DAIRYING CONFERENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 280, 27 November 1890, Page 5

DAIRYING CONFERENCE.

(by telegraph.—press association.)

' Dunedin, this day, The Dairying Conference opened to-day under the presidency of Mr Brydone who urged Che necessity of adopting: -mean's by which home manufactured cheese and butter ehould reach the London market in firmesb condition. These commodities were in good sound condition when they left the colonies, but a large proportion of it was found to be faulty when its reached the markets. The Minister of Agriculture, on being written to, had replied that the Government) fully recognised the desirability of appointing a reliable and intelligent man to make the voyage to England with samples of butter and cheese prepared in the colony, and shipped and sold in London under his immediate superintendence. The general consensus of opinion eeemed to point out butter will stand freezing. Sawyers says: "The principal reason why Now Zealand butter will not keep after being unpacked is that the cows have been fed on new pasture." The Minister was inclined to attribute a good deal of the non-success of the shipments of butter to this fact. Seeing there is so much difference of opinion on the whole question the Government is prepared to asaist in the suggested direction, and the best course would be for firms and individuals who may be interested in the trade to combine for the purpose mentioned on the understanding that the Government contribute towards the expense. It wae reported that the shipping companies bad granted a reduction of an eighth of a penny per lb oh the cool chamber freight for London besides securing the return of half the primage. The Committee pointed out the need

of separate chambers. The export of 500 tona had been guaranteed for BhipmenC. The Union Company indicated their willingness to reduce the freight, and there was every reaeon to believe the Railway Commissioners would reduce the freights to grain rates. A resolution was carried that the Commissioners be asked to reduce the rates to the same as the grain rates: that insulated waggons be provided on railways ; that the Government be asked to pay the expense of sending home an expert in charge of a trial shipment of butter and cheese, so that shippers might keep the history of the produce from the milking of the cows to the delivery of the butter and cheese in London. The shipping companies offer a free passage to an expert.