EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. EXPORT OF BUTTER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 914, 6 September 1910, Page 8

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

EXPORT OF BUTTER.

;.'•>•;;••■'' EIGHTEENTH' WEEK. '■■•' \.::..; : ;,,| :■■.-.There .are, a few'.''slight changes in•.'the Papariui ;egg-laying ' competition ■;. since last;week.- Kennedy's Silver Wyandpttes, and' Thomson's "White Leghorns are equal', with 536.'. G. H. Kobinsoh'sv.,'\Vhite"iLeg-.r.; horns are, third;: but his. •Black' : Orpitigi'tons displaced by' A. W.,V. Clarke's Silver ■ Wyandottes from fourth' position. The leading dozen pens are:—' "'■' '"i. : :":.'■:.'■:.',' ■..•.''-, Week'To'tat ■'■:■.) •,■;''■ '.:'■•-;•. '..-.,■■-.'■■ ending .■-to.'y '.'<.• "••■■-.'-',.•' '' ;. ; . ■';■' . Sep. 1., date. James Thomson's White..Leg- ■'■. horns ......:.....:..,...' ..;..;'.• 80 536 T. Kennedy's Silver'Wyondottes 31 536 G.;H. .Robinson's White Log-' : horns'.-. .......V... 1 ... 28 520 AJ W. V. Clarke's'Silver Wyan=. .'.-' ;■ dottes ..;.......,...'..„. ...37 . 5U G. H.. Kobinsoh's Blue Orping23 ,513 J.. A. Corrie, White Leghorns. 33 511 Mrs. R.W. Hawke's White-Leg- • >■;-...•- ■'-~ horns .-..„..;;...„.......:........;.... 33 508 N; Solomon's White-Leghorns... 30 '505 A. Smith's White Leghorns...... 30 501 ,W, Balch's White Leghorns...... 31 502 W. Knight's: White Leghorns ...32 501 : W.:O. .'Sail's}White; Leghorns... 33 MO ■ The leading pens in the duck competition i are those of ;T.", Dowthwaite, 299; W.'Knight, 299;'Wi A. Nixon's 298;, W. Knight," 296; ,C Hammond, 280. All the Open's mentioned are Indian runners.

NEED Ml 'A GKADEK; AT HO,MB. ' A gathering of. members of Parliament- representing the dairying districts /was held, on. Wednesday night, to hear representations 'made on behalf of the .dairy companies' by Messrs. Harkness .and il'j:'arlane. Theeei gc-iitlemeh asked 'that graders with'' colonial., exiierience should: be- sent Home. It' was pointed out. that meat ■ was' graded, and there was . every reason why . butter also should be graded. ; liuttor which: Helt the Do■ininion a3 firsi;/grade, was'sometimes roSorted. to bo; fishy' when it 1 was landed, ir! M'jNab, when , Minister for 'Agricul-'t.urtj-v hadv iserit ■ Mr.".- Cuddie Home, but no . grader had. \ been ; sent after him to carry oil the work of which h« had laid the foundation. The Dairy . Association .was prepared to pay. : the . passage•: of a grader' Home; 'l'he deputation also"'urged that the Companies Act should be amend- , ed- to /permit. dairy companies '• to. appoint any person outside the .New Zealand Accountants'' Association ;,to act as ; . their /auditor. // There. ■ were'/two//'thousand'-'two. hundred ■ accountants in the association," of whom, four, hundred and lifty aro public, accountants,.and, the ./balance', registered accountants.. Co-operative . dairy companies did/not ' issue, shares ,\to the' general public,'•but' J oilly ' i to ; 'Suppliers, and when a supplier left the /district he had to/ se|lMs'. shares, to ■ the i remaining: share- - holders, - llenco the public interest was not concerned, and, the rc-quegt to. be allowed to. employ, an; auditor s, in the district, whether a . member' .of - the Accountants' Association or not, was perfectly/ reasonable. ■/ It. meant a fee of about." five pounds, as against a charge of fifty pounds or sixty pounds for bring:.iiig, a, public, accountant/from a distance. /Members generally ' ex/presse,d . .sympathy with : . ; the"' : rer(uests'* t of : ! j the':' ; deputation.