NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.
Press Association. PALMERSTON, yesterday > To-day may be termed students -lav at the National Dairy Show, the main feature of the day’s programme being addresses to school children of the Wanganui Education Board d strfet and other by officers of the Agricultural Department, and a milktesting competition open to fine sons and daughters of farmers, and pupils of the high and pnblic Mr. Kirk lectured upon the culture or che potato, with special references to diseases of the tuber, and illustrated his remarks with specimens of Potatoes and haulms affected with different diseases and in different stages. Mr Simms, Government delivered an elementary address upon fruit-growing, pruning, .Planting, etc., demonstrating by practicalJjork upon trees on a plot of ground The are 17 competitors ill the milk-testing competition (Babcock method).- which was supervised and judged by officers of the Dairy Department, 1 rofessor Lowrie was present- at the show with 18 students from Linoolu College, who attended lectures, and this afternoon play a football match in the Show Ground with a local team.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2112, 21 June 1907, Page 2
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