DAIRY PRODUCE CONTESTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1150, 10 June 1911, Page 8

DAIRY PRODUCE CONTESTS.

TARANAKI AND WAIKATO SHOWS. During tho week butter and clieeso competitions havo been held nt the Taranaki (New Plymouth) and the Waikato (Hamilton) Winter Shows. TAKANAKI. At New Plymouth tlie produce ivas judged by Messrs. Wright and Grant, Government graders. Taieri and Peninsular, the big South Island concern, won tho two principal butter classes. Jlr. C. Capel (the Taieri and Peninsular maker) was in the factory business in Tnranaki before going south. The results were: EXPORT BUTTER. -3 .5 - s nH Pi Taieri and Pen. 4C| 241 10 10 5 9!i Rangitikei 451 2l| 10 10 5 05 Bunnythorpo ... 45S 23i 10 10 A 91 Tikorangi 4lj 24 10 10 5 !M 801 l Block 41 21 10 10 5 93 BUTTER CHAMPIONSHIP. fefsSriO £h Taieri and Pen. 45! 21; 10 10 5 flfi Rangitikei 431 24 10 10 5 941 Bell Block 44' 24 10 10 5 94 Tikorangi 44 24 10 10 5 O.'t Bunnythorpo ... 411 231- 10 10 5 9." Kaponga 4i| 231 10 10 5 90 ' NOTICE BUTTER CLASS. 3 Ss ti js K o 3 .2 - ~ oj2 S"o *?, *2 o ~Pw O M ri Bunnythorpe 46 24 10 10 5 95 Tikorangi 45 241 10 10 5 941 Kaponga .". 411 231 10 10 5 90 EXPORT CHEESE. p o s £ ji •/! a _3 3 » -y So .2 O Ph H Oh Pn Kaponga 44 2S 141 Gj 91 WAIKATO. Speaking to a Dominion reporter regarding tiie dairy produce entered for competition at Hamilton the judge, ilr. D. Cuddio (director of the Dairy Division in, ;.the Department of Agriculture) said that he had found the quality of the exhibits to be very satisfactory indeed. Thero were 10 competitors for the Coronation challenge cup, presented by Messrs. Lovell and Christmas, London, for butter suitable for export, and in view of the value of the prize, the most valuable trophy offered for competition among dairy factories of the Dominion, the produce was submitted to a very severe test of itsi keeping qualities, and that explained the fact that' the points were on a. lower scale than in the other classes. The prize-winning exhibits came through the trial very well, but some of the weaker butters lost' points owing to inferior flavour A. condition of the-competition was,that the butter should be taken from tho cool store and kept' at ordinary temperature for 14 days prior to tho show, and in one or two cases there had apparently been a heavy deterioration in quality. Eight factories submitted samples of butter prepared under ordinary conditions for export purposes, and both the flavour and the general quality of the butter showed that the factories had been doing sound work, during the season. The exhibits were uniformly, gopdw.i'Jn tho class for-butter-manufactured'-under the most favourable conditions from selected milk and cream there was very keen competition among tho .15 competitors, and the judges found it impossible to make any distinction among the first four exhibits. In fact, Mr. Cuddie remarked that the butter was in cvjry- resnect so similar that it might havo been the product of a _ single factory. That was a highly' desirable feature, and every encouragement would be given to the various, factories to maintain a uniform stnnd-! ard of excellence, so that their butter would need onlv the one recommendation, that it was of Now Zealand manufacture. The cheese was of satisfactory flavour and make. Tho results were as follow:— BUTTER CHALLENGE CUP. Taieri and Peninsular CC. Capel), 93... 1 Cheltenham (.T. Murray). 921 *. 2 Bunnythorpe (C. Edwards), 91-j 3 Te Aroha, 90.\; Bell Block, 90; Block, 90;- Thames Valley, 90; Kaponga. 891; Midhirst, 891; Cambridge. 881; Lepperton, 881; Wanganui, 88.1; Eureka, 881; Rangitikei, 805; Bay of Plenty, SO; and Waikato, 841. EXPORT BUTTER. Bunnythorpe (C. Edwards), 931 1 Bell Block (John Rutherford), 93 2 Taieri and Peninsular, "J2l 3 Rangitikei, 92; Bay of Plenty, till; Eureka, 91; Cambridge, 91; and Waikato, 851. BUTTER MADE UNDER MOST FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS., •Cheltenham (J. Murray), 921 t Tanranga (W. Marshall), 92J f Bell Block (J. Rutherford), 921 ......... i Taieri and Peninsular, 921 + lAII equal. Bunnythorpe, <-2; Lepperton, 911; Thames Valley, 911; Ballnnce, 911; Eureka, 91; Midhirst, 901; Cambridge, 90; Rangitikei, 90; and Waikato, 80. NOVICE BUTTER CLASS. Bunnythorpe (C- Edwards), 921 1 Kaponga (C. Parley), 92 2 BUTTER CONTAINING CERTAIN SALT. Bell Block (J. Rutherford), 93 1 To Aroha (F. J. Morrow), 921 2 Lepperton, 911 t Thames Valley (W. C. Dixon), 911 t {Equal. CHEDDAR CHEESE. Kaponga (C. Farley) 1 W. Debroceney 2 LOAF CHEESE. Kaponga 1 W. Debrcceney 2