Otago Winter Show.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 148, 11 May 1901, Page 3

Otago Winter Show.

We have received from the 3 ' Secretary, of. the Otago ’ Ag.ri-' } cultural and Pastoral Society, the t schedule of prizes for the farth-' coming Winter Show, to be held [ during the visit of their Royal . Highnesses, the D.ukeand D.uchoss ; of Cornwall and York,, at the end. of Jane. The schedule contains fall particulars of the various competitions, including best managed farm, and teed turnips competition. In addition to the liberal prizes offered in the various sections, by the Society, a large number of special prizes are also included. Messrs Duthie Bros. Limited trophy, valued at thirty-five guineas for the most comprehensive collection of Agricultural and Pastoral produce exhibited from any county, is 1 again being competed for, The Taieri and Peninsula Milas Supply < Gump my offi-wa trophy, value 1 u 1 thirty guineas, for (he best three boxes of factory made butter ; • and M 's-rs J. M.icN.iirn and ’ Co-npiuy’s cup. valued £25, for I Hie best tea cwt. of cheese, is 1 pig>.iu being competed for. -The j Dunedin R Tailors and Traders s Association oiler £lO of special 1 prizes to be distributed as i follows: second prize to most points in \ farmer’s batter. £l'.) for th 1 1 most profitable milking cow. t £lO as a first and second priz•} in a root s mldon. £5 for ihe exhibitor a getting most p nuts in or aul and v scones, and also £5 for most g points in .grain. Tae Mosgi d t 'vYofilou Factory Company oifor 1 a sp *cial prizvalued live b guineas, to the exhibitor getting p

most points in broad and scones, and the President, Mr H. V. Fulton, offers five guinoM to the winner of the country priz e In the fat stock competition, £l.O is off.'red as a ch uupiou priz V for i ho best pea of p tix-bred hoggets, and iCid) for the bost.p.m of crossbred h > 'gets, also live g fin; is for the heaviest pen of fat hoggets 1 1 5 the d dry pro luce sunion, £[.) is oifmvd as a cnampion prize to tho exhibitor gaining the mosr point,s, and ton guinoae is offered as first an 1 second prizes for the best two box'-sof htutor exhibited from the North Island. During th ■ .Show dales, a conference will be held of thy various kindred Associations throug.nout Oa'ugo tin i Southland, to discuss and arrange more suitable dotes for holding the Summer Show at the va-ious centres. Wo are informed th ir tho Committee have uireadv

received u Lit go number of ap-fiic.tl ions for the various exhibits of agricultural and Ddry machinery, an i to provide the beoTT.iry space. In ve seen red the whole hunk of buildings utilised bv the hue Lxhlbkion.