DAIRYMEN RELAX

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19155, 11 November 1927, Page 11

DAIRYMEN RELAX

A SOCIAL EVENING.

JUDGE'S CANDID COMMENTS. Last night a pleasant social gathering, organised by the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Milking Shorthorn Association, at which visiting members to the Royal Show were the guests, was held in the Cauterbury A. and P. Association's rooms in Worcester street. Mr P. Smith (branch president) was in the chair, aud welcomed the visitors. Proposing the toast of the New Zealand Milking Shorthorn Association, Mr R. Peach spoke of the progress made in (he breed in Canterbury and elsewhere.

Replying, Mr R. V. Brown said that so much progress had been made that the breed could hold its own with anyother. Mr A. W. Green (organising secretary), also in reply, emphasised that the main object of the Association was to foster and improve the Shorthorn breed in the Dominion.

The toast of "The Royal Show" was proposed by Mr T. Bloor, who made favourable comment ou securing an Australian judge for the section. He would like to see the Royal Show authorities try to get more cattle from both Islands; it was not desirable to have a judge adjudicate only on South Island beasts at Christchurch and North Island cattle when the Roval Show was held in that Island, and he thought that perhaps the Association could devise a scheme of assisting breeders financially in transporting beasts from Island to Island.

_ Mr G. H. Tate, New South Wales, who judged the milking Shorthorn classes, responding to the toast, said that he was candidly disappointed. He might have been expecting too much; perhaps he thought that there would be more entries and better quality after having come so far to judge. S- e of the exhibits were very fine, but many beasts shown were poor samples of milking Shorthorns. He thought that if the different Breeders'' Societies could secure the lifting of the embargo on the importation of Australian cattle it would be not only for the benefit of Australian sellers, but for that of New Zealand breeders. (Applause.) Mr Tate pointed out that every prize was won by direct descendants of Australian cattle. -He stressed the necessity of staging a beast well, and having it educated for show purposes, as there was much in education. The previous day he noticed a Shorthorn clipped all over, and that was not necessary. He - had seen Jerseys clipped, but he did not think that Shorthorns had come to that. Also he had seen cattle tossed out of one ring and come into the Shorthorn section, and he hoped that when he next roturnod to New Zealand a by-law would have been passed forb'Hing that. The show secretary expected a report from judges and the speaker was going to urge confining cattle to one section. Mr Tate congratulated the owner of the champion bull, which he characterised as a very fine animal, and he concluded by expressing thanks for hospitality shown him.

The toast of the various branches was proposed by Canterbury members, and acknowledged as shown: Southland, Mr J. Bateman; Marlborough,, Mr A. E. Vickers; Wcllington-Tarnnaki, Mr Mason; Waikato, Mr Duxfield; Franklin, Mr Whitman.

A capital musical programme was given during the evening.