VARIED INTEREST'

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1020, 10 July 1930, Page 10

VARIED INTEREST'

ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITS ONE-MAN FARM SECTION A new exhibit was being arranged at the Auckland Winter Exhibition in the Central Wharf sheds this morning. It showed maize in various stages, from the newly-formed cob to three grades of meal. This exhibit was prepared by a Tauranga farmer at the invitation of the show committee, which hopes in future years to arrange other stalls on similar lines to show how **the fullest use can be made of certain farm products now being neglected. is already being accomplished in part by the one-man farm section, which attracted four entries. The secretary of the A. and P. Association, Mr. W. F. O’Donnell, who is joint secretary to the show committee, said this morning that this will probably prove a more popular competition than that for the district'courts, since it represents individual effort. The exhibits show everything that can be produced on the various farms, which appear to be practically self-support-ing, from the regular farm produce exhibits to kauri gum and Maori curios, which one man found on his land. In one stall is shown samples of hgme-made bQjie&ufit, ftjiA dU show

woods from which posts have been I taken. Wool and flax fibres are also 1 on display.

At a recent show in Sydney, Mr. O’Donnell saw an exhibit in this line by a Swedish family, which not only produced everything required in food, but .also spun its own cloth and made its own boots. Although this is not expected here, the show committee hopes by this means to encourage the full use of every product from the land.

Equally interesting is a row of pig sides and hams from the Massey Agricultural College. All pigs were from the same litter, and the effect of different feeding was thus shown clearly. The college authorities claim to have proved that on no account should whale oil be fed *to pigs, as it both taints and discolours the meat.

A further exhibit by the ManawatuOroua branch of the New Zealand Pigbreeders’ Association, oj Tam worth and Berkshire breeds, includes the three prizewinners and highly commended placing at the Palmerston North show last month. A particularly fine side from a Canadian Berkshire imported by Mr. J. A. Russell shows improvements that can be brought about through grading. The GoveVnorGeneral, Lord Bledisloe, was greatly interested in this on his visit to Palmerston North, and asked to have a photograph of the pig.