BUTTER AWARDS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1939, Page 8

BUTTER AWARDS

0 MANAWATU WINTER SHOW NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP. WON BY BAY OF PLENTY. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) PALMERSTON N„ This Day. The butter awards at the Manawatu Winter Shew are: — New Zealand championship.—Bay of Plenty, 95.5 points, 1; United, 95.3 points, 2; Rodney, 95.1 points, 3; Okitu, 95 points, 4. Cunard Rose Bowl, highest points for box of export, salted: Rangiwahia-Rua-hine. Gold Medal district specials: Mangorei (Taranaki). Okitu (Auckland), Tamaki and Rangiwahia-Ruahine, equal (Wellington-Hawke's Bay), Golden Bay (South Island). Managers’ Points Class: United (J. Swede), 473.7 points, 1; Okitu (G. Forbes), 473 points, 2. Assistants’ Points Class: Awahuri (C. Pain). 189.3 points, 1: Golden Bay (L. Pollard) and United (E. Hutchison), equal, 189 points, 2. Wallace Smith Cup, for ex-Massey College students: Rodney Dairy Company, J. Halligan. Box, salted: Rangitikei, 95.5 points, 1; Golden Bay, 95.3 points, 2; United, 95.1 points, 3; Rongotea, 95 points, 4; Rodney, 94.8 points, 5. Box pats: Okitu, 95 points, 1; Collingwood, 94.8 points, 2; Tamaki, 94.7 points 3; Arahura, 94.5 points, 4. Box, export, salted: Rangiwahia-Rua-aine, 95.5 points, 1; Tamaki, 95.3 points, 3; Okitu, 95 points, 3; United, 94.8 points, 4.

Box export (Factory Managers’ Association members): Levin, 95 points, 1: Ngatiporou, 94.8 points, 2; Rongotea, 94.7 points, 3; Okitu, 94.5 points, 4. Box, export from bulk: Bay of Plenty 95 points, 1; Kuku-Manakau, 94.8 points 2; Karamea, 94.7 points, 3; United, 94.5 points, 4. Box, specially made, most favourable conditions: Collingwood, 95 points, 1; Konini, 94.8 points, 2; Levin, 94.7 points, 3; Kuku-Manakau, 94.5 points, 4. Box, first assitant: United, 95 points, 1; Konini, 94.8 points, 2; Taihape, 94.7 points, 3; Awahuri, 94.5 points, 4. Box, local trade (assistants only): Golden Bay, 95 points, 1; Awahuri, 94.8 points, 2; Mangorei, 94.7 points, 3; Levin, 94.5 points, 4. McEwan special prize: United, 95 points, 1; Awahuri, 94.8 points, 2; Rangitikei, 94.7 points, 3; Collingwood, 94.5 points, 4. The judges, who were officers of the Dairy Division, stated that considering the very dry spell encountered during the period in which the butter was manufactured for the show, the quality generally was good. The flavour, body and salting in all classes left little to be desired.