CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS.

Southland Times, Issue 18965, 13 June 1923, Page 2

CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS.

To the Editor. Sir, —May I ask what constitutes a champion cheesemaker. Otago is jubilant over Mosgiel winning the championship. I would like to know how the points are counted. Southland factories are well to the fore, Edendale particularly so with five firsts and two cups for cheese, and one first for butter, which of course does not count in this case. Mosgiel has two firsts and one cup; I am taking your list of June 7. In most societies, athletic, agricultural, dancing, singing and so far as I know any other society it is the aggregate number of points that count for a championship and not one particular exhibit or item. Your special correspondent must be an ardent Dunedinite as he does not attempt to boost Southland and does not even give us credit for what we get when he says Edendale got four firsts and a second, instead of five firsts. Mosgiel won in Class 25. This class is a sort of sweepstake among the factory managers, the money subscribed by them being put into a trophy and is a bit of a lottery as all factories are not in equally favourable conditions. The exhibit is sent straight from factory to show while all other classes must have the exhibits in the hands of the officials six weeks before the show, and the factory receiving the most regular supply of milk stands the best chance as it may be able to send cheese quite new, say, twenty-one days old, while others perhaps closing down, may have to hold their cheese a much longer period, consequently they may develop a flavour, as the longer they are kept the more danger of this happening; but some of us would like to know how the points are apportioned and so give Southlanders a chance to thoroughly understand the conditions. Thanking you, Sir, in anticipation. I am, etc. , SOUTHLANDER.

[The championship is not awarded to any particular class, but to the factory scoring the highest number of points for any two cheese exhibits. The trophy was donated by the Waitaki Dairy Factory Co., Ltd., Mosgiel, which scored 96 points in class 25, securing the Challenge Cup as the factory with the most points for any single exhibit. The class the points are scored in does not enter iuto thte v competition at all. This smaller factories a chance to win the Challenge Cup. The points are awarded as follows: — Flavour 50, body 25, colour 10, salting 10 and finish 5. —Ed. S.T.]