NEW ZEALAND DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 10 January 1905, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND DAIRY INDUSTRY.

REPLY IT) RECENT STRICTURES. ißy Telecraph.—own rorrespon_ent> VVELLJNCTON, this- day. -Some InteTe-st-in? remarks have faJlen from Mr J. (,'. llarkne**,. .-L'cretary of rhe Xational Dairy iv reply t 0 remit -.! s-oiK-eTning tlie ici —ry icd—.sry Ut New Zealaxtd. Mr Harkn—sa .etires th-a.i urns are gewral- ■ ty. i.t even often, is;-ere a .red. and a--to Uicii- hrnissins. thrwugshowt the year. [he [wint.- out that our climate n_ke o this 'snirse urrnecßss—ry except in the w___er time in di-strie_ where the weather is severe. Spe-aking .nth the most intimate knowledge of Taranakl. the tn-tve of thi 4 indxiistry. where there arc pn—ably from 110.000 to 120,000 cows in milk. Mr FLu-kmess knows that the fs_mspirs take a rt denl mo-re care of theur herds tlwin the\- used to. both _era_«e as the eoutnry is opened up the na.tura.l shelter is diminishing, and beia_,e , -t—: winters aire betwrnstng more seve<re. There Ls a little _rtit>h in rhie a,f----legatio-n resgardirtg dirty yards. The fact rhuit New Zealand butter i? of t.he hwbwt <—inle. ami tiaut ir ine-reassLng-ly p.p.—ar. _ a fitting answer to charges osf neglected axtd dirtily kept farms. A point having been made of the faot that the butter from H<r__td. Des_nark, Xot__-ihiy. Ireland and Brit—in fetches a hig-lver price than the colon—l article. Mr llasrkness says the _._- ---j swer Ls tihax. Dernn ark. wrhAeh is our I strc—gest —mperi-rjor ait preserot, has had i its birDte*- on the En«rls_=ih _arkest roc i I _a_y years, and the I_igii—i puhlie has (cultivated a taste for it and is wiUi mg Ito pay the price thast is - put upon it. j Moreover, we are 1(5.000 mil— from <—r market, a.nd our b-.trber __—4 pussibly be perfectly fresh sis E—ni—i is, owing to Che two weeks' co4d storage ami the j s-ix weeks' journey Home. It is an i establis—ed fact thast much of our butter Ls said ;l.- English, and m'ainy of our j buyers say ih-ey prefer the eol—_il artji.rle: but Uie eoi_erv-aJsis— of the pnblic )is Demuaj-k's righ;. bower. De_t——-k. of i-ouxse. has re—_ed a pitch of scieafi—! perfection t_— has not been reached anywhere else, and it has a hirthar advantage over this colony in having no "off season."' it supplies the Bribe— market „___■y all through the year, since its constant ho—ing and groommg of the c_—ie renders it Lndwpeiw—i_ of the seasons. AH th■_. _>WeveT. itoen not expJain the difference of 12/ to 20/ per cwt in favour of Denmark. Something further mi—t be done to ovorta—e Dean—r-k The question wa-s discu—ied at. the lasst winter show ait Paimersfcosri North, and resnl'jitions w-re psai—ed on the subject. There, howeveT. Che matter s—-pped. A. thkisgs are now, some of out butrteT fa sold at a fixed price cot the season to English firms, while the resst is c—\ sdgj—d Hume to take the risk of the market's flue-tt—.lion. We wrait srenearal_ation. and the trend is in the direr | -non of ail selling and none con_£_n.g. j (3n the whole the Lmius&ry i-. says [ Mr Harknesd. in a healthy enough con- I dition. It is going aihead by leaps | and bounds. C-are and scienifcitic trea.t- | ment has firmly est—blished the qunslity of ear butter, but we are not getting ctit dues. Making every allsowan-ee for Derrm_.rk r s advanitages. we act be so badly beaten in prices. The re- | rnedy is Interna,; improvement in pro- ! duefcco-n. and improved methods of dis- j tribi—io_. —__^__^_