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butter ?” Mr. Manon said, “ Yes, if the cow were fed before milking, but if 
fed after milking he would say, certainly not—that is, if some time elapsed 
between feeding and milking.’ In reply to a question, ‘Is the article called 
‘ preservative’ any assistance in keeping butter or cream, and could the use 
of it be detected in the product?” Mr. Manon said he would like to state that 
he did not believe in preservative or any other ingredient being added, the only 
thing essential being cleanliness, cool temperature, and careful manufacture to 
ensure good butter. 
Mr. Mawy said he had listened very attentively to Mr. Mahon’s address, 
and would like to draw that gentleman’s attention, and also the attention of Mr. 
Stodart (their member), to the fact of his having to send his cream and butter 
away in the same carriage with fish, oysters, &c.; and after hearing what Mr. 
Mahon had said about “butter taint,” he could see that the complaints he had 
made were justified through no fault of his, but it should be remedied, as 
many of the farmers had complaints of the smell of their cream, which no 
doubt was caused during transit. 
A hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Mahon for his address, and to Mr. Stodart 
for taking the chair, was proposed by Mr. Armstrong, seconded by Mr. 
Howie, and carried by acclamation; both gentlemen briefly replying. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND AND QUEENS- 
LAND FRUITGROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Tur combined show of the two societies was held on the Jst and 2nd February, 
in the Centennial Hall, Brisbane. The principal exhibits were those of the 
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, arranged in beautiful style by the Curator, 
Mr. P. Mac Mahon; dahlia and other blooms by private exhibitors; and the 
varied assortment of grains and vegetable products shown by Messrs. ardent 
and Ross, of the Westbrook and Hermitage Experiment Farms. Fruit was yery 
poorly represented, scarcely any being the produce of Queensland. The continued 
wet weather prevented intending exhibitors from coming in with anything 
worth showing, so that, on the whole, the show-was anything but the success 
which it has always been in previous years. 
EASTERN DOWNS HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL 
ASSOCIATION (WARWICK). 
Tue Eastern Downs Horticultural and Agricultural Association held their 
annual show at Warwick on the 9th and 10th February. There was a very 
large attendance, not only of residents in the neighbourhood, but also from 
different parts of the colony, and from the southern colonies. The wet weather 
and hailstorms which had previously prevailed, militated against any good 
exhibition of vegetables and other farm and garden produce, whilst the fruit fly 
was responsible for the absence of what is usually a feature of the south- 
western exhibitions, the fruitsection. Mr. Ross, of the Hermitage Experiment 
Farm, had a unique exhibit of an immense variety of farm produce, staged to 
preat advantage, whilst his magnificent mangolds, beets, and sugar beets proved 
conclusively the special adaptability of the soil for the growth of such products. 
The implement exhibits were very numerous and excellent. A. procession of 
them drawn by a traction engine round the show-ring was a very happy idea, 
and was well carried out. We were much disappointed at the paucity of the 
live stock exhibits, more especially in the dairy cow section. Only two cows 
competed for the prizes offered for the best butter-yielding cow, and there was 
no competition for the bull offered by the Department of Agriculture. Full 
accounts of the two days’ show appear in the local journals. 
HUGHENDEN PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
We learn from Mr. W. H. Mulligan, secretary to the association, that the 
prospects for a good season and a good show are very favourable. Since 
ist January 14 inches of rain have fallen. The cattle sections omitted last 
year, owing to prevalence of ticks, have been reinstated, and there is every 
prospect of an excellent show in these sections on the 10th and 11th May next. 
