Heport of the 8ieivard of Dairying and Foultnj at Notlmgham. 633 
must suffice to say tliat each successive year appears to reveal a 
greater interest by tlie public in its operations. 
The Council having determined to institute a competition of 
butter-makers in connection with the Nottingham Meeting, it 
became necessary this year to make considerable alterations in 
the arrangements. As it was hoped that the entries would be 
numerous and that the whole of the floor space would be required 
by the competitors, the articles shown in the Dairy were restricted 
as much as possible, and all apparatus requiring power to drive 
it was excluded. The entries were unfortunately few, and by 
placing the churns used in the demonstration at one end of the 
dairy, ample space was obtained. 
The dairy Avas roofed with Messrs. Major's patent tiles, which 
looked well, and were water-tight and cool. But as the dairy 
faced the north, and everything had been done to provide for the 
hot weather we have usually had to contend with, it soon became 
apparent that it was mucla too airy for the chilly breezes we 
were to encounter at Wollaton Park. Cream placed in the churns 
at the usual temperature, and churned on the most approved 
principles, took an inordinate time to become butter, and fairly 
puzzled all the professors. It was only by putting up canvas 
screens and by closing the ventilators, that the dairy was made 
tolerable to those who had to use it. 
The milk, supplied by Messrs. Shardlow & Co. of Derby, was 
of good quality, and was punctually delivered. Some very good 
milk was purchased in the yard, and it is worth considering 
whether in future an attempt should not be made to arrange 
with the exhibitors to purchase all the milk their cows give 
during the Show week at a price to be agreed upon beforehand. 
The extreme simplicity of our engineering arrangements was 
the cause of some trouble and delay. The pulley of the engine 
lent by Messrs. Davey, Paxman, & Co. was too large for Messrs. 
Freeth & Pocock's Victoria Separator, and a smaller pulley had 
to be procured and fitted. It was only by the hearty co-opera- 
tion of all concerned that the cream was separated by 9 o'clock 
on Thursday night ; after this the engine (which really had no 
Avork to do) ran as smoothly as possible, while supplying ample 
steam for heating purposes, and the Separator did its work in a 
most efficient manner. A small dairy was provided at the side 
for exhibiting the Jersey and Dorset Creamers, to the former of 
which the J udges of Miscellaneous Implements awarded a Silver 
Medal.' 
' The report of the Judges on these Creamers is inchided in the General 
Report on the Miscellaneous Implements at Nottingham, the publication of 
which is necessarily postponed until the next number of the Journal.— Eu. 
