WAIRARAPA SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2907, 20 October 1916, Page 8

WAIRARAPA SHOW.

Entries for the forthcoming show of f.ho Wairarapa and Fast Coast P. and A. Society have come in very freely, and a good exhibition is assured. Exhibitors have recognised the nature of the society's efforts in providing cover-ed-in stalls for all purobred stock, and theso classes are particularly strong this year. Tho dairy cattle alone will bo worth coming a long ,way to see. On the second-day of the show tho artillery section from, the Featherston Camp -are sending several gun teams with guns and wagons t'o gave a display on the grounds. The display will show how guns are brought into action, and will bo a- unique opportunity for patrons of tho show to see.exactly how guns aro handled' at the front. The FoatheVston Camp Bind, now so well known throughout the district, ?will also play during the afternoon.

High prices have been ruling in England for breeding sheep and ram lambs. At Lecontield 90 shearling Lincolns sold for 1595 guineas, or an average of £18 12s. per ram. The highest price was- 54 guineas for a ram by lliby Quality 2nd, another ram by Horkstow Champion reaching 51 guineas. At Britford 63 ram lambs let anß sold for an average of £31 14s. 6d. Five rams were let for an average of £138 125., the highest price being 220 guineas. At tho Newmarket sales of Sulfolks. 90 shearlings averaged £G. The rani lambs sold up to 60 guineas and 01 guineas.

Woolly Romney-Tjincoln hoggets made up to 38s. at the Masterton stock sale on Wednesday, and fat ewes up to £2. . «'i

Docking operations are now practically completed in 7 Wairarapa. The percentage of lambs is said to constitute a record, particularly in' wliito faces

The principal of a Dunedin firm is at present in Masterton, endeavouring to form i a company with the object of utilising some of the by-products of tho freezing works for the purpose of manufacturing fancy leather' goods, says our Masterton correspondent. It is stated that if works were established in or near Masterton, about 150 hands would ■be employed. The proposal is to form a parent company in the Wairarapa, with', subsidiary companies in other parts of the Dominions,

While some of the exhibits in the butter section 'of the Hawke's . Bay Show are of very fine quality a number show cvidcnco of over-ripe cream arid 'strong-feed flavour. The tendency in dairy butter • making is towards holding the cream too .long before. churning, which is conducive to strong flavours. Better results could bo obtained in a number of cases if a tetter - system of ripening were adopl- ■ ed, as the quality of the butter-is to a great extent determined before tho crcpi is churned at all. Cream should come from the separator fairly thick, coofed imediately in cold water, and under ordinary conditions should-' bo ready to churn in twenty-four hours, or when a very slight is apparent. A number of farm buttcr-mak-ers churn at a temperature of 60 degrees, when 50 degrees should ;bo aimed at. In non-separator butter twenty-four hours is tho longest milk should stand beforo being skimmed, tho milk having been cooled- immediately on coming from tho cow. ■ Somo of the butter held in.cold storage was too heavily salted. ■ If the butter is clean flavoured! 11 tho first instanco salt will not materially assist,in holding up tho flavour. This- content was made by the judge, Mr. J. Murray.

No factory will buy your milk by. guessing the weight or- test—neither will they take your word for these two essentials! Why do you buy grass.seed'that' old guess-work wny ? Why, indeed, when you can have the Government tests for purity and germination with "Tui" grass 'seeds from Hodder and Tollev, Ltd:, of Palmerston North., Write Dept. D. today for "samples, and freight paid prices. —Advt.

Some.there are who hold it n coincidence that factories turning- out the best clieeso and showing bigger profits are tlicso equipped with Victor Vats.. It is more than a coincidence—it is reasonable, ana the Victor Vat the reason. Its sloping bottom and improved middle drainage—its scientific principle—these are responsible for exellence. Get details. A. J. Parton, Sheet Metal and Plumbing Works, Carterton.—Advt.