Taranaki Agricultural Society.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 282, 2 December 1904, Page 2

Taranaki Agricultural Society.

THIRTIETH ANNUAL SHOW. Tlw 80th annual show of the Tara- * nuki Agricultural Society, whjch took place on Thursday, was not favoured' with the best of weather, for from early morning heavy cloud* threats' ened rain, which fell lu cold showers practically all the afternoon, dealing up when the crowd were homeward bound. Two special trains came from Hawera and intermediate' stations, bringing in a large number of country visitors. At an early hour exhibitors were busily yarding their stock, o'clock judging had such expedition that the various events well up to time. The wet iMKer undoubtedly prevented many from attending, though as it was tile as-. tiiiiated attendance is 4000. In regard to exhibits there was' • marked Increase in numbers, besides u decided improvement in quality.' Horses were a particularly strong class, the hacks being in every way a credit to the district. The total entries under this division were 327 • us against'l43 last year. Cattle increastd by 100 per cent., the relative figures being 130 and 67, the standard of quality being well maintained. Sheep remained stationary! though pigs on Ihe other hand jumped from five to 28 ; 60 don were entered a » against 20 In 1908. ~„i s year ' B tot *l entries numbered oj«J,,or an increase of 167, which, ia an the more striking whs* it 1* remembered that owing to implementmaloers deciding not to exWhitex. Copt at the largest shows, the en-' to™ 1 ""*"' tWS hWld Ml trom **? Of course the usual gathering 'ol caterers for the was there in full toree, airtlZS ently did a thriving trwie ' PPW^ The feature of the show was with- • out doubt the parade of stock, an innovation which was much appreciated by visitors, ejipeciaMy'tfcose of the gentler sex, who were thereby enabled to obtain a good idea oi the show at a glance. Considerable > iatorest was ovinced in the Kerry and Dexter Kerry cattle exfaUntcd by Hie itopuiitnient of Agriculture. These diminutive animals should prove Invaluable to the rougher districts, a« they are good milkers, while crossed • with Shorthorns they form .food beef. i.

Tho catering was In very capsJbls bandi, Mr a. 0. Boultoa attending to this department In » mNNfer. which earned lor him hearty en* comiums from ,all. Mr A. E. Wakeman, of Dreyerton, Wairarapa, had the pubticam's booth. The- Town Band, under Bandmaster G. Garry,' turned out, but the effect of their (■laying was considerably marred by. > the weather, conditions. The general committee bad' effected an improvement on the arrangement! obtaining in former years, but the unfavourable circumstances milftatd greatly against their successful' arrylng out. Amongst so many willing workers it would be rldiciir lous to draw comparisons, but *• must mention tin secretary, Mr' B. I'. Webster, who doubtless will greatly experience by this 4 , his first effort;" at running an agricultural show. k HORSES. —Thoroughbreds.— In Utoroughbroda, there was but ittlu competition, though the quality was very fair, Mr W. Linn's Uh-' lan and Mr D. O'Brien's Grenade, stand out from the rest of the entrants, the former securing first for entries, and championship in Us class. The Judges speak of Mm as a nice horse, but a little light in condition.' Grenade was unfortu* mite in not being 'n the ring) up to time, otherwise he would most probably have wrested the premier honours from Uhlan, He is a nicely \ boned, muscular colt, evenly bal-. aaccd, and with good shoulders. The only entry e» " cott from A* gust Ist, 1901," he was of such- merit that a first award, was granted aim. The first prize for thoroughbred mare witfa foal at foot wm awarded to Miss Clayton's Delphtae, a familiar 'figure in the show ring.. The other entries call for no special mention. —Hackney or Cartilage.— This class was one of the strong*. est in the show, and some really good animals were exhibited. Four . entries were paraded, the final cnoiof resting between Mr Joe West's Lord Kitchener and Mr G. V. Tate's Golden Lock, who gained first and ae-' . cond respectively. In " mares (other than thoroughbred, visibly H» foal,, or with' foal at foot), most suitable for breeding roadsters," Mr W. Honeyfleld's Bonnie and foal by Berlin; Abba each gained premier honours. She is of the right stamp for breed. ing and her foal was ai perfect epic-' ture. Mr A. Munro's Deborah was' placed second, her offspring sowing as tbo progeny of Lord Kit-", irtlwer, with Mr ]jt AiUfldWf foal : second. Mr W, HoneyTleld slstf gainr' ed first for '* pony mare, visibly in . foal or with foal at foot. 1 ' "."'* • —Draughts.— The championship for entries fell to the lot of Mr J. S. Ougbton (Okaiawaj, who secured this honour with the four-year-old bay, Pride of Windermere, who on the dam's side shows Salisbury blood. Mr F. H. Loft's Matahan Diamond, a three-year-old filly, secured first and champion. Here again compe- i tition was limited, the other exhibits worthy of special mention, be- ' ;iwr Mr A. Hastie's bays. Witch Girl and Heaiuher Lass, first and se-. court, this being a reversal of the Judgment at Hawera in the same class, ," fillies under two years." They iaro clean, shapely animals; am ' would prove formidable rivals in •_ any showing in the colony. . ' PIGS. In Berkshire* an entry of alas was-yarded, Messrs A. SoUthey Ba» «;r, A. B. Waldie, P. Iloekin, «nd Luxton and Nowberry dividing ho« nours pretty evenly. Yorkshires wer* represented by two boars only, and Tamworths by throe sows, all of. ?ood, even .quality. Three breeders wnt in five pens in the class "three baconers," of such merit that each" obtained an awand.

