728 Report of the Sieioard of Dairying and Poultry at Windsor. 
Cheese. 
There was a very good show of cheese, 166 entries altogether. 
The classes for new and old cheese filled about equally well, 
though, no doubt, this department of the Show is to some ex- 
tent prejudiced by the inopportune time of year for cheese- 
makers. The plan suggested in last year's report of permitting 
exhibitors to make only one entry in each class was adopted, 
and, while it tended perhaps to curtail entries, its obvious fairness 
recommended it. It is satisfactory, however, to report pro- 
gress since the Kilburn Show, where several of the prizes were 
withheld from lack of merit. There is no doubt that during the 
past ten years increased attention has been devoted to the task 
of meeting foreign competition in the supply of cheese, and that 
the British cheese-maker stands now in a better position in this 
respect than he did then. 
Report of the Judges of Cheese. 
As regards the show of Cheese, we think there is a great improvement, 
but we would like to call attention to Class No. 36, Nos. 345, 362, and 355, 
which, had the condition been good, would have taken a different place in 
respect of prizes. 
The make of 1889, considering how early the Show is held, shows much 
merit. 
The StiUon class, we are sorry to say, shows no merit, the condition 
being so bad, and we should have felt justified in not awarding any prizes. 
"VVe hope for improvement in this class, knowing how strongly the foreign 
production is competing with this sort of Cheese. 
James Watson, 
Geoege Bowles. 
Butter and Soft Cheese. 
There were thirty-nine entries in the two classes for soft 
cheese. All but eight of them were ordinary cream cheese. 
This is a branch of dairying in which more resourcefulness 
might well be displayed. 
There was an imposing display of butter, no less than 288 
entries being made; of these 117 were in the class for fresh 
butter free from salt, and 128 in that for fresh butter slightly 
salted. The First Prize for fresh butter, and the Second Prize for 
slightly salted butter, were awarded to Her Majesty the Queen 
for the exhibits from the Royal Dairy at Windsor. 
Beport of the Judges of Soft Cheeses and Butter. 
Class 44 — for Fresh Butter free from Salt — contained one hundred and 
sixteen entries, and was worthy of the Jubilee Show, as the average 
standard was very high and the prize samples perfect. The J udges would, 
in this and the next class, have been glad to have had the opportunity of 
