THE COMING SHOW.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 268, 7 November 1877, Page 2

THE COMING SHOW.

{To the Editor of the Patea Mail.)

Sir, —As the Patea District Pastoral Association’s Show is to-be held at Waver!ey next week, I think it would be as well for you to point out to the settlers of the district that the success of the meeting will mainly depend on the number of exhibits, and on their own attendance (not forgetting their families) to look at them. Let every man who lias anything at all passable, whether it be horse,- cow; sheep or pig, send it by all means, and reflect that if he does this and pays his subscriptions and entrance fee, that he is helping on an association that must, if properly supported by the settlers, tend every year more and more to the improvement of their stock .and to a consequent'increase in its value, ,at the same time leading to a better knowledge on their part of what good stock really is. Every one will admit that a good beast will eat no more than a bad one (probably in the case of sheep and pigs a good deal loss), while it is not only a source of pleasure and even pride to its owner, while he keeps it, but one of profit when he parts with it.

I can buy plenty of scrubbers and common hacks at from £4 to £lO, while, >if 1 want a well-bred weight-carrier, I must give from £2O to £3O; and with cattle, I find that I can sell a well-bred beast to the butcher at 3 year old, while I must keep a liiongiel animal rill he is four, and then get less money for him than for the other.

Agricultural Associations here are in their infancy as yet, but wherever they have been in existence fora few years and properly supported there has been a marked improvement in the stock of all descriptions throughout the surrounding districts. I hope, therefore, that every man will do his best to make the forthcoming show, both a success and a credit to the splendid district in which we live, and not forget that entries, close on Saturday nest, the 10th instant, at Patea.—l am, &c.,

AGRICOLA

P.S.—You would oblige many readers if you published a list of the judges for the Show in your next paper —Wednesdays issue.