HOW THE PRIZE UTTER WAS PRODUCED.
A good story is told of a certain dairymaid who was in the habit of carrying off leading honours at the various shows at which she exhibited. For a long time her rivals sought in vain for the key, to her success, but one of them, a neighbour, eventually discovered that the champion was in the habit of ‘ steeping ’ her butter overnight in a cool spring with the object of hardening the grain, and giving it a firm but brittle texture. On one occasion the rival who succeeded in making this discovery brought some of her butter to the well on the eve of an important show, and there and then exchanged it for the handiwork of her opponent. The result was that next day both of them succeeded in obtaining first prizes. There were no more ‘hollow victories ’ for the champion after this.
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Southern Cross, Volume 7, Issue 42, 13 January 1900, Page 6
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