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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 34, 17 March 1914, Page 11 (Supplement)

NORTHERN A. & P. ASSOCIATION. {Supplement continued from page 2.) the "age, that the committee had some ,' discussion as to allowing bicycles to be , v taken on the show grounds. A new oißfice was btfflt that year. The prizes 7, Were £370, and the balance had shrunk to £32; 4/9, and the Government grant of £SO had been withheld. The ball ' made a profit compared to the former expense of about £25 for the annual * dinner of the previous years. The society this year protested against the Government making a law that each owner of 500 sheep must possess a dip, and also viewed with alarm the action of ' the Government in deciding to alter the gauge of the northern railway (froni broad to narrow). This year a motion to have five judges was negatived, in favour of three, and it was decided that •judging by a point system was not practicable.'' It was all clear going, the difficulties by the way being merely so many inei-

dents. .In 1891 the society held its - show on its own grounds, opened as .freehold clear of encumbrance, 16 acres • well fenced, and wooded for shelter. As was fitting, the grounds were opened by the then Governor, Lord Onslow.

sult is that the usual trouble of controlling temperatures is, if not nonexistent, at least easily iurmouotable. Quite the most pleasing feature of this factory is the excellent prices paid out for butter-fat. Certainly dairymen earn every penny they get for their products, for it must be remembered that interest on high priced land must be reckoned against monthly cheques. The average price paid out last year for butter-fat supplied was 11.711 d per lb, and this year these figures should be equalled, if not slightly excelled. Nowadays good dairy cattle are commanding figures that five or six years ago would have seemed imeredible. A Sefton factory supplier sold out a few days ago, and the prices serve to illustrate this point. Ten Jersey cross heifers, springing, averaged £l4 per head, selling up to £l9 10/per head. This herd averaged the owners £l6 16/6 per head for milk alone last season.

The Canterbury Dairy Company, whose ramifications extend all over the province have several creameries scattered throughout the North Canterbury district, and the supply going to this company both for milk and