NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8845, 22 June 1907, Page 3

NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.

Closing Day. All good things must have an ending, and even Shows, no matter how much their educational value if ay be, can only extend for a, limited time, ponsequently the screen was.dropped last pight upon absolutely the premier winter .show that has ever been held in the Colony. Firms from both Islands had gone- to s, considerable expense in being represented and all combining gave to the public one of the beat investments for the nimble shilling that, they have ever made. All have benefited through this huge collection, some by experience and others! financially, and it is safe to say that there 1 was not a single firm represented that did not receive a lasting benefit. The representative of one new firm informs us that the business transacted far exceeded his most sanguine expectations, and that he will have no hesitation in being represented again at the next Show. Eeferenoes such as this are the highest testimonial that the Association can have, and augur well for the future success of the Association. The attendance, though not so large as the preceding day, was highly satisfactory, a largo number of country visitors having found their way into town 1 . Milk Testing. The? results of the milk-testing competition wefiff announced yesterday morning. The maximum marks totalled 100, and the first honours fell to the lot of William Beaven, of Kapuni School,-with 94 points. Ada Stratton, of Cheltenham, was second with 93 points, and Daniel Desmond third with 92 points ; the Latter also hail>? from Cheltenham. Mr Thompson, of the . Dairy Department, informed a T’Wxes i reporter that in the seventeen entries the . keenest competition was observed throfighout, and there was a vast improvement between the testing of this year and last, as shown by the fact that there were only eight points between the .lowest and highest. The pupils appeared to have a much better grasp of the work.. The only disadvantage this year was i» not having covered-in testers. Mr Thompson! explained that some of the pupils had been trained on covered-in testers, and having to operate on open ones, naturally did not get the temperature quite right, wlitch interfered with the reading. He would suggest that next year the turbine testers be used. Novelty In Shearing.

Our reporter went into a shed where a private trial was given of a new sheepshearing machine which has just been patented, but has not yet received its name. The machine is simplicity in itself and is worked by compressed air, the engine being so small that it is carried in the hand and is three quarters of a pound lighter than any other machine in use at the present time. Three lambs were shorn and those who were present were perfectly satisfied that the machine has a great future before it. Tho clippers are not only cooled by compressed air, but the wool is raised, and thus does away with all blockage through wool getting caught in the clippers. Fruit Canning.

Mr Jaques, Government fruit canning expert, in the lecture hall at the Show yesterday,- delivered an interesting address to a large assemblage of ladies on the proper methods Of how to preserve fruits. Mr Jaques went minutely into details regarding the temperature required for various classes of fruit, and the quantities of sugar required in making the syrup, Several samples of bottled fruits were used to illustrate the effects of good and had preserving, and the quality of New Zealand fruit as compared with that of other countries. A bright smile came oyer the countenances of the ladies when Mr Jaques assured them that New Zealand fruit was far superior in flavour to Californian or Spanish fruits. He assured them that tbia district was admirably adapted for fruit growing, and that if they spurred their husbands along it was possible to make hundreds of pounds per acre out of fruit growing. Mr Jaqnes intends to visit Palmerston at an early date and deliver another lecture on the benefits derived- from fruitgrowing.