PLOUGHING MATCHES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 248, 8 July 1918, Page 8

PLOUGHING MATCHES

1 INTERESTING COMPETITIONS AT 7 IfAKTON. Tho. annual .ploughing match, under the auspices of the Marion Branch of the N.Z. Farmers' Union, was held on i Mr. A.'Poppa's farm at Murton, ou ■Weilriesday. • i This annual fathering •is very : popular with tho Bangitikei {armors, t/lio • till tho agricultural latuls on more scieu- . tiiio ■ lines oompared with somo other parts of tha Coast. There was a Tecord . attendance, and record entries. Tho soil proved rather light for fine work, i but the ground had the'.advantage of boirip ablo to accommodate the largo ! lumber of 27 competitors and their teams, l'he ploughing was of a generally high,, standard, and it took tho eyo of a farmi ing expert to discriminate between 'the ... . Owing to tho record number of> entries the judges, Messrs. - J. C. Baird ! r.nd G. M'Kay, of Hastings, and Mr. J. Grant, of Hawera, had a big area of ploughed land to and darkness eefc in before their work was completed. The following awards !were made :— "Class. A—Double furrow: F. King, 1; A. Coleman, 2; K.'Bnrgess, 3; J..Daily, i; B. Irfingham, 5.' King also won the' special prize awarded in each 6f .the fol- . lowing classes:—Best ploughed land on ' the'field; best crown on the geld;' best crown in Claßs.A; best finish-in Class ft; ;V test-ploughing by a genuine wage-earner; .. 6traightest ploughing; straightest strike ; (.'lit. •In addition to the a'oovo awards ! 3fr. King's prizes include a prize of ,£lO, and the champion cup which -now ■ ■ becomes his own proporty, he having won ■ -' it three times. Clnss B—Double furrow; E. G. Frederick, 1; B. T. Coleman, 2; ' P. Miller, 3; A. Black, i. Class C— Double furrow (youths under 20): Norman ; Crabb, 1; H. P. Johnston, 2; Stanley Coleman, 3; L. Whale, 4. Special classes were:— ' Best four-horse, team: Manson Estats, 1; A. Stuart, 2. ; Throe-horse team: E. Jenkins,! 1; A. Black, 2. ■ ' • i . Mare.or gelding: Manson Estate, 1; A. Stuart, 2. Best-kept harness: Manson Estate, 1; R. T. Coleman, 2. Boots Exhibition.—A feature was a splendid display of roots.which bore testimony to the fertility of Hid land in the neighbourhood. The.awards.were—White carrot?: Mr.. Frederick,' 1. Green top turnips: Mr. Frederick, 1. Collection of ■ roots: Mr; 8., D. Kerr. 1. Swedes: Mr. A. Black, 1. Field carrots: Mr. A. Smith, : 1; S. Morrison, 2.: Yellow flobe man--1 golds: Mr. A. Smith, 1; G. L. -Marshall,