TIMARU SHOW.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1964, 2 November 1889, Page 2

TIMARU SHOW.

BHJSEP. The show of sheep, as regards num her and quality, surpassed previou years. The fine combing class o merinos was numerously and wel represented, but almost all the es Mbits belonged to Messrs A, I Smith Mad H. Eoare, and, of courst they took away with them all th prizes, .with the exception of wha Mr 0. G. Tripp got. Mr Tripp ha several splendid - exhibits on th ground, and they deserved greata attention than, they received at th hands of the judges, with whose wort a good deal of dissatisfaction was fel The executors of the late Mr A. Q-rar had only a couple of pens of ewes i this department. They were splendi sheep, and deserved better consider! tion than they got. In the stron class there were seven exhibitor namely, Messrs A. and R. McMaste J. Borton, C. 0-. Tripp, W. Gardens D. Grant, A. M. Clark, and th executors of the late Mr Grant. TL prizes, however, were all awarded 1 Messrs McMaster and Borton, M Tripp only getting a “ commended for a pen of rams under 18 month and the executors of the late Mr Grai highly commended for a pen of ew< above 18 months. "We do not, < Course, profess to he infallible in oi judgment as regards sheep. Thai are subjects on which we would 1 more ready to give an opinion, bi , with all due deference to the judge opinion, we believe that prizes wei given to sheep inferior to those e: hibited by the executors of the lai Mr Grant and by Mr 0. G. Trip There is a great deal in a name, »r the name of the breeder has a grei influence on the minds of judges, ar we are of opinion that this very fealir decided some of the prizes on tl show day. In the English Leicest( breed : there were five exhibitor ; namely, Messrs J. Bonifant, A. ft 'Clark, D. Grant, E. Kelland, and tl ’executors of the late Mr Grant, ai the prizes were pretty fairly divide ; amongst them. Mr Bonifant took fh first and four second prizes, Mr A, ft Clark took two first and one secon the executors of the late Mr Grai one first and two second, and Mr 3 Grant one first and one second, besidi ! about an equal share ef minor honor The competitors in the Bordi Leicester class were Messrs Murdoc Little Bros., H.Z. and A.L. Compan A. M. Clark, and the executors of tl late Mr Grant. Little Bros, took fii first and four second prizes, Mr Mu dock three first and one second priz and the N ,Z. and A. L., Company on first and three second prizes. In tl Lincoln class five exhibitors entere the lists, namely, Messrs Bruce an McLaren, A.. M. Clark, o.’ Withe! T. Palmer, and the H.Z. and A.l Company., There was some vei decided opionion expressed as regard the judging in tkis department, and was asserted freely that some skee shown by Mr T. Palmer excelled a regards pure breeding and generi quality those placed before them. Tl judges, however, gave Mr Palmer n higher honors than a highly con mended, and we firmly believe the did not do him justice. . Mr Clar Iwas the principal prize-winner, havih secured four firsts and five second and was followed closely by Messi Bruce and McLaren, who won thre ifirst and second prizes, together wit the championship, the Land Compan taking two firsts and two seconds, an Mr Withell one of each prize. Inth (Eat Wether clan Messrs A. M. Clar |and John Fitzgerald secured a fire .prize each, and Mr- J, Hedley secon {prize. In the “ Freezer ” class th Land Company had it all to there jseivesit ! CATTLE. I This department was poorly repre Rented—in fact, this has for man; years been the weakest feature of th jshow. We cannot understand this jit "is certainly not the fault of th {district, fop there is not in New Zea {land, probably, better land for catfcli {than South Canterbury, and, eon jsidering its! many dairy factories, it!n Irather surprising that so little atttea tion has been given to this department Shorthorns, which were once popular appear to have vanished, and giver place to Herefords; tut really, witjb the exception of the cattle shown bj Mr Clark and Mr Murray, there was nothing worthy of any great notice a! all shown. ■ i ... , ~ . HOEBES. . ! The draught horse department was jfche .basfc represented and the!; best {contested .department of the show. (There wore: over 20 exhibitors, and paost of them got prizes. The show Of entire horses was good, but foremost amongst all was placed Mr Hrysdale’s splendid horse Ben Lomond. (This horse stands lOf"hands high, and has all the points of the {lure Olydestlale. He was bred by Messrs Fleming apd Hedley, of Oamaru, his sire being the fafiaous imported horse Toiihg yapquisber, out of an jmported mare,. Maggie Lauder, which is said to be the beat :bropdi mare ip the colony. He has already w.on several first prizes, in Otago, and is certainly very fine horse. Another good horse, which was overlooked, was Mr Mundell’s Pride of Taieri. This is a beautiful dappled’brown horse, standing hands high, and with plenty of fine' flat bone,, and hair of the finest quality. He has -all the good points of the Clydesdale. Mr James Austin, of Winchester—undoubtedly the best breeder in this district now-!! ecured \ • y. : r, ■' ' 1 ” ■ ’'-A

