FARM AND DAIRY.
Al, one time city folk professed to liiul "mil amusement in their country cousins nl ajjrU-nUural .shows; but now tlui situation is reversed, ami it is the man «f tl»' soil '«"lio I'>«S ,l< loudest. Town-bred i>oi>i>l« wander riiimil tin- show ground staring 'it. without loniprehemlfllir till' VllllK' "I' {!<»>' l l>«'»t» « f > l ,ria ' cattle, their want of knowledge feebly masked by faces wreathed ill supposed ] superior smiles. The wei«lit-gues»'ing j competitions, if they are game to tackle ftliiMii, iwuajly Irind /tJiem ofil. however. A smartly tailored young man. accompanied by his blushing lady love, approached the fat-sheep pen at the Wanganui show last week, and after discussing the probable weight of three fat sheep with his fompanioii, calmly filled in his giicssing-s'lip for US lbs! A crowd of cattlemen standing W were witnesses of..the occurrence and the joke was not h»l on them. One of their liuniber. after carefully handling the i|imil-rii|ieds. guessed 317 lbs, which proved to be within half-a-pound 'if the correct weight. But (18 lbs for three fat sheep—just imagine, that!
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 249, 26 November 1909, Page 1
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178FARM AND DAIRY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 249, 26 November 1909, Page 1
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