MANAWATU SHOW.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1788, 20 June 1906, Page 3

MANAWATU SHOW.

(Per Press Association.) >? Palmerston North, last night. The fourth annual show opened Without ceremony, in threatening weather, at noon, and everything was in readioess. The display of machihery in motion was ionite as interesting as last year. Botne ' nev?\ features were added. There is an inorease iu exhibits all round It was fleoided yesterday to close the Bhow the whole of Thursday afternooD, in reepeot to {be memory of the Premier, but the Executive this afternoon revised the decision, a protest haviDg been entered by the exhibitors, and will now close for half an hour only, from 230 to 3. Blaok Bros, won the Royal Horticultural Society’s meda' for the bast collection of vege tables, and also the Lnxford challenge shield of 25 guineas, for oollection of farm roots.

Palmerston North, last night The ttin'er show whs opened to-day without ceremony i u.- of respect to the late Premier. A. magmfioant dinpl»y of machinery in motion is made, while the dsirv produce and root crops show a great advanoe on previous years. One result of the exceptional inducem nt ofierpd by the sooiety in pri£9 money was that forty seven facories competed in bu’ter fnr export. The grading varied irnro 86£ to 95 points The gold modal for rbe highest -core fe'l '0 the Bangit kei Dtirv Compaov with 95 P'n s. 0 her f»0'0 i*-« scorn g 93 pour b and over and dividing £6O were Wher uakura, M-u ic vile, Mtl's, Fibama, St 'th:rd, Mangorei. Mo a F-rmo-8, NZ Dairy Union, Norsewood, B ■ a R- wa, Tdh 'P“. Weber, Waione and J, J G 1 Ins. In butter for export made by a factory not having won a p'iz’, Rang tiko l again came first with 95 points; Pihama. 2od, 94; Mauriceville, 3rd, 93|. Twenty five others comp toi in class of two boxes taken without choice from parcels prior to ,|£Jovernmeot grading, at a Hate uokoown beforehand, for which the Shipping Com pany’s Cup of 25 guineas wa3 offered with £lO and a gold meda 1 . The Moa Farms.s came first, with 95 points; Rargib kei, 98i points, and J, J. Gillies, Bannytborpe, V 93 points Twenty-seven factories competed. Cbeato, full cream New Zealand oheddar, was won by Taratahi, 94 points ; Waikouaitl, 98i; white oheddar, Waikouaili, 94i; Taratahi, 93*. Faotory oheßsio, any color, Dalefield 94, Ta atabi 93. Medium a ! zed factory cheese, Dole field 94, Taratahi Hoof oheeso Ta-a tahi 93, Dalefield 93. A'l the cheese classes were largely represented, Mr Kinsellii, Dairy Commissioner, in his remarks on the butter, said that a 3 ro gards the keeping quality of export classes . which had been stored, those exhibits which showed a fairly high percentage cf Balt seemed to be soundest in flavor. This seemed to indicate that when butter ie held over long periods in store the addition of a little more salt than usual is beneficial.