BUSH DISTRICTS SHOW.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 58, 27 February 1908, Page 2

BUSH DISTRICTS SHOW.

Per Fresa Association. Woodvillc, Last Night. The sixteenth annual show of the Bush Districts Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on the Woodvillu racecourse to-day. Owing.to the unprecedented dry season we have had, there was a considerable falling off in the number of entries in all classes. The show of cattle was in the circumstances a very fair one, while the sheep and horses, though few in number, showed that stock of these classes had not Suffered so very much by the shortage of feed. No doubt the animals exhibited came off the best pastures, and therefore the' condition of stock throughout the district cannot he guaged by that of the animals which appeared in the pens and showrlngs this afternoon. The pigs also were a very good lot, but dogs and poultry formed a very poor exhibition. A section In which a good deal of interest was taken was that devoted to sehoolchildren's wort, for which a large number of entries had been received. The weather was very fine, and the attendance large. In the Shorthorn class W. H. James took first prize with Mb bull Brunswick Boy, calved prior to Ist July, 1905. C Woodley practically swept the hoard in the Ayrshire sections, m which P. J. Quirk secured three seconds, and in the Jerseys or Alderneys first prizes were secured by o*. S. Nelson, M. tyons, P. Hunter, and S. K. Lancaster, Mr. Nelson taking the prize for champion bull, and Mr Lancaster the prize for the champion heifer. In u"afry cattle Messrs Quirk and Lancaster took all the first prizes* 1 Among sheep, K. B. Beattle was the most successful exhibitor in the Lincoln section, securing six first prizes and the championships, being the only first prize The only other first prize taken was by H. Gaisford. In Border Leicesters T>. j Nelson took six first prizes and both ehampionhips, being the only first prize taken m this class. S. R. Lancaster took eight first prizes and both championships for English Leicesters. A. Harding secured eight first prizes and both championships for Romney Marsh. S.R. Lancaster received eight first prizes and both championships for Kouthdowns. First priws in the crossbred sections were secured by W. E. C. Tylee, H. Gaisford, A. Harding, W. H. Nelson, and W. G. AiUcen, and in the fat sheep sections Messrs Tylee, Gaiford, Nelson, R. H. Todd, and Cyril Aitken all took first prizes. 'l3. White secured nine first prizes sind the only championship that-was awarded for pigs. The only other first prize-takers were K. Cliarniley and J. Bt. Turner.