MANAWATU SHOW

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 146, 22 June 1915, Page 3

MANAWATU SHOW

OPENING DAY CHEESE AND BUTTER CLASSES. 'BT TELEGRAPH.— SPECIAL TO THB POST.) PALMERSTON NORTH, This Day. At the Manawatu A. and P Show, the cheese championship was yon by the Cardiff Factory. The cheese competitions this year were very keen, and the entries, which came from all parts of tho Dominion, were large. The display in the produce hall is very imposing indeed, and cannot but claim the attention of the visitors, whose only ncquaintance with the produce is as an article of diet. Prizes were won as follows :: — • One case of full cream cheddar shaped •"hppfic, coloured, suitable foi export. - Hawera Co-operative Dairy Co., 95i points, 1 ; Cardiff Dairy Factory and Havkvalc Company, each 94i points , Kaupokonai Dairy Co. and Dairy Co., each 94 points. Hawera wan one point ahead of any other competitor in flavour. JR?st,cas© white cheddar for export.Cardiff Dairy Factory and Dalefield Dairy Factory, each 95 points, tied for first place; Kaupokonui Dairy Co., 94^ points, 3; Mells Dairy Co., 94 points, 4. Case of cheese, irrespective of colour, open only to members of the New Zealand Factory Managers' Association (for tho aesociation's challenge cup).' — Dalofield Dairy Co., 04£ points, 1 ; The Tafen and Peninsular Company, 94 points, 2; Waiohiki Dairy Co., 9o£ points, 3. In the competition for best f actor j cheese, fully matured, Cardiff and Dalefield Companies tied for first place, with 95 points each; Kaupokonui Dairy Co., with 94? points, third; Mells Co., 93^ points. The beßt case of factory cheese from non-pasteurists' milk was manufactured by the Dalefield Dairy Co., 94£ points, Taieri Co. winning thp second place, and Mangarama Co. third. In the class for the best case of medium-sized factory cheese from noupasteurised milk, the Taieri Company was placed first, with 94J pointo, the Mangarama Co. being second, and Tainaln third. The Parkvele Dairy Co. thowed th«» best four loaf cheeses, Dalefield coming eecond, and the Whakarongn. Oompaoij third. In the competition for the best export cheese, open to managers not having won a prize to the value of £5, the Cardiff Dairy Co. (managoi, 1). Cameron) was first, the Tamaki Co. (H. Gills.) second, and Whakaronga (A. P. Lee) third. Oheese Charnmonship. — Cardiff, 2S4£ points, 1; Kaupokonui, 283 points, 2; Dalefield, 282^ points, 3. The Challen^s > Cup, prosanted by Xht> New Zealand Shipping Company, for the highest points in ch°ddar cheese, was won by the Hawera Dairy Co., 95£ points. A gold medal, presented by the association for the highest-scoring South Island factory, was won by the Taieri Co. by 94£ point 3. EXPERT OPINIONS. The officers of the dairy division of th*s Agricultural Department "who judged the dairy exhibits spoke very highly to a Post reporter of the butter entries which this year had come forward. The ex hibition was representative of the Dominion factories generally, and competition was very keen ; indeed, the quality all round wae well up to standard. The judges had really ro criticisms to offer owing to tho uniform charactei- of the exhibits. In the cheese classes the quality was also very praiseworthy, and very much better all % ronnd than laet year. A noticeable feature was the closeness of body, an important requirement on the Home market. In this respect a previous defect seemed lo have been largely overcome. The flavour of the classes all round was sound. Mr. Cnddie, Dairy Commissioner, spoke of the, good work tho A. and 1?. Associations throughout New Zealand had done and wero doing to promote education in the manufacture of butter and chses© by offering good prizes for competitions It set up a spirit of rivalry amongst the makers, and the methods which brought them prizes they incoroorated in the ordinal y work of manufacture. This helped to improve the outputs of the factories, and led to an increase of values on the Home markets. MANAWATU WINS AGAIN. The Awahuri Dairy Company, which won the butter championship, has been very successful at other chows during the present season, and has also secured thd highest grading position at the grading ctoree for the Wellington province for the year. This is an excellent credential for the manager, Mr. C. J. Parlane. Last year, also, the championship came to Manawatn, being won by the Kairanga Dairy Company. The year's runner-up was the Levin Dairy ComEauy, whose exhibit was half a point ehind.