Under the most genial weather conditions the forty-fourth annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society was ushered in yesterday. A bleak and sulky morning ...
Article : 434 wordsOne of the surprises of the sheep sections is furnished by the English Leicester exhibits. Of recent years this famous mutton breed has been represented by a great ...
Article : 445 wordsThis breed of dairy cattle was started some years ago by mating the Guernsey bull with the Devon cow, the object of the cross being the association of the dairying ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 wordsThe large pavilion for swine was largely patronised by breeders all day, and they took a lively interest in the judging of the exhibits. The display is one of the finest ...
Article : 531 wordsIn the pony-section there was a numerous entry, and the quality generally was up to the average. Last year R. W. Carr wan unable to secure accommodation at ...
Article : 489 wordsThese famous black and white cattle are not strongly in evidence, the exhibits being showed by Dickinson Bros., of Baliarat, and Mr. David Mitchell, of Lillydale. ...
Article : 87 wordsThis breed, which has a limited vogue in England, where it was originated, is claimed to make a good type of dual purpose animal, one that will milk well, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 159 wordsThis fine breed of mutton sheep is attractively represented by a large numer of high grade animals. Borders are steadily winning their way in Australia, their alertness ...
Article : 187 wordsIt was the general verdict that the display of Jersey cattle represented the best that Gad over before been seen in Victoria. Thanks to the enterprise of some ...
Article : 484 wordsUsually the section for thoroughbreds is confined to three or four competitors, but on this occasion there was a decided improvement numerically, no fewer than nine ...
Article : 506 wordsThe principle of single judging, introduced for the first time, worked admirably, and enabled finality to be reached in the various sections with unusual expedition ...
Article : 141 wordsSurely, and not altogether slowly, the motor ear is having a marked effect on the carriage building industry. A very good proof of this is gained from a glance at the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 422 wordsThe Red Polled breed of cattle did not bring much competition, and was chiefly confined to n number of very fine exhibits from the Department of Agriculture. This ...
Article : 229 wordsThe poor prices ruling for draught stock may be the reason for an entry of only some 300 exhibits, as against last year's record of over 500, but the dry season must ...
Article : 1,591 wordsRomneys, while not numerically as strong as on previ[?]s occasions, are well represented. Indications are abundant of the growing popularity of the breed, and ...
Article : 415 wordsThe Down sheep, with their rotund, well-fleshed frames, are in strong evidence', prominent amongst them being the shapely and valuable Shropshire. As usual, ...
Article : 462 wordsThe representation of dairy produce possesses more merit than appears on the surface, for while the number of entries on the whole is small there is an increase ...
Article : 534 wordsThis valuable type of dairy cow is well represented, though the competition resolves itself into a duel between two prominent patrons of the breed--Mr. Anthony ...
Article : 277 wordsThe judging of the Herefords did not attract much attention owing to there being no keen competition. Mr. G. Pagan, who made the awards, is an old-time breeder, ...
Article : 420 wordsThe show of beef cattle at the Royal Show grounds has gradually resolved itself into a magnificent display of Shorthorns. At this year's event there are no Polled ...
Article : 327 wordsNo department of the show has improved so much in recent years as that devoted to the exhibition of farm produce. For a lengthened period the shows were ...
Article : 1,543 wordsIn this section there was a poor entry, but there were two or three good specimens of the Arab exhibited. Badaween, a handsome golden hay, was again awarded ...
Article : 135 wordsOwing to their excellent mutton qualities and their great fecundity, Suffolks promise to make headway with Australian sheep men. To gain a good position it will, ...
Article : 253 wordsHere again Tasmanian breeders annexed many prizes, their [?]urdy, well-shaped animals often catching the judge's eye. ...
Article : 289 wordsDexter Kerries represent a very useful breed of dairy stock, in which, for the size, abnormal milking capacity is displayed. Amongst the exhibits which ...
Article : 198 wordsThere was much keener competition, and on the whole a better class of trotters in the ring than last year, and, though the entry was a large one, Mr. R. C. Hunnah, ...
Article : 546 wordsOn this occasion there was a fine representative display of Shorthorns from the herds of Victorian breeders, but the exhibits of the trustees of the late Mr. J. H. ...
Article : 1,164 wordsOne of the surprises of the show was the magnificent show of fat cattle. In a season such as this it was anticipated that fat cattle would be conspicuous, by their ...
Article : 203 wordsProbably the great deal of trouble and time necessary to secure a firmly representative exhibit, to say nothing of the expense entailed, have deterred agricultural ...
Article : 95 wordsThis useful breed of Down sheep is not represented to the best advantage, several of the exhibits being in obviously poor condition. The whole of the animals ...
Article : 60 wordsThe growing interest manifested in this breed is a sign of the times. Closer settlement and the subdivision of sheep and cattle stations are factors tending to ...
Article : 471 wordsThis valuable British breed is well represented, nearly all the classes being generously filled. It is gratifying to note that breeders generally are paying ...
Article : 439 wordsThe merino class attracted only one exhibitor, Mr. Donald Stewart, of the Western Plains. Corricdales, which are also worthily represented, will not be ...
Article : 100 wordsThere has been a tremendous advance in the interest in school competitions. In 1912 there were only 23 exhibits. last years 33, while on this occasion there are an ...
Article : 154 wordsDairy breds are a feature of this year's Royal, all the leading types being well represented. The rings in winch the judges examined the stock were surrounded by ...
Article : 191 wordsThese sheep, famous for their early fattening propensities, and noted for the excellent fat lambs, produced by mating the ruins with almost any other type of ewe, ...
Article : 118 wordsNo fewer than seven agricultural high schools have displays. These include products of the various farms, besides a number of models for silos and other ...
Article : 43 wordsThe season has not been helpful to the breeders of fat sheep, hut nevertheless there are some very solid mutton animals on display, a pen of crossbred wethers-- ...
Article : 112 wordsThis splendid type of dairy animal is particularly strong at the Royal, all the classes being more than well filled. Taken is a whole, the exhibits attain a high ...
Article : 594 wordsW. E. J. Craig again had matters almost all his own way in the section for Cobs, in which there was a small entry. Mr. Craig's imported Hafren Sensation, who ...
Article : 232 wordsThe Department of Agriculture has as usual arranged an exhibit of bees, and all the requisites of the apiarist. Information is disseminated by Mr. Beuhne and his ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 22 Sep 1914, Page 9
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