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through  the  class,  that  have  ever  been  seen  at  a Royal  Show. 
The  prize-winners  also  in  the  young  class  were  a splendid  lot, 
and  very  forward.  Of  the  Any  other  Variety,  Class  454  was  a 
grand  collection,  the  thirteen  entries  comprising  many  rare 
specimens  of  Pekins,  Buff  and  Blue  Orpingtons , Cagugas,  East 
Indian  and  Indian  Runners , &c.  The  young  bird  class  was  a 
grand  one,  containing  the  same  varieties,  a pair  of  Indian 
Runners  winning  first  and  second,  the  former  being  a white 
drake  of  rare  type  and  quality.  Geese  were  not  numerous,  but 
contained  splendid  birds  of  both  Toulouse  and  Embdens. 
Turkeys  were  a nice  show  considering  the  season  of  the  year, 
many  being  in  the  moult.  The  first  prize  winners  were  in 
fine  order. 
Produce. 
Butter. — The  exhibits  as  a whole  were  not  up  to  a very 
high  standard  as  regards  quality.  A good  number  of  the 
samples  were  more  or  less  faulty  in  flavour,  and  in  texture  open 
and  greasy,  and  contained  a high  percentage  of  water.  The 
faulty  flavour  to  some  extent  might  be  accounted  for  by  the 
extremely  hot  weather  generally  prevailing  at  the  time  of 
the  Show,  and  under  such  conditions  it  is  found,  in  practice, 
much  more  difficult  to  remove  the  water  by  working.  Class  461 
was  quite  the  best  in  the  section.  The  prize  lots  were  excel- 
lent samples  being  fine  in  flavour,  with  good  texture  and 
colour,  and  in  appearance  neat  and  attractive.  The  balance 
of  the  exhibits  in  the  butter  section  were  very  similar  and 
nothing  of  outstanding  merit  was  found  as  regards  quality. 
The  appearance  of  the  different  exhibits  left  little  to  be 
desired  and  much  credit  is  due  to  the  makers.  Special  mention 
should  be  made  of  the  first-prize  lots  in  Classes  465  and  466. 
This  was  excellent  butter  and  the  design  and  packing 
very  carefully  and  beautifully  done. 
Cheese. — Chesliires  : The  quality  of  the  exhibits  in  Class 
470  was  very  disappointing,  and  evidently  many  cheeses  had 
suffered  from  the  excessive  heat  of  the  last  fortnight.  Class 
471  was  a very  heavy  one,  but  the  bulk  of  the  cheeses  were  only 
of  moderate  quality,  many  having  been  over-heated.  The 
tendency  of  a large  number  of  the  exhibits  was  to  stiffness 
and  lack  of  quality.  Even  in  the  prize- winning  lots  there  was 
nothing  of  extra  quality.  Class  472  was  a small  one  of  un- 
coloured cheeses  which  was  similar  in  quality  to  470.  In 
Class  473  there  was  a big  entry  of  uncoloured  cheeses.  The 
quality  of  this  class  generally  was  better  than  any  of  the 
preceding  classes.  The  Judges  regret  that  they  are  unable 
to  make  a better  repoi’t,  seeing  that  the  Show  was  held  in 
the  centre  of  an  important  cheese-making  district,  but  no 
doubt  the  general  lack  of  quality  was  due  to  the  hot  weather. 