four first and two second prizes. Mr Austin may be congratulated on the stock he exhibited, and the district is indebted to him for his enterprise in introducing such a splendid breed £ ©f horses. Mr A. McKenzie showed j a beautiful one-year-old Young Banker entire foal, and got first prize for it, Mr Edward Evans getting second prize for a Lord Haddo foal of the 8 same age. Both were promising f. yearlings, and the difference between them and another Exhibit of"the same e age. by Time o’ Day was not noticeable. r This, too, was a beautiful foal, and e well merited the honor of highly com--8 mended which was conferred bn him * l In.the. Two-year-pIcT filly, class Mr £ Bees Thomas took first prize, with Q Mr J ' B. Wareiug second, and ”Mr B. E; GK Cochrane highly commended! and thus the bulk *of the honors' came ’ to this district. Indeedj the stock of f this district was a credit to the shew? and certainly without it the show: would p not have been much. In’the Eight g Horse class the only exhibitor from this e district was Mr Deßenzy,: and he 0 brought away first prize with ; tyis ■ r Arbiter colt. ’» DAIIT PEODUC3E. s This district was fairly fell represented in this department, Mt Iffe (g numher of prizes : secured was mot equal to the quality and quantity of ir the’ exhibits. Mrs Dalton had an um,e usual experience. For years'. she has (a been accustomed to secure ilrsl: priori** biit this year ' she only got a, highly 8 » commended. Mrs A. Frew alone , 0 secured a first prize for the best jar of s . potted’ butter. Far the .best cheese ;o the Temuka - Factory first 3 prize, while the second went to Mrs J Hoate 4 , b'f Kerrytowri. ! 1 • : 5 it .t| CUBED;; AJTD BBESKBVEnr)M*ATB.A ■« d In this department there was nothing g excb’pt; bacon* exhibited ,and the compe* te tition was limited to Mr D. McCallum, ir Mrs'Staek,’and Mr. Tutton,’ aTimarif », butcbpr, , Mr MqCalHm ,;took [, I all the first prizea, and Mrs Stack all ie ) the seconds, with the exception of one d I second prize awarded to [Mr Tutton in d a class in which. Mrs, Stack, did not '• exhibit. : [. ; AaEICUMUXAI. BEODUCE. Loe 1, In sborttberried-wheat Mr KeUpnd l t secured first 1 honors and' second, ; but in long-berried wheat the position was exactly reversed. They s* : were the only exhibitors. 5r jand Canadian oats Mr Kellarid’ had It h j all to himself. There' ’was no oxh. jhibitor from this district inany tof the ie lether lines. .• i , . d '• | > LOCAL INDtSTBIES; " p - 1 In this department . only, sauces 9 * I were exhibited, the exhibitors .typing 10 i tyrf Young, of Winchester, aind Mrs 6 ;B. HOrribrpok. The judges . highly d i commended and commended ( both d I sauces respectively, deeming, .neither 1> j worthy' of a prize. We do not think J - ‘there was anything in the . judging 7 |at the show equal to this, Mrs • | Young was. recently awarded first 6 [prize, at the Melbourne Exhibition! P but in Timaru her sauce; was mot ■ 8 worth a prize, even when there was d ’practically no competition. We d| 9 J not know who the judges were in thih o jdepartment~the published ’ list' bf l " judges does not show it--bnt this we 7 j saythat whoever they , were., thejur ? icondnct was, to say. the least of it, S ’questionable.; -,u ) ■ *’ i MA.CHDTERT. 8 | The show of machinery war;noty|| ® all up to the . 8 I everyone was surprised , at how 4 i lijk|l» F | was shown. No doubt.the forthcoimihg d ; exhibition exercised a great < influence • on this-’ department, as exhibitors <haye * holdback their to J show them to the- larger audience at 3 Dunedin. Amongst the newest land 0 most attractive * exhibits was thl. * Zealandia Winnower and Scied; Separator, manufactured by Me Frederick Colville, of Williams and . Colvillej: Temuka. It will be rernem-. j bered; i that Mr Colville’s i » father 3 a winnower some years ago* jand now the son has entered thej jmarket with the simplest, the cheapest,' . land the easiest-worked machine ever j (offered to4h'e public.' The cheapest ; f winnower in the market sells at: £lO, , f and iti is only a winnower,and of no usj . for separating; Mr Colville has com/ bined a winnower with\ a separator,’ which works'with grpat, satisfaction 'arid can sell; it at £lO. / A. machirity ,with anelevator attached lie oatyssh jat as the work performed in admittedly excellent, we feel certain he 'will soon get a; large, sale for them. ge has now applied, for a patent, and isoon as it is obtained he will try to* jpush them into the market. As*reits parts it has a riio|e-| 'popper into : which thri grain. can| b’e. poured,; or if desired it can be taieiri off,|.f nd; the .grain is conveyed to tho<; riddle by means of a spout from a> Booth and Macdonald cellular machine!’ 1 for taking out taresi As idon as the feraih ; fallen the riddle a blarit capahfe. pf being rielulateff to { the desired f gree blows, off the t pbaff, The Jrst riddle removes all the iwnffl stuff7and then the grain fallsen to the" second riddle, where the smaller seeds are separated from the grain. A shoot neft takes the grain" to the olevalors,which convey, it to whole machine, even when - attached;! to the cellular machine and the elevator is driven by belts, and a boy Cad 5 easily turn all of thdm.' it is almost noiseless, and it is so contrived * th4h ! all parts of it can be regulated to work in perfect acCord. * It is at once the moat compact, the stnallest, the cheapest, and the most perfect winnower we have ever seen. ; , The next inost noticeable feature--was ,a now patent plough exhibited bjr

Messrs Bo#,,and Macdonald. This was a plough to which a pulveriser is attached. ' This pulveriser travels immediately behind the ordinary plough, and break's up the ground as fait as it is turned over. It appears: to us that ; of.. the ploughs this is the have seen, as it does the work of aii'd pulverising at once, and with\osly the addition of one holsl.>i«' the team. Apparently, too, ithVfyerk ought to be, effective, as if tho plough turns , over the soil the' pulveriser must of necessity break it; up. The same firm also exhibited an improved wool press which was greatly admired. A novelty in the shape of a ftpiandah easy chair was shown by Messrs Priest and Holdgate. It is undoubtedly the best of the kind we have seen.