DAIRY PRODUCE IN JAPAN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 257, 23 July 1908, Page 3

DAIRY PRODUCE IN JAPAN.

EXPENSIVE BUTTER. , Thero was a time when milk was regarded in Japan with tho same abhorrence as cheeso is in China, especially the pungent and strong-smelling variety. Recent statistics, however, show that time has worked a great change in this respect, and milk and butter are now in great favour in Japan. Whereas t\yenty-five years ago not. more than 1 or 2 per cent, of the; persons.;visiting a European restaurant, or eating a'.Eunjpean meal at a friend's house, would have thought, of touching-butter, fully 40, or 50 per cent, now eat it with a relish. ' They-are,' however, quite content to be'without it. As to dairy farms, they have increased notably in recent years. Butter, howevor, is a by-product at these places. It is to milk that they look' for 'their -profit. Milk has a curious history in that -country. -Thirty or.-forty years ago it. was : abhorred.,. The average Japanese could , not induce himself - to' drink \it. But to-day -many- a ; consumes -one or two bottles of milk,daily,, partly because people .have come to like it arid partly because the doctors have recommended it as a unique and. wholesome-beverage. .! "Milk halls," too, are ■ now. ,quj to •numerous.' I .Butter will probably take.; much l longer, to cotno widely into vogue, becauseof '- its 1 exponsiveness. A pound of fresh "butter costs at least 1 .yen (49.8 cents' gold) in Tokio to-day, and extremely high price for Japan. OUR DIARY. ■ shows. ■ v Oct. 21, 22.—Hawko's Bay A. and, P. (Hast, iugs).' ■ October 28, 29.—Wairarapa A. and P. -(Carterton). , Nov. '1, 5, G.—Manawatu. >'f Nov. 11, 12, 13.—Christchurch. Feb. 26.—Bush Districts (Woodville). Nov. 11, 12.—Wanganui. Sept. 2.—Bulb Show, Masterton. Nov. 17, 18.—Marlborou"h (Blenheim). Nov. 18, 19." —Egmont'(Hawcra). ' . Nov. 24, 25.—Nolson. LONDON WOOL SALES. sth series begin ... Sept. 29 6th „ „ . ... ; Nor. 2i LONDON SHEEPSKINS SALES. July 30. Octb 22. Sept. 10. Deo. 17.'