HAWERA POULTRY SHOW.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 152, 18 June 1908, Page 4

HAWERA POULTRY SHOW.

The Uawera Poultry. Pigeon and Canary Society's show opened yesterday at llawcra favored by excellent weather. The attendance of the public was not large during the day. All the exhibits were staged for the early commencement of judging, with the result that the awards were made in good time. Mr. A. S. Palmer, of Washdykc, judged the poultry and ducks, and Mr. A. C. Johnstone, of Lepperton, the pigeons and cage birds. Exhibits were not a> numerous as at last year's show, but on the whole the birds shown were of excellent quality. 'Particularly was thithe case in Black Orpingtons and Oriental frill pigeons, the championships in these classes attracting considerable oik side competition. Black Orpmgtov were a strong section, both in number* ; and iu quality, cockerels and pullets es pecially so. There was a .marked falling oil' in the Leghorn classes, dosm'.-. the fact that this breed is now looked to for the great portion ol" our egg supply. This opens up the question of show i birds versus utility birds, and the judging at this and other shows gives evid cnee that the two strains may be as ilis liuct as the poles. For instance, the f judge at the llawcra show seemed l(i have a decided liking for feathered Or Ipingtous. yet he remarked to an exhibit or during the afternoon that breeding to that typo could not fail to ruin egg producing qualities. Game was any ■ thing but. a big class, Mr. It. Davidson ; of New Plymouth, securing most of tin awards with some vei'v line specimens Mr. W. Hall, of Lepperton, scored heav . ily with an even lot of silver Wyan doltes, meeting but little competition I White Wyandottes brought sonic goot [ competition in big classes. Messrs. E. T • Batcmau (Danncvirkoi. Thco. W'esi (Foilding), and C. Coodson being lh< most successful exhibitors. Mr. S. Teed of New Plymouth, was: (he only exhibit . or of white Orpingtons and white Vly . mouth Rocks, and swept the board. Leg . horns were a small class, but the qual ltv was well aliore the average, al though the birds of the white variet; most ca-es poorly shown. The; were not up to -how condition, and ii some cases were dirtv. Mr. <!. E. -I ) Kvans iWanganui) scored all the first ' for white Leghorns, except in America! '. tv|>c classes." Mr. J. Bennett, of Ncv ' Plymouth, taking second-. Mr. W'cs (Feilding) secured the fii'sl prizes i ' brown Leghorn,. Andalu-ians and Mill I orcas were poor. Mr. W. Hall was agaii " a successful exhibitor with ilumhurgI but several of the classes had only on< ' tntranl. Messrs. Hooker and C. Hood .' son, of llawcra, were also winner- ii this section. Undoubtedly the strongc [ feature of the show is the exhibition o ' Black Orpingtons. All (he classes lillc. ' well, and the birds arc a rcallv splendii J lot. The judge expressed llie opinio) vesterdav (hat Ihcv were an execution [ ally line lot, and sonic of them by la the best ever shown at this show. Tic I championships were awarded a- I'ol |lows:-Cock. Mr C. 11. Bridges (Arama i ho): cockerel, hen and ptillel. Mr. A. I! I Guthrie (Wellington). Mr. S. Teed | of New I'lymoulll, showed the seron. ' (prize cockerel and pullet, Mr. .1. K. Cow \cll (llawcra) the next cockerel, and Mr .1. T. Sinclair (Wangauiii) the sccom ! prize hen. The judge bad the greatest difficulty in making his award.-, on ac count of the general excellence of tin exhibit-. Mr. Outline'- young birds an quite a revelation ill si/,e and gciowa formation, whilst they were the onh loose-feathered ones in the class. Ii all 2S black Orpingtons were penned There were 17 buff Orpingtons, but tlov were mostly on the "leggy'' side, and in some classes onlc second prizes wen given. Mr. Outline's black Orpinglon pullet was adjudged the best bird in the show, whilst Mr. Cowell won the special for the best Orpington bred in the elee (orate. Ducks were not stronglv re presented. Mr. IT. C. Mtuiro, of' New Plymouth, was successful with a fine pair of bun" Orpingtons. Cage birds and pigeons made a good show. -Mr. 1). Burrell, of Hawera, was a large prizewinner, and annexed the club's cup for the best fancy pigeon under \i months, his exhibit in this case being a dragoon, seven months' old. The throe championships in Oriental frill pigeons were anexe.l by 3ft. W. Aiders, of Wellington. The Society has this year made a now departure by the addition of a home industries section, and this has proved a if distinct success.