BUTTER. In tho class for not leas than 501b factory butter, for the 75 guineas challenge trophy, fifteen' lot* were entered, Che duality being very • even. Makctawa Co-operative Dairy' Company (Mr a. L. Johnston, maker) were first with 98 points, Cardiff (Mr J. Rutherford) second with - tf2v and Hillsborough tWrd, half a point behind, The fourth lot gained »bj points, four others 91, the lowest being 89}. Tho winner's record' was as follows :—Flavour 45| (possible 50), body texture 25 (25), colour 9J (10), salting 10 (10), finish 5 (5). The Cardiff Company gained' 45 points for flavour. For the £5 challenge shield fourteen factories entered, Lepperton winning this year with 92i points, made up a* follows Flavour 45, body 23, colour ' 9J, salting 10, finish 5. Mr W. Fryer Haishcr was the maker. Midairs* (Mr H. A. Prideaux), half a pofot ' lower, was second, with Bell Block third. Here also tho results worn >*ry close, the lowest being 894' Owing to the butter bring frown tho mako, body, and colour could not lw properly judged in this ckass th» same applying also to ibo claw to* " best keg or package of factory separator or dairy butter, suitX f °- CartUfl »*•«» distil i gnafaed itself by scoring 98 po?«*T the flavour being clasood J° l s>' Hell Mock (Mr B. P. Uttte) ,L wcond, suffering defeat by tLJZZI margin of i».f. a *%?•&* , Company (Mr AllwooiJ) J? other half point behind tf»m <J£ lowest in Wa class wa, w™' T^ OATTCiB. -Stoortfcoiw,- -J

