JUDGE'S COMMENT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 258, 23 June 1932, Page 8

JUDGE'S COMMENT

POULTRY ; 1 Discussing tlie poultvy the Judge ? •Mr. J. Nixon, dcclarcd that the utility | c.lasses in which there was hig corn- g petition, comparcd favourahly with | anything shown at New Plymouth, j Palmerston and Whangarei ^ Shows, j where he liad recently hcen judging. ^ This was especially the case with the ^ hens and jiullets. The black Oiping- | tons were as good as anything exhib- | ited in New Zealand, and he spok> | advisedly after judging 200 birds l within the last montli. The Silver | Wyandottes were of good quality, though small in numhcr. The run- | ner ducks were good, but the entries few. The winning White Pekin duclc could have been shown in any show. It was one of the best ducks j he had ever seen. I The Orpington fowls, he repeatcd, ; were some of the fmcst he had recently soon and considoi'od iliaL if j they'liad been exhihited at some of . the shows where he had judged they 1 would have secured the highest awards. These birds, however, had been kept at home and no one knew ; they were liere. Oue or two Rhode ; Island Reds could well have been ! shown outside, especially the fe- ; males. Fewer birds wero entered this year, but generally they were of hetter quality. II 0 eommented upon thc fact that some of the exhihitors had been eutting wings, which was a mistalce and caused the judges to pass the birds

over when making awarus. EXHIBITS FROM NGAKURU It was interesting to note that Ngakuru development block was ahle to contribute to the exliibits of thc show, demonstrating the progress which had been made. The entries includcd clover hay cut from temporary pastures wliich had already hecn cut for ensilagc; a bale of grass-clover hay which had been cut from oncyear permanent pastui-e, and swedes and soft turnips sown on Decemher 3, 1931. Ensilage of excellent quality completed the. exhihit. FIELDS COMPETITION The judging of the fields eompetition was left to Messrs. C. Dalg'leish and Woodyear Smith, of tlie Agiicultural Department. They found that the swedes were not quite so good as last year, although there was one outstanding crop — the Grand Master variety sown hy Mr. H. M. Martin. The first prize was a real good even crop. The hay liarvested was good and the stacks constructed hy Messrs J. E. and II. M. Martin would he hard to heat. The ensilage which took the prize was good. Mr. Hardcastle's crop was practically perfect, being of uleal quality, high feeding value and palatable "for stock. The baled hay which took the first prize cut up good leafy material of reasonably high feeding value. Discussing the exhibits generally Mr. Dalgle-ish saul there was a great display of roots m all classes and the exhibits were hetter than could have been expeeted hy anyone going through the district. The first prize for swedes in the competition was secured from pumice land at Kaharoa, where one would never expcct to see such a very fair quality grown on land of that descviption.