Cattle and Poultry Show 1948

CATTLE AND POULTRY SHOW AT GOLDEN GROVE - ENCOURAGING FARMERS TO IMPROVE STOCK
The Cattle and Poultry Show held by the Department of Agriculture at Golden Grove, recently was a success although in view of the fact that it was open to farmers from Mahaicony to Plaisance, it may not have come up to the Department's expectations from the point of view of the number of cattle and poultry entered. It might be that farmers in those areas of the East Coast, Demerara, where shows and competitions had already been held did not quite appreciate that they could again have entered at least their prizewinning animals, and some of them could certainly have won again.
At Golden Grove, there appeared, for instance, to be no better milch cow with calf at foot than that which won the first prize at Betterverwagting. That was a Holstein blood cow giving 26 pints of milk a day at her first drop.
There were ten competitions at Golden Grove. The judging was done by Mr. Edwin I. Hugh, acting Livestock Officer, assisted by Dr. E. Ususki, Government Veterinary Surgeon.
As Mr. Hugh went along, he gave useful hints to cattle-farmers and poultry-rearers, how to improve their stock. Then, after the prize-giving, he emphasised many points and expressed the hope of seeing more and better Cattle and Poultry at next year's Show.
The presence of Mr. C. Holman B. Williams, Deputy Director of Agriculture, gave encouragements to all. Before presenting the prizes, he apologized for the absence of the Director of Agriculture (Mr. H. H. Croucher) who, the Deputy Director said, had found it impossible to attend.
Mr. Holman Williams next congratulated the people on the fine show they had put up, and said encouragingly, that they did not expect so many entries nor entries of such good quality. He again congratulated them and also the agricultural superintendent, Mr. H. A. Cole, and his assistants on the "very excellent show" which had been put up.
Prizes in cash and kind (including animal and poultry feeds) were awarded.

THE PRIZE WINNERS
the following were the prize winners:
HEIFER CALF (3 to 6 months): First ($14)- Bernard Madray of Paradise; Second ($11) - C. Allick of Nabaclis; Third ($8) - T. Solomon of Nabaclis; Fourth ($5) - Joseph Wrong of Golden Grove.
HEIFER CALF (7 to 16 months): First ($14)- F. Monplasir of Bachelor's Adventure; Second ($11) - A. McDonald of Nabaclis; Third ($8) - S. Smith of Nabaclis; Fourth ($5) - M. Williams of Enmore.
HEIFER (17 to 30 months): First ($14)- M. Bissett of Mahaica; Second ($11) - Parbatee of Bachelor's Adventure; Third ($8) - R. Mitchell of Nabaclis; Fourth ($5) - Geraldine Aaron of Golden Grove.
COW (31 to 48 months): First ($18) - Samaroo of Vigilance; Second ($14) - M. Bissett; Third ($10)- Ramkissoon of Mahaica; Fourth ($6) - Dindin of Vigilance.
EWE (age) (twelve months and over): First ($9)- W. Mahase of Enmore; Second ($6) - T. Joyce of Golden Grove; Third ($3) - Agnes Williams of Golden Grove.
RAM (twelve months and over): First ($9)- C. Deuwarder of Golden Grove; Second ($6) - W. Jagnarine of De Hoop; Third ($3) - Leonard Scott of Golden Grove.
LAMB : First ($6) - I. Mohamed of Golden Grove; Second ($4) - Hussein of Haslington; Third ($2) - A. Fernandes.
FOWLS (trio of the same breed): First ($10)- P. Singh of Golden Grove; Second ($8) - Partab of Bachelor's Adventure; Third ($6) - S. Jeune.
TURKEYS (Pair of the same breed): First ($6) - Janet Chester of Golden Grove; Second ($4) - S. Jeune of Golden Grove; Third ($2) - M. Isaacs of Nabaclis.
DUCKS (Pair of the same breed): First ($6) - I. Johnson of Golden Grove; Second ($4) - W. David of Golden Grove; Third ($2) - A. Johnson of Golden Grove. Consolation prizes were awarded to H. Hughes and J. Douglas.
Source: The Daily Argosy, Tuesday, September 7, 1948: page 4.

PLEASE NOTE: Please forward this article by any means possible to persons connected to Guyana and particularly to those linked to the villages and/or communities located between Plaisance and Mahaicony, inclusive, on the Sea Coast east of the Demerara river.
I would dearly love to be enlightened respecting the identity of the farmers mentioned in the article. Therefore, if you are aware of their names and their relatives will you then - please enlighten me. At this juncture I am particularly interested in the identity of A. Johnson, and I. Johnson of Golden Grove. I need to know their exact relationship( if any) with the mother of Teasie Johnson, Limmie Johnson and Agnes Bastiani. I also need to be enlighten regarding the name and other vital statistics of the mother of Teasie Johnson, Limmie Johnson and Agnes Bastiani, including the names of her husbands, and eight other children and grand children.
there are three photographs accompanying the article. They are that of the Champion Ram, the Champion Ewe and Lamb. The images of the animals and their owners are displayed top, centre and bottom, respectively. I would love to obtain copies of the images. if you have access to machines which transfer images from micro film format to PDF and/or any other format of digital images. If you can and/or would be able to facilitate please do so soonest. contact information : Email Inbox : - NABACLISMAN@GMAIL.COM
Every nation including the industrialized and/or the so called developed nations on earth depend on production in their rural districts. It is obvious Guyana cannot attain developed nation status without contributions from its agricultural communities and those of the hinterland. If not Guyana would remain as it is - a failed state - a consumer nation not a producer nation. Why is the Minister of Agriculture, and the technocrats employed at the Ministry of Agriculture being allowed to fail our people? Why are they receiving compensation for services they never render? Why are the agricultural communities failing to produce? What can and must be done to remedy the situation?