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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 272, 14 May 1912, Page 3

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I [ FOOTBALL. ' Tlie Stratford first and second juniors will meet Inglewood this week. Seniors have a bye. The junior teams are as follow: First Juniors v. Inglewood, at Stratford. 3 p.m.: I'onty -Tones, Osborne, Kilpatrick, Brown, .Masters, Hancock (2), James, Loveridge, YVatkins, Brown, Bowler, Shealwtn, Newton, Collins; emergency, Bickering. Second Juniors v. Tnglewood, at Stratford, 1.30: Collins (2), Marchant (2), Rogers (2), Syme, Rennie, Carroll, Shealian, Prentice, Howling, Milner, Tanner, Vickers; emergency, T. Sheahan, Till. ; Any player not able to play is re-! quested to notify the selector at once. ' Players will please note that subscriptions are now due and may be paid to the secretary. J All the above are requested to roll up at Newton King's corner at 7 o'clock tonight, for the purpose of practice.

STRATFORD GOLF CLUB. The first medal competition for the season was played on the Stratford links on Thursday and Saturday. The results of the ladies' competition was as follows: Miss F. Wake 92 ' 20 72 Miss F. Orbell 73 owes 4 77 Miss Orbell 76 owes 4 80 Miss Davis 92 (i 86 Mrs. Budge 110 18 92 Mrs. Budd 125 20 105 Mrs. Young 132 20 112 Mrs. Uniacke 140 18 122 The men's competition resulted: Jledditch 122 34 88 W. J. Crawshaw ... 97 C 91 Grant 11l 18 93 Uniacke 101 4 97 CJ R. Wright ...... 103 3 100 Fussel 100 3 103 V. Crawshaw 100 3 103 S. Spence 109

TARIKI HORTICULTUAL SOCIETY. FIELD ROOTS COMPETITION. Mr. ft. V. Tate, who judged the fields entered in the Tariki Horticultural Society's field root crop competition on April 30, reported as follows to the Society on the various entries, the report being read at the Society's smoke concert last week:—

No. 1 (Mr. Hall, Norfolk Road), j about 3% acres, sown end of January.— J Very small and patchy; shows signs of further growth; were too thick. Variety, John Bull and Magnum Bonum. Manure. Wellington Fertiliser, 2 cwt. No. 2 (G. G. Harrison),about 0 acres.— Sown end of January; very healthy looking crop;-good quality, but"small; shows signs of further growth ; were clean and, well cultivated. "Shamrock" manure, j 2 cwt. • f

No. 3 (J. Hughes), about 15 acres.— Very fair crop; rather patchy and thin in places; fairly clean, excepting a little poroporo. Varieties, Magnum Bonum' and Crimson King. Manures. Kempthorne and Prosser's and Shamrock, 2 cwt. Visiting this farm, I noticed some olio, a new variety of green food, something like rape; would be good for young stock. Will no doubt be largely grown in the future.

No. 4 (Mr. Hucker). —About 2y» acre's, sown late in December. Crimson King; ground very clean; were nicely drilled; smalK but showed signs of further, growth. No. 5 (Mr. Smith, Tariki Road). About six acres, Crimson King or Champion. This was a good crop, rather thin in places; turnips nice -size and good quality, with ground fairly clean. This crop was placed second. Could not get particulars of manure, etc. No. 0 (Mr. Long).—About 3 1 /. acres: Crimson King; 2>/ 2 cwt 'Westfield .manure. Sown in January. Very nice crop, but too thick for turnips to bulb; ground nice and clean.

Xo. 7 (Mr. Butler)). —About nine acres. Superlative. Very even crop; well drilled; turnips of good crop but small; .quality good; sown December 13; gcound nice and clean; Laws' superphosphate, Xo. 8 (Mr. Wm. Jakes).—3% acres,. Champion and Superlatives. Manure, 3 cwt basic- slag. Crop very even; bulbs fair size. Good attention had been given jto..j;iJlfige of this crop. Here I noticed, •twoafres of Incomparables, a very pro : mising crop for late feeding. Xo. 9 (Mr. J. Kovalewsld).—-About 3y 2 acres;| manure, Kemp'thorne and Prosser's. A fair crop; owing to-the land being uneven the -turnips were patchy. "Garton Superlative." -■ Xo.' 10'' (Mr. Arthur' Cowly).—About eight acres; Westfield manure; Superlatives. Very even, rather too thick, al-

