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JUDGES OF DAIRY PRODUCE.
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir. - Mr Warren, in reply to our left in
your columns anent an exhibit of Stilton cheese,
fails to bring forward any good grounds to sub
stantiate his decision. On the contrary, he
shows still further ignorance as to the market
value of an article that is readily sold by the
Mutual Store, Melbourne, well known for the
high class of goods displayed there, at double
the price of the cheese that carried first prize.
Again, he admitted to the writer that he had
not previously tasted a Stilton for ten years,
and also cast grave reflections on his brother
judge for his want of knowledge in butter
exhibits.
Mr J. H. Prime, a well-known maker of good
cheese, and another gentleman who has had
quite as large experience as Mr Warren in
buying and selling cheeses, tasted the
exhibit of Stilton, and pronounced it
excellent, both as to flavor and richness,
at the same time expressing their surprise at
the absurd dictum of the judges. There is an
old adage that there are none so deaf as those
who won't hear; and it is equally true, there
are none so ignorant as those who won't learn.
Had our verbal challenge to Mr Warren been
accepted, that the article should be sent to two
experts mutually agreed on, for their decision,
and the losing side to hand over a cheque to
our hospital for ten pounds, it might be fairly
argued that he had the courage to back his
opinion against ours, which he declined. And
we are greatly inclined to conceive that the
judges were in ignorance that the cheeses were
Stilton, and had neither tasted nor seen one
for a considerable time past
We are, etc.,
Robert Scott & Co.
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