BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUBS

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1926, Page 13

BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUBS

CALF-REARING COMPETITION THE JUDGING COMMENCED. SCHOOLS IN STRATFORD DISTRICT. This year the South Taranaki Boys’ and Girls' Agricultural Clubs’ calf-rear-ing competitions were considerably extended and a number of schools in the Stratford district entered calves. On Monday the judging commenced, the schools in Group 7, with the exception of Ackland School, being visited by the following judges:—'Messrs 11. Johnson (dairy type), P. Jenkins (condition), R. Syme and D. Mackay (charts). Yesterday the Ackland School and the schools in Group 8 were visited, Messrs- H. J. Marchant (dairy type), C. B. Walsh (condition), R. Syme- and D. Mackay (charts) being the judges. In the calf-rearing coinpetitions 30 marks are allotted for neatness and completeness of the chart, and 100 for condition. The dairy type competition is distinct from the rearing. On Monday the Cardiff, .Stratford, Midhirst and Pembroke Schools were visited. At Cardiff, morning tea was provided by Mrs. Boyle. Yesterday, the party visited Ackland, Stanley, Toko, D. uglas and Huiroa Schools. At Toko dinner was provided by Mr. G. Boeock, headmaster of the school, and w’hen the dav’s work finished at Huiroa afternoon tea was served in the school. The interest in the competitions is very keen in the eastern Stratford district, and the Toko, Douglas, Huiroa and Huinga Schools have an additional inducement to enter on account of the competition for the school cup, which has been donated by the Toko branch of the Farmers’ Union. This cup is won and held for a year by the school which gains the greatest total of points in all of the numerous agricultural contests. The points obtained by the pupils in the calf-rearing, crop growing, agricultural notebooks and. indeed, any similar competition are totalled and the cup goes to the school with the greatest number for the year. At Huiroa a large number of parents and others interested in the agricultural education of the children gathered at the school to watch the judging. The judges expressed great pleasure in the interest thus shown, and. Mr. Syme congratulated the pupils on their work, which he considered was excellent in view of the fact that this is the first year the school had entered in the competition. He hoped that next year the animals would be returned for judging in the yearling classes. The yearling and two-year-old classes in the competitions have much importance attached to them by the committees who control the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs. The calves which arq entered one year are branded so that they may be identified and again entered in the competition in succeeding years. The interest of the children is thus sustained and the animals benefit from the effects of careful rearing over a long period. As soon as the judging is completed, the judge of dairy type gives a short address on the requirements for a good dairy beast. He explains to the children the value and advantages of a wide muzzle, large nostrils, wide head, roomy chest and other typical dairy features. The following are the details of the judging in Groups 7 and 8. The points given are (1) for condition, (2) for the charts, and (3) the total. . CARDIFF SCHOOL.

R. Banning 80 25 105 G. Ford 75 26 101 L. Brown won the Friesian yearling class and the Jersey yearling class resulted as follows:—F. Latham 1, E. Smith 2, B. Key 3. DAIRY TYPE. The results of the dairy type competitions were: Pembroke Road.—'M. Belcher 1, M. Gibson 2, D. McCracken 3. Cardiff. —B. Shannon 1, B. Mander 2, M. Demchy 3. Stratford. —Alan Stevens 1, Hazel Hunt o Ackland.—L. Reid 1, M. Slater 2, M. Knox 3. Stanley.—F. Chard I, E. Newland 2, L. Pittams 3. Toko. —E. Jones I, J. Nicholls 2, P. Jones 3. Douglas.—'Friesian: Logan Brown 1. Jersey: M. Harding 1, P. Harding 2, L. Brown 3. Huiroa.—Shorthorn: W. Jarvis 1, H. Wood 2. Jersey: D. Wickham 1, J. Taylor 2, R. Sunning 3.

B. Shannon ... Cond. 100 Chart. 28 Ttl. 128 B. Mander ... 97 27 124 T. Boyle ....... 100 24 124 M. Hancock ... 90 25 115 R. Rk-hards ... 88 23 111 A Bennett 80 •7-1 104 J. Demdiv ... 75 28 103 'M. Demchy . 72 27 99 PEMBROKE ROAD. Cond. Chart. Ttl. M. Belcher ... 100 23 123 M. Gibson .... 98 24 122 D McCracken . 89 22 111 C. Mander .. 80 21 101 E. Simmons ... 70 23 93 The Midhirst charts have nut yet been marked, and the results are therefore not available. ACKLAND SCfiOOL. Cond. Chart. Ttl. M. Slater .... 100 27 127 L. Reid 75 25 100 J Knox ...... 70 26 99 D. Slater .... 60 25 90 M. Knox 60 26 80 Master A. Reid 55 2G 81 STANLEY SCHOOL. Cond. Chart. Ttl. Ena Downes . 100 23 123 M. Widmer ... 95 26 121 S. Newland ... 90 26 110 R. Newland .. 26 111 iF. Chard .... 80 23 103 E. Newland ... 75 26 101 L Pittams ... 70 26 90 R. Chard ..... 24 89 TOKO SCHOOL The t wo-year old competition was WO11 by B. Claridge and the yearling claa* by R. Worthington, with G. Anderson second. The calf-rearing results were:— Cond. Chart. Ttl. S. Eaton 100 28 12S E. Jones 85 24 109 P. Jones .,... 80 27 107 J. Nicholls .. 75 25 100 noct JLAS SCHOOL. Jerseys. Cond. Chart. Ttl. Logan Brown 100 27 127 E. Smith ... 95 27 122 L. Whit© 90 26 116 ,P. Harding ... 85 27 112 B Key 80 27 107 F. Rumball .. 75 26 101 M. Harding ... 70 28. 98 C5 29 94 E. Rogers .... GO 29 89 Friesian. Logan Brown 100 27 127 HL’IROA SCHOOL. * • Shorthorn. Cond. Chart. Ttl. IT. Wood ..... 100 28 128 W. Jarvis 05 24 119 Jersey. J Taylor .«. 100 29 129 L. Rutherford . ........ 05 20 121 B. Taylor*.... 90 27 117 D Wickham .. 85 23 108