The Wanganui Chronicle. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1905. THE WANGANUI AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12642, 1 November 1905, Page 4

The Wanganui Chronicle. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1905. THE WANGANUI AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

We think the officers <and members of the Wanganui Agricultural and Pastoral Association.-will have good reason for disappointment if tiiis year's Show does not " break- the record " of recent successes. For the past few yeans "cur Show has steadily forged ahead in every respect, with the gratifying result that last year tihe Wanganui fixture came into line with the most im-, portant A. and P. -fixtures of the colony. We do not say this in a spirit of parochial conceit. Our statement ia backed by the excellence, popularity, and success of the Show itself. Nor do we wish to be understood to suggest that our local fixture has as yet attained to the dimensions of- the great metropolitan fixture of Canterbury or its worthy rival in this island, the Manawatu Show. Those two Shows easily lead xhe front rank, and, for (the present at any rate we must be content to know that we haye taken a worthy place in such good company. That we have attained the full measure of.possible success we do not for one moment believe, and if the settlers of this district will only do what they ought to do we can sco no reason why this year's Show should not be at least fifty per cent, better than that of last year. It is pleasing to know tihat the membership continues to show a steady increase, but we shall not be sat-'sfied until, the roll includes the name of every farmer in the district. Just now, however, it is to the desirability of all who can enter something for competition or exhibition at the Show that" we desire to draw mcsfc pointed attention. We want to see a united effort on the part of the community, both town and country, to build up the Show, as a Show, to a standard never .previously attained. We believe that the industrial and commercial interests of the town will he fittingly represented, but it should be of course in its agricultural aud pastoral features that the Show should •naturally excel. There is no lack of available material. The board lands of this and our neighbouring districts are rich in the products of the soil. It would be an offen«co to our farmers to suggest that.their oattle are inferior to the cattle grown in other districts, ©r that their sheep are unfit for public exhibition. We know that such is not the case. We should be .isorry to belie v© that there is one farmer within the district so incompetent as to have, absolutely nothing that he can send to the Show. But we do know that there are many farmers whose names have so far n-ever appeared in the catalogue, and who have persistently regarded the enterprise of their more patriotic neighbours with apathetic indifference. We ask them this year to throw off their indifference and " lend a (hand " towards filling the Show pens. Every mam who makes his living "on the tand'' is vitally.'concerned in the success or failure of the Show—the farmers' annual advertisement. If the Show is a success it Ls a good advertisement for the farmers of the district. If, ©n the other hand, a failure had to be recorded it would be a bad advertisement. We do not apprehend a failure, but we want to ensure the greatest measure of success, and that rueasur© can only be attained by-the'(hearty, co-operation, of tflie whole farming community. Therefore, we appeal to every farmer in the district to send something in to the Show. Those who cannot be (represented by 'blood stock can, surely, find some entries good enough for the utility classes. Let the aim, the ideal, bo to obtain a complete representation of the agricultural and pastoral industries, and if it be possible that there is a man who calls himself a farmer and'yet- has neither live stock nor agricultural produce worthy of entry, let him borrow •his neighbour's pig or his wife's poodle dog—but let him send something to which;: his name can be attached in the Show catalogue. We remind all interested—and them are few who are not interested—that the data fixed for the closing of entries is Saturday next,, the 4th jnsfc. We hope to be able to record on Monday next the fact that the entries received have excelled the most sanguine anticipations. •'