foe an essentially dairying community, though proWatoly that may account for the state of affairs mentioned, farmers going, in more for utility than showiness. This was evidently in the nomD of the judge when '•*' be allotted a first ticket to Mr H. O. Skelton's two-year-old bull, which majr be classed as a well-shaped animal, but very poor in condition. Wa quite agree that poverty should .disgualify. Mr J. H. Sellers' roan Carnegie followed up his dam's success at the Egmont show by winning first award as bull from July i 903. The roan Dolly Varden, owned by Mr J. H. Sellers, first as cow four years and over, and champion in Shorthorns, was a very choice beast, and would do justice to any show. The Duke of Manchester stock wcs 1 . again successful, the same owner's' Lady Help,, being first as heifer from July Ist, 1902. Hereford cattle were conspicuous .. only by their aiosaice, while pollAngus classes enticed only Miss Ivy Sole's Countess. —Grade or Crossbred.— Two fine animals were exhibited in this class, Miss Ivy Sole's Gipsy awl Mr J. Sellers' Fancy, first each in cow and heifer class respectively. jv-:, ,-.. —Ayrshire.— . This section was fairly numerous, the quality being fair, the yearling heifers, however, being very good. Here the Olson's estate were the largest exhibitors and prize-takers. , In, tclass " bulls, three years-- and , pver," ,the red and tvlrite Carrick, .i,bred by Mr J- Kyle, repeated his ,„ success of lest week by gaining the .first award, while the same estate's pretty little heifer Rowena gained V first in her class " from July Ist, ri fl9oV - ' —Jerseys.— ... Ibe bulls in this section wele a poor lot, though tho cows were u ,„nice exhibit, especially Mr Corn- <. .fall's Heather (a Magnet Boy—.y&'kky). —Holstems.— 'itatMcally, Mr Newton King's team predominated, and he was successful . in carrying oft the championship !*,%iti» Ha imported Sir de Kol Irika Ipeteßje. several of whose stock ' have previously figured with honour ? in the rin?. This animal was, oi course, placed first in his class, "bull Uft k&mi>'pA amr ; ; Mt - Ki ?^' s °* er successes being first for "bull, from Ist July, 1903;"; first and second, (' cqw, four years and over •" ; first, < r ff'heitef. from July Ist, 1901 " : first and second, a year older, and first again in the still older class. All bis entries gained awards. Mrs i Street <Bell Block) was also a successful prize-taker, though the com--6» petition was very keen throughout, ber, imported bull, Springheel Jack, being a likely aspirant for enampionship honours'next year. /■[■■ -*Dafry . Cowsv—- ».(>. The valuable prizes offered for dairy cows attracted an entry of twenty-seven,' Some splendid specimens being brought forward. The results were attained by taking the „„ tests «milk from the cows some "(lays before the show, tihese being' read out by the president on the (fay of the;function. -Mr R.' Cornl^'s'Dinah wae..<h%t with 107 Mot's; ;ftr L; H. Bell's Gulden Gem Bff 7.'10 points being: second. . It is . a noteworthy the*; judge , picked out Dinah, ait the winner of { Mr Ambury's. special .prize for the best-looking; cow in this class, while Jbe runner up was test .year's win- , ' ner. The points ranged from 71 to 0.07, the average being 87. In the grade pr- crossbred section there was a very fine type of Holsteln in Miss Ivy Sole's Duchess, who gained first place in " cow, four years i. and upward." Mr H. Barnett and I Mrs Street, were the other successful —Other Cattle.— ' In fat cattle only two entries'were yarded, Mr J. F. Pease's being a 's'Choice stomp. The two teams of working bullocks shown were a useful stamp. —Sheep Sheep were but poorly represented : though those sent in were the sub- '''.•'■. Ject of favourable comment from the judge. In Leicestera Mrs Street and Messrs Western Bros, supplied •- all but two ( the latter sending: in , t., the champion ram and ewe, both of which have been previous winners. Messrs C. and W. Hoskin's two rams ,-. ■■■■ were goad types of old English, >< But the Western's, as improved LeiV oesters, were easily first. I ;.;.•' —Hampshire.— >., Hampshinea were the only other breed on the ground. Mr Salway «, : ; responsible for all these, and be will be pleaded to know that the judge expressed -the opinion that : i •'•they," especially the two-tooth ewes, ' acquit themselves honourably in any showing. ■ ; . . , -.Freezers and Fat Sheep.— Though restricted in numerical strength these classes were of good -■.■:■-■•. quality, the fat sheep especially bc&*iwUly good, and equal to anything in the show. ' FABM. IMPLEMENTS, ETC. ttiVj-l HANSON AND BABB (_Palmerston North). N Small exhibit, including a Colonial ■ / grain and manure drill manufactured by Messrs Cooper and Duncan, oi * Christchurch, fitted with . Bristoe's latest improved rape and turnip feed. This invention has already, this season, been awarded special prizes of £2 2s at Hastings, £5 5s .■'>•■ at Palmerston, ft nd £5 5s at Christchurch for the best colonial invenjtionas applied to agricultural machinery. The drill was also awarded at Christchurch a gold medal fev best grain and manure drill ou the ground, against all-comers. These drills are made in all sizes, from seven to seventeen coulters. There .'is also shown a Blano (American)

