The Daily News MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29. THE TARANAKI SHOW.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 251, 29 November 1909, Page 2

The Daily News MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29. THE TARANAKI SHOW.

The surest indication oi the increasing popularity of the Taranaki Show is af- ol forded by tile steadily increasing patron- s< ago of exhibitors. Tile show from a k position of comparative decadence lias . A within the past five years been sea<l:|y *t] raised in status until now it ranks with the best of the local exhibition. In- s deed, it only requires that the entluisi- u asm of members be maintained for a'n- 11 other two or three years to cause the v Society's show to be recognised— at I in dairy etock—-as the leading exhibition in the Dominion. In every other rc- 0 spectj also, the status of the Society is t being raised, and nothing will do more 1 to firmly establish it as one of Tar.i- 1 naki's leading institutions than the in- , auguration of the winter show next f year. Meantime it is more than satisfactory to note the excellent response to the circulation of the schedule for the i summer show, the eutrieg both in number ami quality, in all the principal classes, showing considerable increas's. Lour thoroughbred stallions and seven mares, over thirty carriage horses and ponies, about fortyj draughts, and sixty in the hack classes show liorse breeders regard the Society's awards as of more than nominal value. The eompeliLion and harness classes have also drawn excellent entries, and the appearand' oi four tandem teams under the Jatv.jr heading is worthy of notice. The ent'.y of iat cattle is the best the Society nas ever had, and all classes of neavy purebred cattle are in advance of previous years. The exhibition of Ayrshire* and Jerseys, however, far eclipses all previous ligures, and probauly a record for the Dominion. The snow tiioae popular tfrmis, iu point of <|uaiir, as well, will probably lie the lineai yet I seen in one show-ring, and the judging iu several ot the classes will tax thi k critical faculties of the judge*. Owing ' to the absence of some oi the breeders, i the show of sheep -will not be as big I as last year, but will still be a fair ' average exhibit for North Taranaki. ► i'lgs have been entered in considerably !' iarger numbers than last year, and im- ; cutry of dogs, from as far alield as Wei- ► lington, easily constitutes a record. T.'ie | entries of factory and private butter are very good, the loriner being the largest » for years. The home industries exiuui- ( tion will be missed by some, these com- ' petitions having been transferred to '.:> c ► winter show catalogue. The Depart- ! ment of Agriculture, however, wnf mwc 1 on exhibinon a splendid exnionion oi » honey from the State -Experimental J I'arm, which should be an ej e-opener to I aviarists. A general idea ol the size oi r this year's show may be guaged tro.u ► lite statement that all available showing t space lias been filled, "While implement r and side-shows will tax the remaining l space to its utmost. Viewed from Uu* E standpoint of its extent, therefore, liie I show will easily eclipse any previous J year's, and with line weather a reeozu ► attendance should be established, h.v ► eumou lares on the railways, and cuu- ► venicnt uelaycd trains ensure, other coii- ► unions being lavorabic, a large influx w ► country people, whose lavorable verdict [ or this years show may be anticipa'^u ► without question.

WUiiTlii OF ILN S tccordnig Lo the lion. 1. Mackenzie, tnc ► lioio question oi ilie centralisation unu .lstnbution oi frozen meat is out worthy oi investigation, and with Uuu nd m view tlie iWniator of AgncuUuic ius been in communication with tiie reezing companies m oruer to urmg iDoui a couiuruucu to consider import.nt matters pertaining to tlie frozen meat raue. l-'or a long time past the con liiiou of the industry iias ueea fur froi; iuti&iactory. 'io a vury large extent uu neat exports have been at the mercy u ne imuthlieid ring, and now it 1 hreatened by tiie big Chicago Trusi v.pplying the remedy is auotiier an nore diiiieuit matter, liie suggestio s frequently made that the vuriou ueat companies should sell direct to la :onsuiner and establish retail shops an lisinbuting places throughout the O Jountry. Uut this course is not eas\ is those acquainted with the me thou jf the JSmithlieid ring know too wei t'ho Alanawatu limea waa recently i .-lose touch with an individual who ha jeen made in a few years rich by th iiilo of New Zealand frozen meat a English in a high-class West Ktu -iiuj ,hc boast of which was that iu frozen meat as unlit for the consumj. tion of decent people. The top retai [)liecn ruling for English meat were oil mined by this dealer, yet 'he bought tii ■raw material''' at the biuithlieiu coi stores, and it lhailed from Hawked JJu jr Canterbury, His clients numbeiv many of the most aristocratic houses i England, at whose tables frozen mea would have been looked on as carrion--the Army messes and even the work houses have more than once resented it. being served to them—yet by clevei thawing and neat cutting up, and by paying extremely generous prices to t'm gorgeous butlers and chefs for "kitchen fat," the business throve exceedingly, A rival attempted to open an opposition shop and sell frozen meat U2)dcr itright designation. Not only did tin authorised "Smithlield" shop pour tin vials of its assistants' contempt upo the interloper, but beside him appeare another and better shop started liv : '£3ooo collection at Smifchfield on morning, and whatever the audaciou dealer marked his m£st the Smitu held "breaker" marked a pcufty less, lil the other man had to give u,p the mi equal struggle. Since then attempt have been made to sell New Zt;alan meat under its proper designation, will indifferent success. Speaking iu Palm erston Inst week, Mr. Abraham said thi only solution lie saw was in handlin; the meat right through to t-lio Mai customers; but, as we before remarke 1 this is not easy of accomplishment. <>i account of the opposition and romp'ti lion of Smithlield, which do far has Invi irresistible, it lias been said Unit m individual or combination of individual in New Zealand would be strong enough The present Minister of Agriculture after representing the leading co-opera ticc organisations in Londoij, bel lcvei that a State combination with the van oils freezing companies would do, but as our Palmcrston contemporary point out, it would require all its strength t break in without being broken. I means ;» very large capital—docks, eoli si ores, wholesale and retail markets, aadvertising campaign, and a huge peuditnrc of money. To-day the task i the greater because, besides KmitlifieW tlie Swifts, and Armours, ami other o the multi-millionaires oi the Chicagi stockyards 'have to be met and faeod and tlioy will light hard and unscru pulously. A combination of New Routl Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and No« Zealand Governments and freezing comMiiies might ami should attempt to do