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milk,  ice,  and  other  necessaries,  so  that  they  may  be  delivered  to  his  competing 
Dairy  not  later  than  9 a.m.  on  each  day  of  the  Show,  and  all  carts,  waggons, 
and  other  vehicles  bringing  such  materials  must  be  out  of  the  Yard  before 
9 A.M. 
7.  Every  competing  Dairy  must  he  at  full  work  for  at  least  two  hours  on  each 
day  of  the  Show,  according  to  a Programme  to  he  furnished  to  the  competitors 
by  the  Secretary  of  the  Society,  under  a penalty  of  10/.  for  each  default. 
8.  The  Judges  will  he  instructed  to  disregard  the  nature  and  cost  of  the 
structure  of  the  Dairy,  so  far  as  the  walls  and  roof  are  concerned,  these  being 
essentially  temporary  as  an  Exhibition. 
9.  The  Judges  will  be  instructed  to  pay  special  attention  to  the  complete- 
ness of  the  furniture  of  the  Dairy  in  each  class,  having  due  regard  to  the 
principal  object  in  view  as  well  as  to  the  utilization  of  the  refuse  products. 
10.  The  Judges  will  also  take  into  account  the  materials  and  construction 
of  the  floors  of  the  competing  Dairies,  and  any  arrangements  for  drainage  and 
ventilation  which  in  their  opinion  may  be  easily  and  economically  applied  to 
existing  Dairies. 
11.  The  Judges  will  be  specially  directed  to  take  into  consideration  the 
price  of  each  implement  and  appliance,  and  the  cost  of  the  whole  equipment  in 
each  competing  Dairy,  economy  being  deemed  an  essential  point  of  merit. 
Two  competitors  entered,  viz.  Thomas  Bradford  and  Co., 
The  Crescent  Iron  Works,  Manchester,  and  Eduard  Ahlborn, 
of  Hildesheim,  Hanover.  Neither  entirely  fulfilled  the  con- 
ditions, for  whilst  the  former  contented  himself  with  showing  a 
Butter  Dairy,  without  any  appliances  whatever  for  the  utilisation 
of  the  refuse  products,  the  latter  had  neglected  in  his  arrangements 
to  deal  with  the  question  of  flooring  and  ventilation,  his  exhibits 
being  shown  in  a large  shed  with  one  side  open,  which,  though 
very  convenient  for  exhibition,  did  not  certainly  show  how  the 
Dairy  should  be  kept  cool  and  airy,  whilst  the  floor  was  of  lattice 
boards. 
Messrs.  Bradford’s  building  was  divided  into  three  com- 
partments. The  design  will  be  understood  by  a glance  at  the 
subjoined  ground-plan. 
The  first  compartment  was  subdivided,  forming  a small  entrance 
chamber,  where  churns  and  milk-pans  are  kept  ready  for  use  ; 
beyond  this  was  the  boiler  room,  with  necessary  piping  for  supply- 
ing hot  water  and  cold  water  from  a small  tank,  the  circulating 
pipes  being  so  arranged  as  to  warm  the  milk-setting  room  when 
required,  and  also  to  assist  in  ventilation  by  rarefying  the  air 
in  the  ventilators  above  the  ceilings.  The  materials  here 
comprised  a Tortoise  circulating  boiler  with  copper  cylinder, 
small  cold-water  tank,  and  necessary  piping,  the  whole  of  which 
may  be  estimated  as  costing  20/.  A full  list  of  all  the  articles 
which  Mr.  Bradford  considers  necessary,  and  the  prices  of  the 
same,  are  given  below.  The  middle  room  is  the  Working  Dairy. 
The  third  room  was  for  setting  the  milk.  Both  these  rooms  were 
ventilated  by  means  of  pipes  from  the  outside,  which  admitted 
