BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 24, 23 October 1907, Page 2

BUTTER AND CHEESE.

SHOULD-.THE FACTORIES SELL OR * CONSIGN? '. I ', — . - :...'- A CHAT WITH MR. S. TURNER. Mr. S. Turner, F.R.G.S., of the Manchoster dairy produce firm of. Wilier and Riley, and tho well-known mountain-climber is at present in Wellington,' having con> j)letcd his contract-making" for Ho states that this^ear. ha;)u!sf c^tabHsfed ' a record. Within two years 'nttrsßßjubntti* X"' Mr. Turner has travelled IOS.'DOO miles in search of butter and mountain peaks, "■which"'' itinerary included three journeys to Australia and New Zealand, a visit to South America," and one to Siberia. . Jlo was. about to leave for Canada, where Whbpe'd to get " a smell of the- Rockies," .en route to England; ':- ' with another 'trip to 'Siboria in the" near" perspective. It. was. his third visit'to Now'. ■ Zealand on behalf pf.his firin,,,a'nd it 1 was remarkable how business had increased.". In. 1905-ho managed to'•secure in<-Australia--Wd<-New Zealand 1500 tons of butter and 300 tons '■• of cl\ec.se;' in. 1006'his;firm manipulated' 2<to0 '■■■•'■■- tons'.of butter and 600 tohs'Cheesoirom.'Aus-' •tralnsia, but this 1 year liad'ostablished ' ~' cord, arrangements having'been, made for": 2900 tons of-checso.and 2000 tonsof buttbr.;/'.! Our Cheese Better Than Canadian.:: .'.' ■."-. "';'[ Speaking' with regard-to this 'enormous',in-.',"': crease in' tho amount of cheeso his people - would handle, ,Mr. .Turner said .that the output of cheese in New .-Zealand -was steadily- '< increasing, and it, had -reached ■ a standard \ ; .' that was a shade higher than Canadian, and v the consequence was a corresponding increase in tho. price). '.When he first. ca;me -to" New'i : Zealand,, ho had been.''impressed'' , ,with'i.the ' ;' .quality of. the cheese, and-, had then .said that .. it should command a better price than • Canadian. His words "were coming true. ; ;; Mr. Turner said tli'ero had 1 been-some talk about tlio factories cooling milk.on its'ire'ceipt:j., from the suppliers.•■■■lt- was-his-opinion , -thatvr .there'was a lot in , tho process—thatmilk so ; •"' handled produced an article of more quality.'- v New Zealand was grappling bravely with " fishiness " and, mysterious .flayburs that oocurred in the butter at times. It might be news. to.many to learn that .experts, in Denmark 'were' inoculating the cows '• fot, : "fishi- 1 - ; ness "—being convinced that it is caused from a germ that comes away from tho cowin-.the milk—and had practically stamped it out. ■■ Among the contracts his : firm had taken ;up was the' output from tho Mangatoki factory, which had gone in for i pasteurised.: butter. This was" of special interest, as it was: the lirst big factory that had:.taken up pasteurisation. While thero had been complaints l Here and thereabout New, Zealand butter-,-his firm had nothing to complain: about, and ho felt isuro that if the present methods were strictly adhered to the time ,was not far distant wheu New Zoaland-butter,would.soil at the counter ' for tho sanid 'figure'as Danish. ' ; ' '' ! ■ ! - , '':''.- ; ; '•'••'■•"■■7": "■'-■•.:-' "I ■ ••• Consign, Don't Soil! '~,•■ .j .-..,, „.,,,••, • The prices obtained by producers who i sold i.v..outright ranged : from. 9.'15-16 d.: to IOJd/ per lbi, and one.factory realised lid. (less 3-per, cout. i commission).! That'seemed to'bo abig , '. price,,but-it 'must.bp remembered' that since' -.'• most..of the. contracts 'had. been'-made, the '• drought had intensified in' Australia; and;also'" : - in Siberia—two, ,of. the biggest butter,.coun-' "■ tries ;in. the world—which, showed'"how > ptiw" , " , '; sided, in his opinion, the gamble.was for'ihei • factories to ; soll forward. % The drought might , ', easily-mean another. 10s.'to 15sj percent, t0.." ' those who . are . forwarding oil consignment.; . If ho was not mistaken v the altered position:;: would' mean that consignors wo'uld receive Id.. per lb. : all round moro -than has,been paid to.',-,".' those selling outright.' The factories selling, outright could not got all there was-in it, as' . with only six or eight, buyers .in tho _cqun-J, try,'there was not.tho,buying,competition to,, create a true market value, which could only. . result at: Home, whore there were from. 6000 to 7000 men" o'ngaged in'the wholesalo butter.,... ■business;:* -'■ ••."'■■'•■.'; ..-•;'. jvli'/. ~-'-hi /■ ■■ Mr. Turner informs us that ■, his firm. has : been entruste'd : -with thohandling of-, tho qut- A ./. putof tho Kaupokonui'factory; m Taranaki, ~. which is to,'produce'between 1600 andv.l7oo. -, tons'. ,, of eheoso this 1 season: This-is .the largest ,-.. co-operative.-cheese\factory.' in , the world.:-', •,. ..•