AUCKLAND WINTER EXHIBITION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 517, 26 May 1909, Page 4

AUCKLAND WINTER EXHIBITION.

THE SECOND DAY. FINE, SHOW BY THE DEPARTMENT. (by xiiijaanrH — iricuL c niEipoNnENT) Auohland, May 25 ' The position of too various factories >n tho import classes of the butter and cheese section was as follows —Manawaru, 92 52 points; Thames Valley, 92 36, Matakana, yi 88, Cambridge, 918/, Fresh Food and Ice Company, 9185, Ambuiy, 'English and Co , 91 34 j Northern Wairoa, 91 32, Eureka, 9131, Waikikie, 9106, Bay of Islands, 90 87; TaUranga, 90 83, Okaria, 90 79, Opotiki 90 63, Oruru, 9U41, Yuipu, 90.40 Thames Valley Factory, which won tho Weddol Cup in 1907, lost it this jear by a , very narrow margin, but that factory has the satisfaction of tarrying off the Auckland championship gold medal and certificate for highest aggregate score of points in the Grading Points, Competition, and tho four factory classes in the export section, with a total of 368 points The Tauranga factory ■was runner-up with 365 points. Last timo Whitford Park factor} carried off the championship, which was then made on tho highest score in one class. Tho third, fourth, and fifth positions rest between the Cambridge, Opotiki, and Whangarei factories, and, so far as the points lnvo beon made up, Cambridge seems to be third with 361 37 points,' and Opotiki next with 364 13 points s (heat intoiest was taken bj tho ciowd yesterday in the butter and cheese sections, 'and those competent to know were loud in their praises of the remarkably fine cxhibi-, tion of dairy produce, tone southern judge going as far as to admit that, while a greatei ehecEc show 'might bo seemed m the south, a finoi butter section had never .been seen ■ in Now Zealand In the class for tho best 31b. of croanieiy-mido butter m rolls, suited ,to tho local retail trado (prizes £o, £3, and £2), there wcio five entries, and tho award - was as follows — Cambruljo Co operative Dairy Companv, 1, 13a\ of l'lcnt) Co-opera-

;■»VVi fairyJwraipuujf,-;-x., *V:*?«■ y-"r-'T.. *'.KAtivo .Dairy. '.Company,'* To'l'uko;'2;';opotiki, ■^ : V;v;Dairy'Asiiociatioiv'3; -'•'Tho;other entries were ;SS^vfroitv'AVhitford Vaxk .factory, (Auckland), and; :'-:? ; v -.: .^ft-v.One'oLthe finest displays m the whole exis'HbJb' l Sbuft- v of;tlie , :.Bepartment ; of: ;:«Jv' ; 'Agriculture;'' iltWcoritains.. specimens, of _alW*P ! -mit\6ifN3-'ioimM ..produce/',.and play'^af.'apples 'alone; is wellvworthrav visit. ®: ;; ' and:hiniriitmtcd,:.,observer ; : W onders: vaguely .lip* so; many different 'kinds,. i^'V-of-Bo'hiany different sizes,'and with so .many different:: names^can''bo. .grown ; All these bxhibits hovp-bcenigrqwn; V"> on" the; Departmeht' .f convincing'.proof;ofßhe|cxcoltonco of tho, S M :i\*wrt£. doho therek A; featuroynvthe &s■:&s& exhibition'■■ : *V?^§^^,f# ? : ;;> : ;m: : w -addition '■ up.- a; ;ready^fo^ #?;*V> : '?of the; liossibilities-of:■;this .industry,vir.it Mtil -: wh-'o-developed a?, itvsbould. be.-v= The -'live Kv•CS.-ihoultrY Vis worthy.' wordy of- -notice, lnis r,-';v.ii-exhibit~is=not?larßO, -:bnt;.is' interesting; to ;- ■* "• -ft; poultrY^anoinrsft)^ho I ,maiority,:of ; : tbo' birds 5;t6-.--'thd" •■htihty.-..-:ponHry' olassesV ; a«u: UiiZ barred 11lymputh,;Rocks, ( and' W 1 " 10 and .Brown'.leghorns;.;, v;:;:v'.; ; --A 'few:,.p'tins;;of/duck's ..and• vft'ftthe 'cxhibit.v'-.;.;''^"-^ 1 }:^;. 1 ;vV-;.^:Vv !; / ,•'- ■■.■■> :^V;: "'".:Thc v yi:setablo.exhibit m:th6' : Departmetii.'s ?^ i: .V:.court"U i- an exceptionallyfine on'e,;and shows % ;;bcing::clP.hb':ovory. day; VinVtho • Govft.ft: .ernment'experiment. farms/V;ft:ft:. Vft ../Bome-'flne vexhjhits /from' ,thp ■; Tauranga' VvO'V' '"'. '. Kxperimant': Karrii. wore grown. on land. ■ nyV-. ..'rnreti'with fish .refuse, ,and. the: .experiment %A v: v:(which;yit:.admittedly 1 as could

br proved a success, tlio 1170 anrl quality of tho roots testifying thereto 'Uomms; to the smaller 'anoties of vegetable* in" the- Department's coutt, the firi(> Ovhlfoit ft onions catches the oyo Thero Bif also, among "-tho many moro common kinds of roots, some chufas, or earth nuts, \vhich. in fpito of thoir unappctisir;; appearance, have a rather palatable, Bivect flavour. 'I hese' su'ious nuU are got from tho roots of a kind of grass. Some excellent cobs of maize also foim a feature of this table, and a lrrge (ipplo, weighing 2}lb., must not bo nverlsokwf Tho'exhibit of potatoes is sur-. prising!}* good, both m quality and number There is a hue display of grasses, designed to give tho farmers some idea of tho more useful sorts. One particularly instructive sample is thiit of different lots of red clover, grown fron seed sown 3t tho rato of 201b to the icro, and manured with different substances, showing the yield from the var- " lou* lots.