3-070-542 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sketches at the Dairy Show, 1881. 'Butter connoisseurs; Scandinavian milk; weighing cream; "What a tiny cow"; Mr. F. F. Parker's Daisy; Her Majesty's Zulu Cattle. The sixth annual exhibition of the British Dairy Farmers' Association was held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington...There were 1160 entries, divided into above a hundred classes, including live stock, milk, butter, fresh and cured, cheese, dairy utensils and appliances; the prizes ranged in money value from £20 downwards...Her Majesty had entered amongst the shorthorns - not for competition - three Zulu cattle taken after the battle of Ulundi, and presented by Sir Garnet Wolseley at the conclusion of the war. These three specimens of an African breed have lived together ever since they arrived in England; the bull and bullock have frequently worked in harness...There were public competitions in butter-making, which proved interesting to all classes of visitors. The churns were worked as the stewards directed, and the decisions of the judges were given upon the weight and quality of the butter, after being worked...The British Goat Society...had a department of this Exhibition; and the prize yearling female, sent by Mr. F. Parker, of Banbury, figures among our Illustrations'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.