PALMERSTON SHOW.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 16, 25 June 1909, Page 3

PALMERSTON SHOW.

THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. "By Telegraph—Press Association. Palmerston -V, Thursday. It is estimated that there were fully 7000 people present at the Winter Show yesterday. The sale takings realised £2OO, which does not include the season ticket-holders or receipts lor tickets issued to members of the Visional Dairy Association. The attendance .to-day was again very satisfactory. The show terminates to-morrow night.

Palmerston N., Last Night. The third day of the National .Dairy (Show was dull as to the weather but i-rowded as to the attendance. Lady Plunkct addressed a large audience of women in the lecture hall 03 the health of women and children, and afterwards entertained tliein to'afteraoon tea.

(The chief events) of the day were the ring competitions. A. M. Kidd won the pony leaping, and G. Shaw's Kaka won the maiden hunter's.

tThe takings at the first three days of the show have been £sll, which is £ll9 more than for the first three days of the 1908 show.

In the crening, at the annual smoke concert, Mr. D. Buick, M.P., who proposed the toast of the Agricultural Department, denied that he had ever said anything against the Department.

Professor Kirk, in responding, referred to Mr. Buick's criticisms on blight being allowed on some of the apple trees'at Weraroa, explaining that it was left there for the purpose of experiments. Various speakers referred to dairy inspection, declaring it to be necessary. SCIENTIFIC BUTTER JUDGING. Hie 1909 National Show will be a redletter event in the dairy industry. It I marks the initiation of probably the ] most scientific system of adjudicating,

on butter quality yet devised. The fudging of the big butter competitions in this countTy has always been conducted lon a very complete system. A party of qualified experts, under the direction of the Dairy CtammissjPncr, examine the exhibits point and point, and finally apportion the prizes according to the points scored, the origin of the butters being scrupulously concealed. Now this exact method has been rendered absolutely complete by the Department having furnished a chemical analysis of each exhibit. Apart from - the value of knowing the constituents v '. Of butter, it is imperative in these days of water logging that the moisture content of each show exhibit should be known. Thus tO-day, when the analyses were attached to each exhibit, there was presented to the army of buttermakers visiting the show as complete a • designation- of butter quality as could le desired.—Wellington , Times.