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The Doilcaster Meeting. 
pieces on which the twiu-dovetail is cut, and some ingenuity is displayed in 
the adaptation of this angle-piece to the various parts. 
Tlie further development of this idea will be watched with some interest, 
proposing, as it does, to make a radical change in hive manufactur*. A 
silver me«ial was awarded to this exhibit, bnd also to the section box men- 
tioned in Class ^05. A new frame, with its top bar divided nearly, but not 
quite, tlirough the wood, so that the upper side of the bar affords no lodg- 
ment for the wax moth, received a bronze medal. 
Coming to the Honey Classes, the entries were numerous, but the lateness 
of the season and the early date on which the Show was held, had a some- 
what adverse effect on the quantity staged, and the compilers of the schedule 
showed their wisdom in admitting honey of previous years in competition 
with that of the current season. The difficulty, however, of judging old and 
new honey in the same class makes it advisable to consider the desirability 
of separate classes for each, so that they may be judged on their respective 
merits. 
It was gratifying to notice the amount of interest taken in the Bee Depart- 
ment by farmers and the general public, as testified by the numbers passing 
through this portion of the Show, and the large audiences attending the 
lectures in the bee-tent. 
The Butter-making Competitions. 
The Dairy was, as usual, most complete in its arrange- 
ments for the competition of butter-makers, though, as the 
Judges remark, "the handsome prizes offered, amounting to 
64?., were worthy of a far larger number of entries, the more 
especially as no entiy fee is charged." They add, " When 
new appliances are provided by makers, they should very 
thoroughly prepare them for use. It takes several days to do 
this, and some of the workers laboured under the disadvantage 
arising from its not being done." 
Special care was taken to supply the competitors with 
portions of cream identical in quantity and quality, as, unless 
this is done, a very important part of the test — namely, the 
weight of butter produced — is liable to be defective. In this 
way 14 lb. of cream was given to each competitor. 
In the first competition — open to the United Kingdom — ■ 
there were ten candidates (eight of whom were females), and all 
competed. The second competition was for female members of 
a farmer's family not in service or working for wages, and in 
this case thirteen competed. The third competition, restricted 
to dairymaids in service who had never won a prize exceeding 
\l. in value at any competition, and the fourth competition, 
for dairymaids residing in the county of York, attracted but 
three entries each. 
In all the classes " the work was generally good." The first 
and second prize winners (Miss Evelina E. Fritchley and Mrs. 
C. L. Horton) in the second competition " did exceedingly good 
work." 
