DAIRY COMPETITIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 292, 7 December 1923, Page 7

DAIRY COMPETITIONS.

EVENNESS OF EXHIBITS A remarkable evenness of quality was shown in factory butter and cheese, which attracted keen competition. The entries numbered 35 of butter and 23 of cheese, compared with 2S and 18 respectively last year. The judging was carried oat by the chief (iovernment grader for Auckland. Mr. A. A. Thornton, and members of the staff of trie Dairy Division. In their report tile judges state: —

"The competition is, from a show point of view, unique in that the butter and cheese were not specially made for show purposes, and are therefore thoroughly representative of the everv-day quality of the dairy produce coming forward to the grading stores for export. The entries represent factories from all parts of the province, fom lvaitaia in the far north to Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty, from the Kinsr Country to the VVaikato, Thames. Valley, and the Waiuku districts. They are also representative of the last* overseas shipment by the Remuera. This shipment comprised 03,833 boxes of butter and 4394 crates of cheese, and the f.o.b. value amounted, to £319,000.

'The quality standard of the exhibit is a liijrh one. a7id the points scored are practically identical with the everyday grading scores. The makers must he congratulated for their efforts in this direction.

"It is fitting and safe to remark that the future of the Dominion depends on the success of the dairy industry. This is acutely defined in the Auckland Province, which must always l>e almost solely a dairying one. Each year a material increase in butterfat production will be recorded. The watchword therefore must always be 'quality,' and if this vital necessity is observed in its truest sense, no alarm need ever he felt for over production." Following are the results: — IJITTER EXHIBITS. Body Colour, and salt. Flay- tex- and Name of Company, our. turp. finish. Tl. Ilikurangi 40J 24J 25 96 Whnngnroa 40 24J 25 95J Kaitaia 451 24J 25 05 Hay of Plenty 45 24J 25 »4i Npatea N.JS. Co-op 41 J 24 J 25 94 Cheddar Valley 44j 24 25 93J Whancarei 44 24i 25 93J IMo Plo 44J 24 25 93i Mntakana 445 '-4 25 93J Oruru-Fairburn 44' 24J 25 93J Ruawai 44 24 25 03 Northern AVnlroa .... 44 24 25 93 Clevetlon N.Z. Coop. 43J 24J 25 03 Tauplri 43J 24J 25 «3 Raclun 44 24 25 93 Glyn 43J 24 23 92J Opouriao 43J 24 25 92J Otoroh'gu N.Z. Coop. 43J 24 25 93J Frankton No. 2 N.Z. Co-op 43J 24 25 92J Maungaturoto 4.SJ 24 25 92J Wttlukll N.Z. Co-0p... 43JS 24 25 921 Wailemata 43 24i 25 92J Port Albert 43 24i 25 92$ Aria 43J 23J 25 92 Frankton No. 1 N.Z. Co-op 42$ 24i 25 92 Ngarunwaliia N.Z. Co-op 43 24 2f. 92 Knltlckc 43 24 25 !)2 East Tamaki 43 24 25 92 Mercury Bay 43 24 24J 91J Katlkati 42 24i 25 Oil Waltunguru 43 23i 25 91J Bay of Islands 421 24 25 911 Coromandrl 40 24J 25 89J Wailiou N.Z. Co-0p... 40 24 25 89 Waltoa N.Z. Co-op. . . 40 24 25 89 CHEESE EXHIBITS. Body and Colour, Flay- tpx- and

Nnme of Company, our. ture. finish. Tl. Cambridge, Hantapu . 44£ 29 20 9::j Cambridge, Gricedalr. 44 2!) 20 St 3 Waimana 44 2SJ 20 92J Hauraki Plains 43J 2SJ 20 !)2 Ton Toa 43 284 20 91J <;<irdonton X.Z. Co-op. 4.'1 2S 20 91 Orinl N.Z. Co-op 43 2S 20 !)1 Tatua "43 2S 20 l>l I'uketurna 4:: 28 19J 90J Kakepuka 43 2S 1!)J 90J Opourlao 421 2SJ 19i 90J nuatoki 42S 281 1»1 9"i liukuhia N.Z. Co-0p... 42 2S 20 90 Monavale 42i 2S 19J 90 Aka Aka X.Z. Co-op.. 42 28 20 !»0 ITairini N.Z. Co-op. . . 42J 28 19* 90 Horsham Downs 42J 2.S 1»1 90 Bruntwood i % 2 2S 20 )0 i,,, n ».| 42 2S 20 90 rencourt '.'.'.'.'.'. 4'2h 28 19* 90 Netherton N.Z. Co-op. 42 28 191 89J Eaßt Co.o p amaki XZ - 42 2S 101 89i Manowaru N.z! Co-op. 42 2S l»i SOJ