AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATIONS ANNUAL SHOW.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2237, 9 November 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATIONS ANNUAL SHOW.

(in ouu own in I'omm ) Al risi \si), Monday. Tin: Agricultural and l'a-tor«»l Assoli ition Show u .is much bel ivy the average, of \\\o past ei^ht years. Thepn/e money is t7^i le-.-, tliati last year, and the entncvs ate 11*0 less, compated with the show of 1N8.'5 There are 275) penned entries, the chief falling off i-> in c.itttle jmd sheep; of the former there aie only 111 entries against lOi List year ; and only 27 entries have been bi ought foi ward in the several classes of sheep, last year there were 143 exhibits ; of horse-, there are ll'J, about the same as List year ; pigeons and poultry aie more numerous there being 120; and there is a good show of manufactuies and local industries ; dogs number ">7, against 51 at last show. Taken altogether the -howls disappointing, and should lead the Pastoral Association to consider whether it would not be wise to stir up interest am mg the farmers by making the exhibition penpat»tic. At piCM-nt it is .ibsiii 1 to expect Waikato farmeis to incur the exp >n>e of sending exhibits to Auckland to compete for the paltry prizes olfem', and which, in the majority of cases, me a gift to stock reaung comp inies. The objects of Uk* association are a\owe<lly to piomote agnciltuial and pastoral mteiests in Auckland, and how utt'Mly their shows f.ul in accomplishing this purpose must come home to the liuil '.-t townsman on the committee, when ln> mnsideisthat 27 entries of sheep and 04 of cittle represent, oi rather misiepie-ent, the large pastoral interests of tins province. Exhibitois and local manufactui jis would also be glad of the opportunity if sufficient inducement wore otfoieil to exhibit in Waikato where they might reasonably expect to get a new muket foi their implements and wares. I hope this matter will receive cotisi leration from the committee before the next show, and some movement should be made by the stock-breeders of Waikato to In ing it foicibly before them. Increased prize money set down for pigs, poultiyand pigeons materially stimulated competition m both these claws, whereas a reduction of the amount allotted for cattle is attended by a considerable decline in the number of entries. Not quite so much money is available for dogs and New Zealand mannfaetuics and produce, yet in each case entile aie slightly l.ugei- than last year. The cauae of £20 d"cu\i-<e in the pn/e money in the Litter section of the show is the omission of two champion piizes of £10 each for the be^.t ton of salt butter, and k>t ton of cheese respectively. No prize is given this yeir foi fancy butter, it having been widely arranged to expend the pi ue money on worthier objects. _ Foi potted butter there am only two exhibitors, whereas there were seven at lasc show. In cheese elates, the cheeso factories of Cainbndge and Te Awamutu show up wvll. Theiu aie the only factories that ha\e given the Agricultural public at this show an opportunity of comparing notes as to the suitability of the \anous parts of New Zealand 'for cheese nuking. Mr Dibble, from Kiipara, however, is an exhibitor well to the fiont in ihis cLis^,, Hou->K->. -K-itiies for horses this year are not so numerous as at the pre\ urns Show. In Section 1, for the b^t blood entire, Somnus, Loohnus, and Captivator are the only competitor. In Class 3, for the best colt foaled since Augu-t Ist, ISS4, thr^o of Anteros's progeny h ive enteied, and ceitunly do ciedit to the progenitor. In Class 4 for brood iii.v.