NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9470, 12 June 1909, Page 3

NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.

The entries for the National Dairy Show to be held on June 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th, closed last Tuesday, and some idea of the features of this great dairy exposition may be gleamed from the figures relating to the different sections. Reference has already been maoe to the dairy factory butter aud cheese classes of which there are 204 entries from 88 different factories. Farmers butter numbers 20 competitors, making the total for dairy produce 22-1 Factory hams and bacon number 8 displays. It is in the produce and fruit divisions where a verv large increase is to be noted. There are 235 exhibits in the apple classes, inclusive of 20 collections for the £lO prize and the Royal Horticultural Society’s medal. In three classes there are 48 oases of fruit. Some idea of the quantity of apples may be gathered from the fact that there is over tons of fruit to be benched in 6his"division. Vegetables, farm roots, and seeds number 265 exhibits. A notable increase is made in the school gardens and natural history division, there being 67 entries. This includes 10 school displays, each having a frontage of 10 feet, besides the natural history. Altogether the schools will require 1800 square gfeet for the display The schools competing are from the Taranaki, Wellington and Hawke’s Bay provinces. Home industries number 170. Tne total increase in exhibits in the agricultural ball, as compared with the previous year, is 384.

Twenty-two hunters are entered for the competition on Thursday afternoon, and 31 pupils for the milk-testing competition. Utility poultry is always a conspicuous ,featnre at the Dahy Show, and the divisions for Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Leghorns and ducks are well represented, the total number of entries being 800. Altogether the Dairy Show will be a big advance on previous years. Other important divisions are the machinery hall, 200 feet long, and rhe display of products from the experimental farms by the Department of Agriculture, is a show in itself. Intending visitors to Palmerston North should make their arrangements early. The show appeals either to the town or country residents, and is full of interest. An excellent programme of amusement Is arranged for, besides such novelties as the Eatzenjammer Castle.