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though of good quality; nicely shaped bulbs but on the small side. Good attention had been given to cultivation. No. 11 (Mr. Noble).—About three acres. No. 12 (Judd Bros.). —About eight acres Superlative and Crimson King; Westfield manure. Although the ground was not quite so clean as some of the other crops, the turnips were a very nice crpp; some of the bulbs were very fine, and would hold their own in any show, I had no hesitation in placing this crop first. Mr. W. Smith was second, and Mr. Wm, Jakes third. MANGOLD COMPETITION. No. 1 (Mr. D. Swanson).—About half an acre Yellow Globe; manure, basic •lag. Crop somewhat uneven, although the bulks were of good shape and true toname. Crop very clean and well thinned out. Good attention had been given to cultivation. No. 2 (Mr. C. Cowly).—About two acres Yellow Globe; Westfield manure. ' Crop too thick, and required thinning out and a little more cleaning. No. 3 (Mr G. Hucker).—About half an acre Long Red. Uneven crop; poor growth; required more weeding. No. 4 (Mr. C. Therkleson). —Mangold, Long Red, grown with carrots. Welli grown bulbs, but not enough of them. Mr. D. 'Swanson first, Mr. C. Cowly second, and Mr. G. Hucker third. CARROT COMPETITION. No. I (Mr. C. Therkleson). —About half an acre of Sinclair's Champion. Very fine roots; patchy through being intergrown with mangolds. This crop had received a good deal of attention. No. 2 (Mr. D. Swanson).—About half an acre of Sinclair's Champion. Roots medium size; had been well thinned out and weeded, and carefully drilled. No. 3 (Mr. W. Smith). —Quarter-acre White Belgian. Very thick crop; required 'thinning out. No. 4 (Mr, A. Long).— The season had not favored this crop, which was weak I in places, too thick, and needed thinning j No. 5 (Mr. G. Hucker). —The ground) being very uneven caused the carrots to be very weak in places. A little more attention to drilling and cultivation would have assisted more growth. No. fi (Mr. R. James).- ----- Sinclair's Champion. This crop had been nicely [ drilled, weeded and thinned out; good quality, but rather small. J No. 7 (Mr. A. Cowly). —Too thick,) weak in patches, and poor growth. j No. 8 (Mrs. Coutts). —Sinclair's Cham- | pion. Ground fairly clean; had received ) a good deal of attention; crop too thick { to allow roots to bulb, and crop weak in ) 'places. j Mr. D. Swanson first, Mr. C. Therkleson second, and Mr. R. James third. I ■ " : ■■ I COMMERCIAL j NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT, j At my usual Baymarket sale on Sat-1 urday there was a large attendance, but j only a moderate yarding of pigs came j forward, the advertised number not com-1 ing to hand. I quote slips and weaners 4s to lis Gd, small stores £1 Is to £1 > 4s 6d, medium porkers £1 12s (id, hacks and ponies £4,4s to. £4 10s, gigs and sundries, etc., at usual rates, • At the Mart I had a fair .entry of poultry, and prices ruling still show a j continued rise on previous sales. Pullets 3s 4d, hens Is 4d to 2s 9d, roosters Is lid to 2s 6d, cabbages 2s 6d sack, pumpkins 7s 6d sack, onions l%d per lb. A large quantity of furniture and sun-) dries sold well. About 300 cases of fruit came to hand during the week, chiefly apples and pears. -Prices realised as follows: Dessert apples 2s 6d to ,6s, cooking apples Is !)d to 4s 9d, dessert pears 3s 0d to 8s 6d, cooking pears 2s to 3s 3d (according to size of .case and quality). GENERAL. NEWS. . The Stratford Borough Council will hold a special meeting on Wednesday night to consider -the loan proposals introduced by the Mayor. The town is gradually stretching northwards. A new shop is being erected for Messrs. Beckett and Roberts in Broadway North, just beyond His Majesty's Theatre. The -.premises now occupied by them are to : be the new office of the Electrical Company. A start will .shortly, be • made with the erection of two further shops in the same locality. , , _ The Parish Hall will ■ be continued next week. The Electrical Supply Company intends formally to open the new powerhouse and plant on Thursday evening, and have extended us an invitation to be present. The Holy Trinity Onireh' congregation will tender a farewell social this evening to Miss Ethel Black,' - who i has been organist at the church fo'r a.number of years. , " 'V Stratford and Kaponga 1 hockey teams will meet at Kapohgai on Thursday. Plunket Nurse Morgafy of New Plymouth, will give a lecture, arid demonstration, at the Foresters' Hall .to-morrow afternoon. All interested in children are invited to attend. '