■ jnower, fitted with vertical lift, pa- •• tent pressure springs, foot lilt, making altogether one of the most compact American-made machines on the market. From this one turns to a compeer which is considered by experts to beat it, and this la the Noxon No. 3 (Canadian) mower, a |% model specially built for the New ?.. Zealand trade. This combines strength with speed, the extra draft - consajuent on additional weight of frame being compensated by larger and broader driving wheels. The driver has full control of tine fingerbar from the seat, and may lift it from the horizontal to the vertical position. The sales of this machine are greatly in excess of last year's ©umber. A Noxon 2-horse disc, and Piano self-dumping hay-rake are shown, with a model of the Manitoba haystacker, a very useful ima " plement, which is rapidly finding favour among farmers, for both hay ■ and ensilage stacking. Mr Pickering V is again in charge of the firm'* ex- \ WbKs.

REID AND GRAY (Dimedin). i The firm exhibits a large assortment of its well-known ploughs, including a light short three-furrow plough, fitted with special boards and convertible to a double-furrow. An attachment worthy of note is a patent screw lift for front wheel. The firm's popular double-furrow plough is shown, with several skeiths and patent front-wheel lift. Single-furrow lever, handle, and hi 11j .arie ploughs are also on view. There J are also horse-hoes and cultivators by the same makers. An all-steel disc harrow manufactured by Messrs Heid and Gray is proving a popular implement with farmers, having lirst-clase oiling facilities, with renewable dust-proof bearings. The draft bars are attached to the main axle. A Mast disc drill, fitted with the company's own patent turnip feed, is shown. A 7ft. Cambridge roller, a set of 6ft. Tripod harrows, tine harrows and com crusher, make "P a good exhibit of the firm's own manufactures. A full line of Dcoring hay-making and harvesting machinery, for which the firm are the the New Zealand agents. These are so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary here. Another, feature which strikes the visitor's attention is the Imperial galvanised steel windmill, with patent pushout gear, and renewable bearings. All sizes are made, with complete plants. Mr F. Spencer is in charge of the exhibits. MASSEY-HARRIS CO. (Messrs Okey, San and Arnold, local agents). The first machine shown is a Oft binder, with transport truck and rtheaf-carrier. This transport attachment is so simple in its working that a boy may ship or unship the binder with ease. Another special feature is the "floating" elevator, front and rear, which allows the leaviest crop to be worked without choking. It may be noted also that the driving chain remains at one tension irrespective of the position of the driving wheel. The knife works in stetl plates, which reduce friction, and the inside and outside dividers are self-folding, allowing the binder, whan packed, to be taken through a <M gateway. The platform canvas .s rendered adjustable in hot or wet weather by automatic spring attachments which prevent the buckles being lorn off. An 11-cculter grain, manure, and turnip drill is shown, comWmirag all the latest improvement. Three No. 7 mowers are shown, one fitted with a dropper attachment, useful for reaping on small farms. These mowers have been made specially to meet New 'Zealand requirements, being heavier and having the knife speed Increased. A point worth noting is tho introduction of a simple mechanism allowing the machine to automatically go in and out of gear on the knife bar being, lowered or raised, or at the will of the drivev. A hay tedder shown is a well-built machine, which should find a place readily on any farm where hay-mak-ing iff done on a large scale. The ihief advantage is that by its use much time may be saved in getting the hay in, an item of considerable moment in a variable climate. In conjunction with this is exhibited a serf-dumping hay rake. The other exhibits include a 13-tooth cultivator with grain box attached, a No. 2 (14 disc) harrow, No. 10, a No. 15, trad No. 3 garden plouhgs, a hillside plough, one Bin. and one loin "New Model" plough with double wheels, a set of spike-toothed lever harrows, one set of diamond harrows, a turnip pulper, and two •■cufflers fitted with long hillers. Messrs Okey, Son and Arnold are also agents for Colonial and English implement makers. The firm also showed a number of exhibits from other makers, including green bone cutter, labour saving garden tools, rubberoid roofing, steaming apparatus for calf and pig foods, O.K. washing machine and portable furnace and copper, MCCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINERY (Newton King, agent). This well-known firm shows one of its celebrated binders, the special features of which may bo summed UP A- aB consist 'ng °f new opi-n back folding dividers, and other attachments well known in connection with the machine. A No. 4. ("the new 'Big 4' ") mower is shown, but the-implement is so well known in this district as to need no further description. An all-steel sell dumping bay-rake completes the exhibit the rake castings in this machine nave been changed to malleable. BOOTH, MACDONALD AND CO. • (Newton King, agent) This exhibit contains a line of double and single furrow lever ploughs and single furrow ' handle plough* The firm's well-known steel "Queen" disc harrows find a place, steel "Star" windmills, which is stated to be the only ball-bearing mill on the market. Other exhibits include the "Superior" disc drills, and flexible "Parmittan" harrow, specially adapted for couch land, a nd a new make of tines, with various minor implements which find a place on every well-regulated farm. Mr Hill is in charge of the exhibits.

