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Dairy Show
Statusactive
Genre
Olympia, London
  • 1974–2009: Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
  • since 2010: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham[1]
    • Years active1876 – present
    InauguratedOctober 1876 (1876-10)
    Organised byRoyal Association of British Dairy Farmers

    The Dairy Show is an annual British

    Midlands.[1]

    The show was originally known as the Metropolitan Dairy Show.[2]: 95  Goats, pigs and poultry were included in the show from its earliest years.[3] The introduction of milking trials and tests of butterfat and protein content of milk at the show in 1879 was both a response to, and a contributory factor in, the progressive trend towards selection of stock for productive traits rather than purely for physical appearance.[3][4]: 144 

    The first Dairy Show

    The first Dairy Show was held from 24 – 27 October 1876. Some 150 milch cows were shown; there were prizes of 100

    Shorthorn.[6] The total prize-money for cattle was 500 guineas, about half the total for the show. Butter and cheeses were exhibited, and there were demonstrations of cheese-making and butter-churning. One exhibitor entered more than 1000 Stilton cheeses in the show.[5] Dairy equipment and machinery was exhibited and judged.[6]

    Other livestock, including goats and poultry, was also shown. There were about 500 entries in the poultry section,

    roots were also exhibited.[5]

    The attendance at the exhibition was much greater than had been anticipated by the organisers.

    London and North-Western and the Midland Railway.[5]

    The British Dairy Farmers' Association was formed at a meeting during the exhibition, at the instigation of J. Prince Sheldon.[8]: 208 [7]: 760 

    • Harrison Weir, The Dairy Show at the Agriculture Hall: Prize Cows; The Illustrated London News, 1876
      Harrison Weir, The Dairy Show at the Agriculture Hall: Prize Cows; The Illustrated London News, 1876
    • Cheese and Butter Making and Prize Cheeses at the Dairy Show; The Illustrated London News, 1876
      Cheese and Butter Making and Prize Cheeses at the Dairy Show; The Illustrated London News, 1876
    • Sketches at the Dairy Show; The Illustrated London News, 1881
      Sketches at the Dairy Show; The Illustrated London News, 1881
    • Cattle at the Dairy Show, Islington; The Graphic, 1887
      Cattle at the Dairy Show, Islington; The Graphic, 1887

    References

    1. ^ a b The History - 139 Years of Progress. RABDF Events. Archived 7 August 2016.
    2. ISBN 9780754649892
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    3. ^ a b RABDF History. Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers. Accessed June 2016.
    4. ISBN 9780415558747
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    5. ^ a b c d e Front-page matter (small ads). The Times, 24 October 1876.
    6. ^ a b c [s.n.] (23 December 1876). The London Dairy Show. The Sydney Mail. Page 807.
    7. ^ a b Hugh Chisholm (editor) (1911). Dairy. Encyclopædia Britannica, eleventh edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    8. ^ [s.n.] (16 October 1920). A Record of Dairy Progress and Propaganda. Dairy World and the British Dairy Farmer. Page 208–209.
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