The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-22 00:00:00

TUE LONDON. DAIRY 8110 W.

The third —ann—ua—l dairy show wu opened in the Agri.
cultural Hall on Thursday loot, and was continued till
Tue.vlay evening. This effort, on the part et the Dairy
Fanner.' Association, may be pronounced as an etuinenUy
successful one. so far SA Use show went.
last year the dairy.stock were only cm:mph-Mu. by their
ab-enoe in consequence of the nailer-I,rd and the necessary
orders of the Privy Connell preventind any animals that
came mt. the Metropolitan district from being again
taken out alive. Neither of them drawlecks eMsted on
while the authorities had in the nseantime
learned much in experience, the result heiag thereon.,
not only a good ..hew of dairy produce, but there were
ZII cntries of cattle for dairy Mailmen, and for breeding
&cry Mork.

sh,thorns. pure-tired, or with a pedigree eligit.le for
entry in the Ilanl llook. were placed in the first position.
There were In entriet in the close for cows. an.lll ulnae
an appearance. The tir.t prize wan rent by Mr. W. 11.
Winslhoose, of Westhuer's Park, Hertford. The third was
Mr. Stratton's liorette, sire James the lot, uota, dam
it—, 2nd, by lu.ie ljahts 21112.
The shorthorn pair% of roe., net tligihle for the herd
Rook, were • great show of rel entries. Mr. Stratton wan
fairly dna wits' Mennen) 2nil, 8 years oil. and the Queen
7 years. In thin clams Mr. Stapl•Son, Stoke Newing-toa,
sent three that were evidently 611. bred Ayrshire
The Ayrshire cows were a very pretty at well as a good
show. There were PS ire•ent.
The Jens y or Alderney breed were placed next-
Ahlerney, however, seem to have dropped altogether sot
of rousideration in connection with Channel I.lmola
cattle. Here there appeared again what is conisidenni by
unnlern breeders to Ise as perfect a model of a Jersey cow
as has been men by the present generation. Tki. was
Lona. the property of Mr. Skop...in, of Wray Park,
Mei ate.
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The i.suernasys were few, but gaol. As, however.
ire not w. f siddonable US the Jerseys, they only attracted
rorremonding amount of attentiee.
Then, 1, ro throe pretty little Kerry elws and four ditto
from Brittany. lie the class for ' any other breed, pure
crossed or mixed," there was. little Indian cew that was
spotted something like • favourite colour for • circus-
horn. This cowo however, was noLliing roma than a
eufimity beside our English breed& There were 19 In
th;• rime. ut nothing worthy of • special note.
The bull were three classes—Shorthorns. Jersey, and
"any other breed."
The former were 17, of which some were excellent and
some otherwise. Sir Arthur Ingram won the first prig., in
his class and the silver niesial offered for the beet bull in
the show. _ . .

Vie Jerseys, Mr. Lister, Horabani, was fortunate as
• young beginner in t Ming the tint prise with Sir Harry,
an imp 4.ta I bull. aged 1 year and 10 months.
In M.. ciaaa for any ottier breed the first prize WJA won
with • N Ylolk
There were no If..runa, Herefords, Sussex, Weigh, or
Sc AM cattle shown, no, Wing the Ayrshire", most of
which wire hired in t aoutb.
The smicties of Engligh cheese were fine of quality
▪ orally an.l otherwise intareating. But what...Ter the
Withal Dairy Fanners' Amocistion may tiltinsately do for
dairy farmers, smiths samples for this show were all picked
once there was ithing to he learned from then, in regard
to 02* inferior quality generally of this Yea'. M•he of
ch.•tar.. . . .

There was an excellent show of Canadian awl American
cheese. Two ‘..f their specimens weighed 15 cut. each. Of
other Forelgn cheese there are many varieties from
Europe, which vary greatly in size, appearance, and
flavour, the latter sometimes not being very agreeable to
every palate, that is, if the nose may be relied on ass true
indicator such • matter.
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The butter department was well fillei. and specimens
were gent from Miami every county in Ensland, and alio
from every country in Europe Chet now takes advantage
of our f re...trade policy to amid wi their dairy produce.
If we add that, in addition to the above deems of live
animsli and produce there were. Isrge number of goats,
about 2,00 U pens of poultry and pigeons, a good show of
poultry-houses, a capital show of dairy utensils, while
buttermiakiug and cheese-making were carried on all day
In the Halt, enough has been said to show that the
exhibition we. highly interesting and instructive,
particularly to Londoners.