BEWLEY & GRIFFITHS Show a 50-gallon Melotte Separator, in working order ; milk cooler ; range of Salvitis medicines for farm stock ; the O.K. washing machine, and Humpty Dumpty foldmg egg crate, an ingenious contrivance for carrying eggs without the slightest chance of breaking. J. AND W. JENKINSON. A collection of vehicles shown by this firm attracted much attention, and was voted a thoroughly creditable exhibit. The same remarks apply with equal force to

MESSRS HONNOR AND CLARK'S show of three different styles of gig which could not have been improved upon by those shown ' in' larger centres. OTHER EXHIBITS in these classes included sets of harrows and a garden roller from Mr H. Revell, and a seed drill with patent manure attachment by Mr W. Schcrer. A feature well .worthy of mention wasi the Portland ceinigit exhibit shown by -Mr John Wilson, of Auckland.

Vice-President were nominated, though only six electoral tickets were voted for last Tuesday. Besides the Republican party, represented by Messrs Roosevelt and Fairbanks, and tlie Democratic party, represented by Judge Parker and Mr Davis, nomiimI lions were made by the People's I Prohibition, Socialists, Socialist Labour, Continental Labour, National Liberty (Negro), and Lincoln (Negro) parties. The two Negro parties ended their labours when the National Conventions adjourned, as no electors were Selected and none appeared on any official ballot; while the Continental party was confined to the City of Chicago, and cut no figure at the polls. One of the remarkable features of the campaign that proceeded the voting was the seeming lack of interest in most of the great centres of population. Therp was less noise, less electioneering, and less betting on the results than have been observed in'previous contests, and this served to create an impression that there would be .a small vote, so that the country was unprepared for the tremendous! endorsement of the policy of Mr McKinley and his successor, Mr Roosevelt. A salient feature of the election was the inroad made into the " solid South." Ever since the war between the States-, that closed in 1805, the Southern States have adhered with almost religious fidelity to the principles of the Democratic party, so that all that religion south of what is known as Mason and Dixon's line Ims been called in politics the "solid South." During the past dc;ude several States on the border had been carried occasionally by Republicansl, but the main body of Southem States remained Democratic. Among these the State of Missouri was looked upon as one of the chief bulwarks of Democracy! It had been giving majorities ranging from thirty to sixty thousand for Demotvutic Candidates, and no aspirant for the Presidency had ever been able to overthrow the strong tendency among the people to oppose that party, which they held responsible for •the introduction of " carpet-tag rule" in the south after the war. Just prior to this present election a man would have been accused of foolhardiness had he laid a wager that the State would go Republican. The Democratic State Committee confidently predicted that Missouri would give the Democratic ticket a plurality of ten thousand. Tl\e result was an astonishment to all politicians in the United States, for the State was carried* by Mr Roosevelt and Mr Fairbanks by twenty thousand, though the Democratic candidate for Governor, Mr Folk, was elected by twenty thousand majority over a very strong Republican candidate. The election may be regarded as one of world-wide importance, since the result is an emphatic declaration of approval by the public of the United States of the Administration's policy of expansion and consequent participancy in world politics. A Brussels mason has cut his throat because 'his wife gave birth to twins.