FEILDING SHOW

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2681, 29 January 1916, Page 8

FEILDING SHOW

.The annual festival: for farmers in tfie Feilding • district, the A. and _P. Show, is to bo held .on the beautiful racecourse and show grounds next Tuesday and- Wednesday. All 'arrangements are complete, _ and the fcuality of the entries close iwork for: the judEes., The train ar-Yan-gements," including holiday fares, lire' suitable for residents along the whole west coast from Wellington to (New Plymouth and cross from JToxton to' Napier..' Refreshing rain has just "topped off" tilings splendidly for the show. • MR. S. E. LANCASTER'S'SOUTHDOWN .-. , . ~ SALE. v'i sale of particular- importance to ■breeders nf;Soiitlidowns and tnose who intend' establishing- a- flock of the: favourite breed will bo- held at ' the Feildin» saleyards -on Peliruary .l, the second day of tlie Eeilding ,'Slioit," when Mr. Lancaster ■will, submit-the' whole• of his• flock of fiouthdowns to public auction. The vendor- has culled very heavily every year, find the.2oo ewes, to bej°Jtered,...which comxJrises .TS. 'two-tooth' aiid the balance also', young sheep! are statfcd to ba an exceptionally fine lot. in good order, and, WITH THE REST, TRUE TO TYPE. Included in the' offering are flock ewe .and ram lambs, stud ram lamhs, two-iootli •flock and stud . rams, , and also two im,™rte<l'.rain's. Tile jiock has been-estab-lished nearly a score years, and hjas al-_ Vays been at the forefront at the leading" shows. The shfiEp will'be drafted in pens, one-to five,'and as Iff; Lancaster has, decided to sell,, entirely without . reserve, ihe sale should offer opportunities that seldom ,come to obtain the hest of; animals at the" purchaser's own figures. The auctioneers will ba pleased, to give the fullest" particulars....