DAIRY SHOW

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8559, 23 October 1913, Page 8

DAIRY SHOW

IN LONDON SEW ZEALAND COMPETITORS ON TOP. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright LONDON, October 21. At tho dairy show the follow ing awards were made: Salted butter—Taieri (Dunedin), 1; Dungog, 2; Warwick, 3; Downs Miles, reserve; very highly commended, Taieri (Oamaru), Grantham, Singleton, and Bowthorne; highly commended, Milawa, Downs, Toowoomba, Taylor Bros., Laidley, and Bovil. Uu salted butter—Taieri (Dunedin) and Taieri (Oamaru), bracketed, 1; Downs Miles, 2; Denman, 3; Milawa, reserve; Corndale, very highly commended ; Downs, Toowoomba, Alstonville. Singleton, Dungog, highly commended ; Alexandra, Cowarr, Tallangatta, Kiewa, Pittsworth, Patnbula, Nanango, Pomraev Bros., Grantham, Binnaburra. Cobargo, and Warwick, commended. Cheese —Tariki, 1; Ka'apokonui, 2; Hawera, 3; Mangaramarama, reserve; G. Sadler (Victoria), highly commended: Taratahi, commended. Bacon—English sides took all three prizes. There were no colonial awards for tho Commonwealth gold medal for collection of produce. Professor Drummond, of Kilmarnock, judge of cheese and unsalted butter, said the butter reached a, good average standard, the prize-winners quite outstanding in excellence. The exhibits were as good as any he had inspected for a long time, the colour being bright and the texture close. The exhibits were generally attractively put up, and showed to marked advantage. Professor Drummond concluded:— “The cheese is irregular, many of the exhibits being weak in body and deficient in flavour. The prize lots are 'very useful samples. The principal icause of the deficiency in quality has ‘been imperfect ripening of the milk, causing weakness in body.” ANNOUNCEMENT IN HOUSE. An announcement of the prizes taken by Now Zealand produce was made in the House yesterday by the Prime Minister, who received a cablegram conveying the above information from the High Commissioner. Mr Massey said he need hardly remind members that this was probably the most important dairy show in Britain, and, in view of the fact that during the last few months they had had a lot of talk about dairy produce! butter and cheese, he thought the news just received was especially gratifying, and must go a long way to re-establish the reputation of their dairy produce. The High Commissioner sent his congratulations with the message. Sir Joseph Ward said he was pleased to hear of the fine position occupied by their dairy factories in tho very best competition they had just gone through. It showed that their products were undeniably among the best in tho world, and it proved tho enormous advantage of the assistance given to the agricultural and dairy world, and to the industrious men engaged in that branch of production. Ho congratulated the winners, and urged that those who had not taken first place should proceed till they did.