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’’ : , ; • . . • i>. k , FAT LAMB COMPETITIONS TOKOMARIT FRERZIN6 WORKS A coincidence regarded as unique in the. annrils of- district fat lamb Competitions throughout the Dominion ‘occurred in the judging at the Tokonumi Bay '.works of Messrs. Thoa. Borthwick and Sons Ltd. The first four prize-winning pens in the yards were placed in a similar order on the hooks.
Another feature of the competition was the success of Mr. M. K. Waititi, a member of the wellknown Coast family, who entered the first and second-placed pens of ’Down-cross lambs on the hoof and on the hooks. Mr. Waititi farms about>lso acres of flats in the Kaariki district of Wai-o-matatini. near Ruatoria. It is a mixed farm carrying a- comparatively small number of breeding ewes and about 100 cows.
The champion lamb was a 31-lb carcase from, a pen entered by Mr. R. Kemp, a brother of Mr. A. J. W. Kemp of Opotiki.- The pen from
which the lamb came was placed third on the hooks. Tlic champion on the hoof was a laiiib from Mr. J. H. Taplin’s pen. ..Other results were:— ’Down-cross on hoof.—M. K. Waititi 1 and 2, R. Kemp 3. Romneys on hooks.—E. Loisel J, Karewa Station, 2.
Butcher’s prize for best-dressed pen.—Pura Coleman (Rahui, .Waiawaj, 1 Wai Ilammond 2. “The hill country on the Coast is ideal for growing the lamb required by the English market; it is riot too wasty,” said the judge of-the lambs on the. hoof, Mr - . F. H. Mardon, Wairoa. “There is a lot of country in Hawke’s Bay, Mana-wa-tu and Feilding that cannot grow them light enough,” he added. Mr. Mardor) congratulated the exhibitors on the condition in which the entries cam© forward. He said they showed quite an. improvement on last year in. both classes. The lambs in the pens were well matched. At the close of the judging on the hoof the large attendance, including a number of ladies, lunched at the barracks as the guests of the
company. Later, a demonstration by Mr
M. Ross, late of Opotiki and brother of Mr, Joe Ross. Opotiki, on the breaking'down of a side of beef to make the best use of the joints and cuts was' followed with interest. Importance of Romney
It was explained that the additional competition for long-wool lambs had been introduced by the company to encourage farmers on the Coast to keep a good ty.pc of breeding ewe. It was felt that if the Romney lambs were kept up to a high standard they would later mother good ‘Down-cross lambs for the fat lamb trade.
“The lambs are quite up to the standard of last year, “said Mr. F. Kelly, Gisborne, who was the judge on the hooks. “This year they do not seem to be carrying the excess fat to which attention was drawn last season by the London judges. . The champion lamb was quite up to the standard laid down at Smithficld as the ideal, small,- compact,’ ’Down type.” Mr. Kelly referred to, the fact that the four prize-winners on the hoof had taken similar awards on the hooks. Such a case was rare arid a nice compliment, to the experience of the judge on the hoof, Mr. Mardon.
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Opotiki News, Volume X, Issue 1051, 2 December 1947, Page 4
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