHOWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2676, 24 January 1916, Page 8

RURAL SHOWS

PAHIATtJA. Intending exhibitors at the Pahiafcua Show, to be held on Friday, February 11, are reminded that entries close on the .'26 th inst. Remarkably good entries are coming to hand, and there is every reason to believe that the association's seventh annual gathering will be a record one. Entries for . the ram fair,-which is to be held ;on Saturday, February 12, the day following the show, also close on Wednesday next. .The! secretary of. the Pahiatua A. and P. Association is Mr. J. A: "Walsh, from whom all information in connection with the show and ram fair may be obtained. ."WOODVILLE. • ' The "Woodville Show draws near, and only, a fine day is required to make it a great success. The racecourse is in splendid order, and provides an ideal ground for the function/*'- Althoughthe -function, is being run; for patriotic purposes, it is not intended that thefo shall be any collection boxes or other coin-persuading devices. The Wounded Soldiers' Fund -will benefit, and it is hoped substantially, by the profits from the show and the catering, which latter is being carried out by the, Woodville ladies. TAIHAPE. The Rangifcikei A. and P. Association V fifth annual show is to ho held on the Recreation Ground, Taihape, on the 23rd of next month. As the whole, of the profits for tlie forthcoming year are to. be given for patriotic purposes, tho .'committee looks forward to record 'entries. The Main Trunk Ram Fair will be held on the day following the show, and the result of previous fairs is a guarantee that there will bo no dearth of entries this year. Full information - with regard to' both the show and ram fair will be willingly supplied .by the secretary, Mr. A. M. Ryan, Box ,81, Taihape. . , DANNEVIRKE SHOW. The -Dannevirke A, arid P." Association this year has secured four acres of green clover for the use of stock, and' stock exhibitors need have no concern as to how their beasts will fare so far, as feed is concerned..- In. addition to the usual cattle classes new ones:,have been added'in this - section-for .milking Shorthorns,, a * strain considered 'worthy ■ of encouragement. The grounds are in excellent condition, and, everything points to a record display. Wednesday next, 26th inst., is the day on which entries close, and intending exhibitors ehould not overlook this fact. horowhenua; The Horowhenua Show is to be held on January 26 (Wednesday next). I A South Tamilaki, correspondent •writes: —"Taking, all things into consideration, it has been so far an ideal year for farmers.. .'Good prices .and plenty of. grass spell prosperity for South Taranaki. Hay crops are heavy and saved -well. Oaten-hay has yet to como in. The -usual grow] by those whose hay ' is in the stacks goes np for rain, and yet more rain! Factory managers report a sharp fall in tlie milk yields, but this is -usual at this time of the year. Turnip crops have had a rough time with the fly, and crops are patchy. Fat cattle are selling well, and a few prices and sales of this last week are:—llo bullocks at £15 per head, 30 at £17, 75 at £17 175..; 105 cows at £10, 60 at £10, and SO at £9 10s. The foregoing seem extraordinary prices, it must be understood that stores and forward cattle are correspondingly dear, two bullock fatteners being purchased at Waverley and Wanganni saleyards last week', at. £13 10s. and £15 per head respectively." 'i ■;