TURNIP-GROWING COMPETITION.

Otaki Mail, 8 May 1922, Page 4

TURNIP-GROWING COMPETITION.

JUDGING COMMENCES JO-DAY. J The turnip-growing- competition j tvhl'clt was promoted in [lie. Levin ar;',i adjacent districts last year, and !■■•' • which lire Levin Dairy Company is idlering a special prize for the winner, will be brought to a conclusion next week, when ilie judging will lake place. There are still ten e;impetitors in tliu competition, Uie unsaiisJaelory weather conditions being! lespuusible for some withdrawing. In January there was a considerable iaiuI'all, and ilien ensued a lengthy spoil ul dry hot weather, with the result that the aphis made its appearance, and when an inspection of the compejjtioil crops was made at liie end of February n was found that a large number w.ti>. affected. However. Itiere are several #<+<#} crflps ro be seen, and tlie experience .of growing under n specific conditiy-ns should l)f> valuable to all concerned. Mr Greenwood, of the Agricultural Department, svill act a's judge, and will eamuifti'-P at the Prouse N Estate, Queen Stra-J. }fi-Any at 1.30, following with Gladstone f.toad and FairHeld On Tuesday a star* fee made at 3.30 a.m. at Mr A. J. Edgiaton's, Arapaepae • Extension, followed v-y visits to 01:*ivi and Weraroa. A>l farmers iuter:ste<- are invited to sttend. Besides the first prize donated by the Dairy Company, there are several valuable prizes offered by generous donors for the other places i. < m-: petitors.