GRAIN STACK COMPETITION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9042, 7 March 1908, Page 5

GRAIN STACK COMPETITION.

JUDGES' AWARDS. The judging in the grain stack competition or the Ivlasterton A. and P. Association in connection with this year's schedule has been completed, and the judges, Messrs Jno. Morris and F. Harrison, have made the following awards: BEST BUILT GRAIN STACK.

REMARKS. F. S. Hood. —Base 59 feet in circumference. Nice even spring; Very good under eave and well hearted hefore starting to roof. Roof particularly well built, and hearted, sheaves having a splendid pitch. General finish exce'lent. D. McGregor, jnr.—Base CO ftet. Real good butt, nicely sprung and sheaves well pitched from foundation to eave. Roof well topped aiad hearted. Left in a very rough unraked condition. O.JFercy. —Base 53 feet. Spring very deficient and butt rather flatly built. Roof excellent, being full and well hearted. Finish fair. J. Maxwell.---Base 58 feet. Well built butt and spring even. Rather slack below and above eave, showing an absence of pitch. Roof well enough hearted, but carried in too flat. Finish good. J. Maxwell.—Base 58 feet. Much the same as other stack. Inclined to lean to north, thus exposing the south side to the weather. F. Evans. —Base 53 feet. No spring. Pitch of sheaves undeir eaves deficient, above eaves fairly good. Roof well packed and solid. Finish very good. F. Evans. —Base 53 feet. Spring a little better thaw other stack. Roof better on the southern side than north. General finish not so good as other stack. Two nice even stacks. Very neat. K. J. Dagg.—Base 61 feet. Too much spring, necessitating too big a head, leaving a lot of surface to be exposed to the weather. Eave very good. Pitch in roof too flat on account of excessive spring in butt. Fairly well hearted and finish good. G. Shaw.—Base 59 feet. Well built butt with an even spring until reaching eave, where deficient in pitch. Roof also is wanting in pitch, and far too heavy in head for base. Finish fair. All stacks were built on timber. As the bottom of a stack requires almost as much attention as the top this was a good feature. The judges suggest that competitions in future be on oat stacks only, as it is a more [difficult stack to build. They also suggest that a 56 feet circumference be stipulated; height to be discretionary.

"ft ■3 1 07 W "ft "ft Competitor. d ft o o r-l 03 p o O O rH O •3 O ? 5 ** P. S. Hood 1 10 35 40 10 95--1 D. McGregor, Jr '. 2 10 35 40 5 90- _^ 0. Percy 3 7 33 40 7 87--3 J. Maxwell 4 10 30 30 S 78 J. Maxwell 5 G 28 28 8 70 F. Evans 6 5 25 37 8 75 P. Evans 7 5 25 34 8 72 E. J. Dag S ' 8 5 30 25 8 G8 G. Shaw 9 10 25 25 G GG