THE COUNTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 166, 12 July 1912, Page 11

THE COUNTRY.

CHEESE AND BUTTER.

0 OBEX'S PRACTICAL ADVICE, , m should he." said Mr. D. "° ur uf nf the dairy division ot ddie ' ?£,£ Department, in the * some subjects courßC Lion with the manufacture ol in connect on w mring attention <- cSC it S **-*•-■ to try , to during the « article equal to, and, 1 better than, that of any or possible, -fuor." Ho went on to ex- «* C the principal cause of defect plain that the pr k tionab i ,m- ---» the , chee 'l a on of the milk from purity m * P°™°" . mad e. Although '•** th l C n % a number of purity ftere ; mill none of them acted to determine the quality «■*? y ™ilk at ihe time of its delivery, c' UiZ done, of course the .upCOUI She paid according to the *Kof purity of his milk. Some *£££ « this, he was convinced, ? h J "ta adopted- With regard to £ would like to say that they butter, ot one of the tot seasons in h la to quality that they had ever I!? A the same time, where extreme. J* was taken iv ripening the cream f h trouble would not occur and it Id be done away with during the ff. Reason if care were taken to pre-SCr-npening. There was also Zm trouble in regard to colour, which r»ot seem to make its appearance after the butter had been in store. S.™ due in many cases to a lack J?working by the combined churn. In 0 process of working a certain quantity sometimes got stuck behind the Aura-, and did not get properly worked His, however, could be avoided with It was reassuring to notice that during the past year there had been a line increase in the output of cheese, and New Zealand was rapidly lessening the difference between herself and Canada, the largest cheese-producing country in the world. In view of the fact that we were expecting great things from our cheese in the future, it (taa advisable to ascertain if there were any weak points ia our methods of production and marketing. With regard to the milk supply and the competition which existed between the various dairy companies, it was time _ the farmers tame to some understanding on this question. It seemed quite wrong that this state of affairs should exist, and in districts where it was most prevalent the quality was not as good, and farmers were not receiving as good a price for their produce as they did where the competition did not exist. In several districts two factories were being carried on where on could accomplish all that was required. He advised farmers to oppose the starting of another factory where one was doing good work. It seemed almost incredible that two lactones should compete for the obtaining of bad milk. This, however. was what really happened— the manager of one factory dare not refuse a supplier's milk whsDßijthere, was .not much competition, if Be did, what is more likely than that the supplier would take umbrage* and go over to th» other factory? The condition in which some of the Dominion's .cheese reached Ike London market was not at all utisfactory. Quite recently cheeses had arrived with damaged rinds, and tad become quite- soft, and in some Rues almost putrid. The cure for this cause of complaint was more space in the crates. At present the ends were jammed right down in the cheese, instead of which he. recommended allowing half-an-inch of space in order that the air might circulate round the contents. He was averse to shipping Kim-milk cheese, which he held was not an article which should be exported /root this Dominion, as he felt that there was a danger of creating any undesirable suspicion which might prove prejudicial