FRANKLIN A. & P. SHOW

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 507, 20 February 1920, Page 3

FRANKLIN A. & P. SHOW

A GREAT ATTRACTION. NEXT WEEK. February 27 and 28, Franklin A. and P. Show days, are red letter ones, ns far as, the public of the Franklin electorate are concernedIt is the Farmers' Festival, a, day out for the "cockatoo" and his.,family. The red letter days will be here next week, and already the community is astir perparing for the H fray. Indications point to the attendance eclipsing all previous records, and if this is achieved, a dual record will have to be chronicled, as tjie entries received also constitute a record in the annals of history of th Franklin A', and P. Society. Besides the entries being large numerically, the quality of the stock promises to be the best

ever exhibited on Franklin soil. Ex-

hibits received from as - far south as Hawke's Bay, and when *> .fcorses of the calibre of Romeo and Batchelor, the property of a wellknown Hawke's Bay lady, are 4, among the entries, all can rest assured that competition will be keen with the best the Auckland Province can produce. The society has been clamouring fov outside entries, and at last some huvedfen secured. Thfs will advertise and when Miss Malier returns to Hawke's Bay she will be able to inform o.ther show enthusiasts, and possibly next

year we will.see showmen from all pa/ts of th<> Jsland, participating. Besides usual features of a show, .there will be various side shows, and wonderful ones at that, so young and old who do not care for stock and competitions can amuse themselves elsewhere. A feature that should appeal to the 'juveniles in particular the m#fry-«fl-round. This is sure to be weflffijffttniß|d ■ The securing the services of a band, and proceedings will be somewhat enlivened by an excellent selection of musical items. The usual picnic parties are sure to b* present, and for the bejMtfjt of these the society are proft vM&Jhpt water free of cost'.' _Jmffk, and for *lfir»|teo cessful sinre the 'inceptiflß-Of the so- <; ciety. essential now to and public patronage.,JSae advertise,- ' ment for furtlief^c'tllSfthtf^.--,

Jubilation isj feltvby mernJws of the Franklin A. and P. Shitty because of the splendid entries received, those for all classes of stocK almost without exception, being an easy record over last year's figure*. The following comparisons wijl give a general idea pf the advances, the figures for 1919' being mentioned first in every casesYearling milking Shorthorn heifer 8—20; yearling Jersey heifer, 11—20; yeggling heifer calves, 12—23; milkiflliftiflrthorn heifer, 5—15; two-yeai heifer, Jfersey, 12—9. Leading bulls (Shorthorn) one year or over, 2 —li' two years, 0—1; three years, s—o; bull calves, 2—13; cows, three years or over, 7—11; fat ca&le, B—3o. The Friesian and Ayrshire, entries are about equal to those of last year. Horses: list, hack, 16—20; lady's hack. 14—20; champion hunter, 1119; lightweights, 13—22. The entries in draughts are also about the same as last year, except that whereas there were no stallions entered in 1919, this year there are four.