Combined Winter Show Opens Amid Strong Exhibits
The seventh Ashburton Winter Show, under the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association and the Ashburton Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society, opens with strong exhibits and good attendance. Officials include D. Wood as president of A and P, J. Tucker as treasurer, and W. Nosworthy MP patron of the Poultry Section. the event showcases cattle, sheep, grain, poultry and a new photographic competition as it promotes farming progress and local industry.
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Ashburton
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Dairying Drives Ashburton Show Forward, Says Mayor
The Winter Show opened at 2 o’clock with Mr Reid and Mayor Mr Davis in attendance. MPs and local leaders praised the farming community as a strong district with poultry displays from Invercargill to Mauriceville. They urged expansion of the dairying industry to lift Ashburton into a leading dominion position, and lauded the association’s work.
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A. and P
Invercargi
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Uintil
Dominion
John Lambie
Root and vegetable show highlights district farming prowess
The display features mangolds in 44 entries with deep red and yellow varieties, carrots with 20 exhibits, Swedes, 97 turnip entries, diverse potatoes, and large cabbages, pumpkins, and marrows. The Ashburton district earns high credit for root crops and overall garden produce quality.
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Aland
Grain and Seed Exhibits At Local Show Impress Judges
The grain and seed exhibits total twenty eight entries with overall good quality. Wheat samples look solid though damp weather affected one lot. Oats have ten entries led by Gartons. grass seed is scarce with two entries and red clover has three. Fifty five dogs in pens showcase collies fox terriers Irish terriers cocker spaniels retrievers and Pomeranians creating an engaging display.
Dressed Poultry and Eggs Competition Low in Ashburton
In Ashburton a local poultry and eggs class shows a poor turnout with one pair of dressed fowls, two dozen hen eggs, and a dozen duck eggs entered. The article suggests seasonal factors may explain the weak showing despite many residents keeping fowls.
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Ashburton
Fat stock exhibit highlights Ashburton farming prowess
A fine display of fat stock showcases high quality fat cattle sheep and hoggets with nine fat cattle entries and forty eight fat lamb and lambing entries from leading breeders. The stock reflects Ashburton county’s best breeding and supports the rise of the frozen mutton industry driven by local farmers.
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Ashburton
Owen
Home Industries Show Highlights Farm Exhibits And Cooks At Ashburton
The home industries section draws many exhibitors with twenty four bread entries and strong cake displays. Butter and hams see modest turnout while fruit preserves and honey attract solid interest. Foals section grows with nineteen entries, including fourteen draught stock and five hackney or through-bred animals. Farmers and horsemen cluster around the best draught filly contenders as the show showcases varied rural skills.
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Lothrons
Technion School
Arrest of Trembath Near Waitati in Dunedin District
Trembath the escaped prisoner was arrested by Constable Hodgson about noon two miles south of Waitati, the seaside resort on the main line between Sea Cliff and Dunedin, roughly fifteen miles north of the city.
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Ashburton Dairy Directors’ Visit to Methven Creamery Site
A deputation from the Ashburton Central Co operative Dairy Company led by H Friedlander and joined by Bathgate visited a proposed creamery site two miles above Methven on Black’s Corner. They met local farmers and landowner Myr Baxter and recommended erecting the creamery there under conditions, while another site at Single Tree was left for later decision.
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Hf. McLean
Doherty
W. J. Dickie
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