IMPROVING QUALITY

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20639, 28 October 1938, Page 8

IMPROVING QUALITY

SHOW’S GREAT VALUE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH OFFICIALS CONGRATULATED “I should like to congratulate all those who have been responsible for the Royal Show this year on their enterprise and thoroughness in providing an attractive display,” said the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, In officially declaring the show open. “You are all well aware that these shows, with all the trouble and expense which they involve, can only be

justified if they serve to educate the producers of this country to the very real need for still further improving the quality of their output. In days like these, when competition In our principal market is becoming increasingly severe, our only prospect of retaining our position is by ensuring that the quality of the produce which we export is at least equal to the best supplied by other countries. “The Royal Show affords the best possible opportunity to breeders in the Dominion to exhibit their live-stock and other produce and serves a splendid purpose in furthering the education of farmers in this direction and in enabling them lo determine with confidence the types of animals best suited for their herds or flocks.” Judges’ Responsibility His Excellency said the responsibility which fell upon show judges to give the highest awards to none but the very best stock could not be stressed too strongly. In this respect, fortunately, the Royal Agricultural Society and the various A. & p. societies ‘throughout the Dominion were very well served. “Lady Galway and I are very glad indeed that it has been possible for us to come to Hamilton for this show, firstly, because it gives us an opportunity of meeting many of the people of the rural districts with whom we have little or no opportunity to meet elsewhere, and secondly, because we are eager to see for ourselves many of the exhibits outlined in the show catalogue,” added His Excellency. “Next year’s Royal Show will be held on the eve of New Zealand’s Centennial when numerous overseas visitors are expected in the Dominion. I am sure that the Royal Agricultural Society intends to make every effort within its power to assure that the Royal Shows in 1939 and 1940 are tTTe very best it, is possible to arrange so that our visitors may gain an accurate and favourable impression of the high standard of animals and produce which can be grown in New Zealand.”