LONDON DAIRY SHOW

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 75, Issue 6441, 3 November 1947, Page 8

LONDON DAIRY SHOW

PEDIGREE STOCK BUILDING INDUSTRY ALSO FEATURED (By David Curnock) Most of the trade exhibitions held annually in Britain were suspended during World War II, ; but this year a number of them have been resumed. These exhibitions provide visitors and trade experts from all parts of the world with an excellent opportunity to see the developments which have taken place in the United Kingdom during the past eight years. Of special interest are two exhibitions which have opened at Olympia, London. They are the Gist annual dairy show of the British Dairy Farmers’ Association and the Building Trades Exhibition. British pedigree livestock has long been famous in the Latin American countries, particularly pedigree bulls for breeding purposes for which the Argentine has paid the highest prices realised for British stock. In the cattle section of the exhibition, the animals will include only those of herds tuberculin tested under Britain’s Ministry of Agriculture, and they are among the finest animals in Britain. There will be something like 484 animals on show, including all the famous breeds such as Ayrshire, Friesian, Guernsey, Jersey, Shorthorn, Red Poll and Welsh Black. '■ According to expert opinion the standard of livestock is exceptionally high, in of the inevitable fact that thousands of acres of pasture land had to be turned over to the production of grain, potatoes and vegetables. The result of this was that the were improved and worthwhile results were obtained by ploughing, liming and fertilising, then sowing again with new and improved strains of grasses and clovers. During the years of World War II there has been necessarily some increase of cross breeding in dairy herds in order to meet the demands for milk, and Britain, generally, has had to turn more towards milk. This tendency is shown in the proportion of dairy bulls licensed as compared with others; there has been a very marked increase in the former category despite a general decrease in the number of licensed bulls. The total number of exhibits at the Dairy Show, which includes dairy farming equipment, goats, pedigree poultry, pigeons and rabbits, is likely to exceed 4,000. In dairy equipment, including milking accommodation, milking machines, coolers and bottling units, there have been a number of developments of interest. It must be remembered, however, that the factories engaged on making dairy equipment were largely turned over to munitions during World War 11, *so that most of the development in equipment generally has taken place within the past two years. During the Exhibition, the International Dairy Federation will hold their meetings at Olympia and delegates from 50 countries will attend. Building Industry At the Building Trades Exhibition, which is also at Olympia, there will be much that is new, in both materials and general building tools and equipment. Although Britain has faced much criticism for not having built more houses, there will be abundant evidence that the building industry is very alive and virile, so far as general and scientific development is concerned. Britain’s Government has three stands* one run by the sponsored Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, a second by the Ministry of Labour, and a third by the Council of Industrial Design—again a Govern ment'-backed body which staged the “Britain Can Make It” and “Enterprise Scotland 1947” Exhibitions. There will be between 350 and 400 exhibits, including many labour-sav-ing devices for the homes, and consequently of great interest to housewives. There are, of course, many war-time developments now being used. There will be much plastic home equipment on show. There will be steel tiles of many colours for the kitchen,, bathroom or lavatory. A special section of the Exhibition will be entitled “This Was London,” which will be a series of photographs and drawings showing buildings destroyed and damaged during the air raids in World War 11. A more international feature will be shown in “Europe Renewed,” which will illustrate the progress that has been made in building and planning throughout the Continent. According to an expert the building equipment generally will be well in advance, even of that which is in use at the present time, and the building trades in Britain certainly have something to show the world.