-., the New Zealand Stud Company are the only competitor with Steppe and Peholeus- " In Cl iss (5. bost hllv toiled since A'.gu^t Ist, I.W, H. P. Ka\anagh exhibits a young Mu>ket out of U>s the. D int-of ilippiennpu- and L'iolinus also exhibiteil. In Section 2, diaught stock exhibits heie also showed a filling off in number, at leist for be>t entiie Chunpion and llmme Pnncealono exhibited. List year Young Champion. Filgin, ,md Sir Colm wme also enteied. Champion and lionnie Pi mcc are also sole representatives of colonial brod entires. In Class 1, for best entires two-year-old, there are three entiies, Young Duke, Rosebury, and Kail Dalhou-ie. In Class 2, for be-t entire or gelding one year-old, there are only two entries against seven last year. For the best three year-old gelding, Win. Perctval, only competitor. There was only one entry for the two-year-old gelding. Entries for brood maves wore most satisfactory, being eight competitors in Classes 14 and 15. For one-year-old fillies there \\ as only ene repiesentatne, descendant of K.irl Da'lhousie, by (iipsy Maid, last year thei_e weie scon entiies in this class. Wn mis-, Messrs Winstone and FiUpatrick, Hio-s., handsomely decked hea\y draught holies for which unfoitunately, are no entiies in Chs S 23. Tlk> be-t hor^e, maie, oi gilding suitable for Indiui ca\,ilry regiment theie aiehv 1 c>mi)editoi^ this jeai, which show m.uked imnimo.i cut . upon pievious shows. The Stud Company took most of the pn/.es for blood stock, Leolinus canying off hr-t prize. For the be>t entire in draught stock. Mr W. K. Caitei's lionnie Prince was awaided ii i — t pii/e. (For best entire (two prizes colonial and imported classes.) Cat rr.K.— Shorthorns : The Association have offered a pn/.e in the Novel Cla-.s tln^ year, that for the b^-t bull four ye-irs and o\e»". Mr Taylor being the on[y exhibitor, with Duke<}f Newcastle, bred by^^e»ls K. and K. McLean, and. secured first prize. The only other exhibitors in the shorthmn class were Messrs A ijuckland and W. Cray, both of whom are awarded prize-. The formal', as usual, had the Devon cla-s t> hiniself. Fat cuttle showed up well there lining some li^a\y beasts among the llerefords. The W.ukato Land Association is the principal exhibitor in this class. Sfirn I.—ln1 .— In no other depirtment is there so maiked and extr.ioidm.iry a declension of coinpetithe spint as m this. The amount of piize money offeied i> rither more than 1 ist year, yet the number of exhibits chopped in one bound fuun something over 100 to 27, while in the face of lessened pi i/es all round in ISS4, and the general decrease in entries, sheep rose to an imprecedentedJv high staudaid of 137 exhibits that year. The whole of the exhibits put in by seven owners, excluding onp Koiuney Maish sheep, show this year to be Qoutined to Liucolns, Leicester*, and piovmcial bred fat sheep. For Cots wolds, South Downs, Shropshue, Oxford, and Hani[)shire Downs, monetary inducements are, if anything, Luger and more tempting than e\er, and yet under all these heads theie is not a single entry. Tn Lincolns, only four cla-ses, against »ev«?n in I^S4, and six in 18S"i. Li Lmcesters, the eh uige is more dishe« t i teninu", tho entiies bemy only vhree. In 18S-1 and 168j, thore vvero seven and six cl isses of entries respectively :--The Waikato Land Association, (formerly large exhibitor), has only two entries and the names of Messrs (J. 11. Selhy, Maclean P>ros., (J. (( 1 r . Smith, Stud Pedigree Company, A. and J. McNicolaud (Jeoige Pollard aie conspicuous by absence, but if the number is small the quality is neve} theless good. The longu mils are is good spociiiious of their class ai j)ioi,iVjly the pio \incccan b ><;stof, and aie too in \eiy fair condition. Lincoln wotheis, choice hea\\ weight anim il>. Mr Ha\ es' L^icc-tois aie vei v ciedit ible to then owner ; Mr .T.unos Wallace's loiigwool and down ewe lambaie '-\eelleiit ; so too an 1 the wetheisof Mi ( 'oap<«, and tUn \V uLato l.uid Asioi ition. K\lnbitois Lomplain bitteily of tlie di-c«m-tmuauce of the champion pn/o-. .md lack of intoirst on the |>ait of coinmeitnl men m the show. F\r Sin il* -Tlit- 1 Wiikato Lmd As soci ition (..Miied otl Hist an<l see >nd pn/es fo- longvvoil wethei-, indsimihi linnonis lor iiossbnHj ciowu ami I'inu vool wntm^. D \IV,\ Puoi'l ( ! Tlie ( unbud^c l'at_ toiygot second pn/e for the b.'st »f»lbs of old cheese ; the Te Aw amutu Factoiy was hiLrhly conmiended.

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