THE FAT STOCK SHOW AT HARIS

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 270, 6 June 1888, Page 3

THE FAT STOCK SHOW AT HARIS

At thclabt fat stock show, thoic wcio 3. entiie* in the class for three >car old Meeis and of these fully one half wore either pine shorthorns or crosses ot that breed. In this case- t he shoi thorns were unusually sueccsstul, as they eariicd oil m\ pii/es nut of tho se\en. The a\eia<rca<xc of the stects was> about two and a halfyeais, while tho a\crajj;e weight was 16 cut. The four yeaioltJ- 5 nnmbeied '(0, ot ■which the greater piopoition weie thorn cro^^e^. Tho-e auain Merc able to fccmc -i\ pri/e^ out of the >e\ en w Inch were ollcred for thi-^ cla.^i of In tho ela^ for cow-, two ot the four prize- wcic won by pine thom^, and (ho otheit- by Clo-^e^ between the .-horthoi us and Chatolai;>. h\ the section lor IoN of tour oxen, the prize of honour went to a oio-s between the «hoi(h"in and Ctmiolai--. In tin- ra-e the pu/c-w innei-, \\ inch w ci o all about fn o \ eai -old, .ivoi <iiccd 23 cut. e.ich in v, eicht. In the -heep -lock throe pii/e-- of honour were odeted, one for tho be>t pen ot wether lamb--, one for the pen of cue-, i\nd a thud foi tho ln-t pen of 15 t-htep irotn tho .-aine Hock. The pi/c tor the \\\ thei lamb- wa- won by a pen of nine months' old Southdown-, and the pii/e foi the ewe- was won b\ i\ peuot IA-i^e-tei-. The pi l/o tor the of 15 was .i\\ aided lo .i pen of cio-ses between the Leicester and Merino.