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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1926, Page 2

The settlors of the Kokatahi Valley are again to he congratulated on the success of the annual winter show. The occasion brought- out the resurces of the district in a very special way. The competitive hays of the district in partcular were /a feature af note, and specially because of tbe variety of articles and commodities produced from within a limited area. The allround display at the show was excellent generally. Much praise was bestowed on the root crops. Those able to judge praised them as super fine, and altogether creditable to any district. During the past week or so, truck loads of mangolds have been arriving here from Canterbury, but the Kokatahi show demonstrated tiiat if the settlers were enterprising enough that trade might well he retained to the Coast itself which- is equal to producing a class of root food superior altogether. to. the imported article. • A word of praise should lie passed on the management of the show. There is a hand of enthusiasts connected with the executive-who work untiringly, and the ladies are even more enthusiastic about the work than tlie men. The district shows the right co-operative spirit, even if in detail there is a rivalry in the competitive classes, hut it is rivalry in the right spirit also, and that unanimity counts greatly to all round success. Mr Perry when speaking yesterday spoke of the social side of the show, in bringing the people more together. There is a better understanding in the contact, and that all counts for the benefit of tlie district What- Kokatahi Valley has done, other districts might well attempt. Similar, displays in other

farming centres would foe helpful to the different communities as they are in the Kokatahi-Koiteraiigi districts. The excellent show at Kokatnhi asists to give stable , land value, and those who exhibit, show in a practical way what their land is capable of doing. The measure of success in dealing with certain crops is instructive to the farmer who learns what he can takfo out of his land in the most profitable way It is useful therefore to compete, and in seeking to emulate a neighbour, to try out the land for crops and returns of a practical nature. Along those lines the show gives the district a permanent value, and the man on the land gains a riper experience, for all land is not alike, and in this climate local experience is the greatest teacher in the effort to achieve the best results. The praise passed upon the show is quite well earned, and the stock taking of our resources which such an event affords is most encouraging in the nature of being highly satisfactory in the nature of being highly satisfactory and indicating that enterprise well directed brings out what is best in any eommunitv.