AUCKLAND'S DAIRYING INDUSTRY.
I Commenting',: editorially, upon Auckland al i butter-producing centre (says our corres- t pondent). the-.". Herald " ■ says the. suitabolity , of Auckland province for winter dairyirigjhas been recognised; by, every expert iwho''-has' ; visited it. Thero be no difficulty en-/ ; oounterfed by the ordinary dairyman ita grow." ing sufficient feed to keep his herd in-con- . ditioii during, the short and mild winter months, with the result- that, the output of ' tho dairies would contiiiuo air the year' round and - the wealth 'of the- Dominion -be '. correspondingly increased; Good ;roads,- however, are essential.- In this and in a, variety of other ways .(says the " Herald "), have . dairymen good cause.- for complaint. ;; For . qxaraple,: neither the -Railway Department nor,. the ■ coastal,'; or direct.. steamship - com- v panies,. appear to V tako any, sympathetic' interest ju., the. Auckland butter: trade...; .They seem -to think, that their interest begins and , ends when'they!: carry at the least: trouble - to themselves and without any regard:, for; • tho.: interests • of! : the., producers.', .1 he rail-;' way authorities i take no . responsibility. (for butter -in- trucks at .sidings," and..butter ;i». •carried-, by coastal : boat:to Wellington which oould better,',",be shipped direct from Auck- - land. All this (says the " Herald ") hiili-: 'Dates, against, the. expansion of our 'most, pro- , mising industry, and .to that 'extent, pliecks the increase in our, provincial prosperity, :.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 2
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223AUCKLAND'S DAIRYING INDUSTRY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 2
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