PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 7

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

f^DApT^OWyAIfeANGEMENTS; ,'j. i,/(From"Our/' Special/ObrrosponderiU yi', : ii r/.Vf/i'y Palmerstbn North, January"9. , /Ayihobting 'bf:.the'!National;:Dairy.:Shbw: .Committee?of'"the/Manawatu.,A. .and P.' AssPciation'/'was.'held.onrSaturday/ after-/ noon.- -/Present:■ Major/Dunk' (chairman),Messrs';'; SV/R.'. tancaster; ! R; Lloyd," 'and',; W',V! M'Kehzib. PCorrespondence' was; fea'd ,from the..: New: .Zealand. Dairy „:./Factory.i/iMahigerp; ;Association; asking'that ! i two ;.extra~ elates; be'; placed ; on "prize''.' schcdule-roney for /box '•/■ but-, ter,'. ahtf-•/■ anotherM : /for:Vcasp;ythe':y6xpbrt cheese".'compeUtion.:'/.tb/ : be'". 'cohfined.''..to It ,was",decided'; to?cbmply'. with: the' re-, qu'est./'rltyya's.hUb^decided:to 'approve' a'. should'bo ,:con- ; fined, to.,.''any "'factpir:; manager who'.has not previouslyv.wbri./ a'"> prize,at .'.the ;Np-. tional 'Dairy.-Show;''.'the'prizes to/,be : ,as before'.; those/.South; Island exiibits, scoring the ,highest v points; for, any ;ohe: exhibit, in butter; or .oheese,, be gold medal.' '.With reference/ to. Class. I,' the? Factory' Managers';-. Association' suggested that/'all; exhibits /should, bb'selected;from'/ the';same day's:churning— that"' is,// the": butter.' is/ to /.be sent to", store"as usual/'ciid,:./instead.:ofr selecting samples haphazard'-as has; been. the.custom ,in the' post,''.'the'/:Dairy; Shew/CPih-': mittec,. when'the':, time.: fdr..selecting ;ar-. rives, -will; 'fix / a /.particular; 1 day,/;ah'd thp; butter/i which': boars; the,,' churning.- date l for that'day;':will/be /selected;,/■After .coiit sidcrable ; ;disc'ussion./the>.suggestion .was approved.-:/ The. secretary,', of ,the, .South • Taranaki. "Winter;: Show .'■ Company.', wrote.: ; stating/'that~it"'was". proposed to hold' thoir', .show.annually,' and asking/for the. date's, of Hhe l 'National Dairy : Show which the/ secretary/.was instructed to supply.:,' The secretary, of the Manawatu. Philosophical Society wrote -intimating, that .his /society! had agreed, to; a'.suggestion, that thp com-/ petition-,- .for 'botanical .collections, (for; which the, Philosophical Society. donated prizes) should be changed /from' the Spring Show.. to. -the:;' National - Dairy : vSh'ow. ,'.lt was decided,'.to' order:a- hnlf-ton/chePse, in which-will,, bo'"placed worth, of coins,, from 'threepence.'to -half':a'sbvoreign,/ and. to ; have..guessipg-competitions, for sheep : and pigs..: Trophies /were / allotted ns:follow Dawson and Co.,- first/prize;":i£3-3s;," for;most:points in fruit classes 21 to 13;: "Evening Post," second prize;, .£2'2s'„ for most points in fruit;:D.l.C., first prize, JS2 25., for class 21, six, stunners j. Myers and Co.; .-22 25,',". for' fruit,-.most points in'classes. 15, 48,-. ,17; KiSmpthorne, Prosser and,Co;,-iE2 '2s., 1 •for';niost points/ for vegetables;'/ Bing,/ and C0.,y.£3 35., for.-most"points in farm roots;/George and Kersley, Y£2 25., .for , most, points Mn, all"'classes.' of home..cookery; "Evening. Post," £2, 25., for farmers' butter; Hilmer and Gil--christ, ;,61- Is., for prosen - es and pickles; Wychorly /and Son, £1 :1s., for potatoes.