DOMINION DAIRY SHOW.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 84, 18 July 1910, Page 4

DOMINION DAIRY SHOW.

AN ATTENDANCE OF 13,000. Saturday was the fourth and final day of the Dominion Dairy Show at Hawera r and attracted a huge crowd from all parts of the district. It is estimated that fully 13,000 people paid admission to the show during the lour days. The ni.-ilijiery hall' appeared to attract mint attention, dairymen showing keen interest in the milking plants, etc. The demand for space at next winter's show is already so great that it. is the intention of the directors to double the size of the building. Next winter should see the largest camerated concrete building in the Dominion housing the exhibits of the show. LANE CTTALLENUK (IT.

In connection with the Henry A. bine t'.")l) Challenge Cup, donated to the Dominion Dairy Show at Hawera for competition in dairy produce, the firm's representative (Mr. Buekeridge) told a Star reporter some days asro that a trophy might not do for the industry what he had intended it to accomplish. He would have liked to see it awarded in such a way that it would be the means of improving the quality of dairy produce for export purposes. It frequently happened, that a company's cheese that won first prize at shows had not the best sales on the Home market. This was explained by show cheese made out of specially-selected milk and under the most favorable conditions. He thought a better competition, and of far more value to the industry, would be to select a crate of cheese haphazard at different periods Jroni the export shipments of each company entered. This would tend to improve' the quality of produce for the Home market, am! make New Zealand a very successful competitor against her rivals. There would be something "I'liuinp about such a competition, which would do much towards providing an irreproachable milk simply at the .factories. Hp had discussed iMs matter , with the Dairy Division staff, and hoped I ere long that a scheme won' I be devised to accomplish what he had iudicated.

ENSILAGE.

Mr. X. Ohlson lectured in (he Hawera Borough Council Chambers on Friday afternoon to a large number of farmers on '•Ensilage." He emphatically declared that this was the coming feed for stoek, and allirmed that if systematically used it would in time double the milk cheques of Taranaki. He said that silo was preferable to stacking, and the best material to use was maize crops mixed with a percentage, of dry stuff such as straw. Ensilage, said the speaker, m:>dc the farmers independent, because they would have feed in the winter and in the summer, and so could feed their dairy stock well all through the year. A '250-ton silo was better than a 100-ton silo. A 70-ton silo with power and cutter cost about £7O; so farmers need not have any fear as to the cost of the outlay. He mentioned that he was working a OD-acro farm (bush land), and originally his milk cheque was £BO. Last year it was ''•■'•'<\ and the following year it would be something like t3ooi—Star.