DAIRY SHOW AWARDS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 October 1928, Page 5

DAIRY SHOW AWARDS

Q UALITY COMMENDED

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

(Received this day at 11.25. a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 23. At the dairy show, colonial competitions resulted as follows:

Butter, salted—seventy-five entries —First, Candelo (New South Wales), 96 points; second, Oomboyne and Gloucester (New South Wales), each 95; third, South Australian Farmers, Narracoorta and Gayndah (Queensland), each 94.

Unsalted—sixty-one entries—First, Oakey (Queensland), 96; second 'and reserve, South Wolamba (New South Wales) 954; Maryborough (Queensland) 944; third, Downs Dalby (Queensland), and Shannon (New Zealand), each 94; very highly commended, Northern Central (New South Wales) 934; commended, Downs Ooombungee, Downs Toowoomba, each 93.

Cheese —New Zealand won all prizes. Edendale, first; Cardiff, second; Fairfax, third. South Africa took all the awards in eggs and bacon. The Australian Trade Publicity Department staged a large and excellent display, comprising butter, cheese, eggs, bacon and honey. Photographs of dairy farms and pastoral scenes attracted much attention. The Department sold attractive twopenny samples of butter and threepenny jars of honey.

The Judges of Dominion butter speak most highly of the general quality of the exhibition.

The judge of the unsalted class, who is a buyer for one of the biggest blending firms, said he would willingly have purchased all hut six exhibits. if they had been offered to him at Tooley Street. _____