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awarding move prizes, and they felt bound to give a large number of High 
Commendations. 
Class 45 — for Slightly Salted 2?MWers— comprised one hundred and 
twenty-seven entries, many of which were splendid samples, but there waa 
not such uniformly high quality as in the previous class. 
Class 4G — Whey Butter, ten entries — was not of a high standard. 
In Classes 42 and 43 — Soft Cheeses — there were forty entries. Some of 
the exhibits were very creditable, and this department of the dairy industry 
deserves greater attention being paid to it. 
George Gibbons. 
Thomas Rigbt. 
Dairy Appliances. 
The following prizes were oflfered for appliances connected 
with dairy matters ; but the competition was rather disappoint- 
ing, there being only three entries of Dairy Tliermometers, 
seven of small Butter Boxes, seven of large Butter Boxes, and 
three of vessels for Preserved Butter. 
First Second Third 
Prize Prize Prize 
. £, & 
Class 4. — Strong Dairy Thermometer, with broad Mer- 
cury Column, to float upright in Milk or Cream at about 
40" Fahr., and to be scaled in a very bold clear manner 
from 40° to 120° Fahr 5 _ _ 
Class 5. — Collection of Non-returnable Parcel-Post Boxes 
to carry from 1 lb. to 5 lbs. of butter .... 3 2 1 
Class 6. — Collection of Non-returnable Parcel-Post Boxes 
to carry from 5 lbs. to 10 lbs. of butter. . . .3 2 1 
Class 7. — Vessel to contain Preserved Butter, closed 
hermetically, without the use of solder .... 3 2 - 
Sir John Thorold, as Judge, makes the following report : — 
Report ujwn Dairy Appliances. 
I regret that I cannot report favourably of the Dairy Appliances that 
came under my notice at the Windsor Show. 
The Thermometers (Class 4) were not scaled with sufficient clearnefs, 
and many of them would not float with the scale clear of the milk or 
cream. The scale should be divided into single degrees, and the degrees 
should be larger, so as to be more easily read. 
The Boxes (Classes 5 and C) were more satisfactory, but the exhibitors 
had not sufficiently kept in mind the condition of the Prize List, that the 
boxes were to be Non-returnable. What we want is a very cheap light box, 
sufficiently strong to stand one journey by rail or parcel post. 
The vessels to contain Preserved Butter (Class 7) were not of sufficient 
merit to justify me in awarding a Second Prize. In this case I think we 
require a glazed earthenware vessel which can be easily cleaned and used 
again, with an air-tight covering. 
I would venture to suggest that the Society should continue to offer 
prizes for these and any other small articles used in the dairy ; the makers 
would then have an opportunity of improving upon their previous exhibits, 
and the public would benefit at a very small cost to the Society. 
J. n. TlIOROLD. 
