DAIRYING IN ENGLAND.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 10

DAIRYING IN ENGLAND.

t ' CRITICISMS OF A COLONIAL.

[Fok Tbe Dominion.]

" [BT H.' T. B. DBW ] : ;i''Cbhductb.r, ; j.'tha;. Agricultural,', Hall!".; :y.'THgh ty/'sir."-''" '

', ..• ' He drops- you in a populous part of gap'ing. doorway. / Some It] is ?-f^-""^'v , thayTC c 6iid-'aay.Vof-''.^or^eatrsk6w: ! dfltE®. •. .BritislL;Dairymen's .. ;.'Assooiatibri—tho' tlua * year"';^thd--British' -- . dairyman is showing I/ondon]ho>v.'out-flf-. £S{W'diitß;jhe';;is;v"^',S>.>^ ; . .does a British .daixyuiah. want-to v : .. ' iavo' a ahou' for when, ho can't hold his .Biarkot against the Antipodes,'or littlo :::' ':': J)«nmark, or' Ireland.-whaC'.h'as he to •. :. show? . Ask it all.round tho hall. T<ll Vthem you can do botter'tkan-this-in tho colony; that your .'niachinerj-'. display at. your shows, is 'moro up-to-date,your—. • phaugh! had shows' of this dcscrip- ' tion years-.ago,; in', the j dajs; beforo 'cof. :> your - creamery machinery? .Over there! Whv, refrigerator, -a'hiilk elevator, an- . , ' ; eerator, a - motor—is that all you can, Don't, you' cater' for yOur crcamyoui- don't;: believa' you've. ••. TV got any? Oil! pardon me,' Isec! ; V .'.- :Nqw let us arrogant colonials get round yahd: recover; : ;-": : VvSSSOT® ",tttmbsphefe'.:Js. : the.;.ahnosi3har6''.bf. y. jtha; Dunedin -Agricultural Hall;. and ,'.th« iMmeratoii'North 'winter /show. -Hew are i?-\lthe'fsariie';; iuddy-chcefad'.couiitrynieii'Jih, ) :i,;tlie: V: : ' jinquisitivo: crty any ithe:'energetic : side-showj; salesman. : . -The ' buildings for ' size and convenienco ihavo thei advantage of Dunedin and I'al--..n«rstbn North, though the . crowds',at,'f '•' tending can't beat • ours. :.. . ... ■ , .."Where's the New Gutter?" ; r. : - .-Get-'along-- to the. ' butter'-, exhibits. ;. Sera's Mr:- Cameron, tho New- Zealand . iPrbdnco Commissioner,; bustling rouiid, ! .. ;';'takihg down-tlio .grading points.,- i-' . ilCa'meroh fv'.'t i ; -J •..'! "We haven't exhibited . lately.. New . tutter to come Home, and we have found fia;?; : itKat^Australia,;who;|;ets her grass earlier; ith'aji .wo . do, can,; ; boat.'.us. Butter for; ■vSf'feMl-ter ,;Oh '.the'. can. ,b^t. bv fe.i.a, hundredweight!''' .■ . 'Mr.. Cameron. says. much moro :• in. his ;. '~bnstling.;\7oy.' V;■ ■y■ i '.' isn t a'.Tsry ; .rcmarltablo display ofvhutter (cuphiouscritic'-,'again!). Most' i it is;from the: Australian States,;-irith;

ft pathetic £ kiclc; from " Cima'da."Pass 's iOanada. out'-right away ; - she : isn't Jin "the 1 ;?/-:fruimijig-'iwitU'-;! butter.. "'.Queenskid./iiso

-o'f ; : :her: seasbn''.comes ; iirst,Vgetß Sppthe.; prizes for. > colomal'. 'salty, and". ■ fresh : Judririg ': is;.'ibj| / grading ■; points,: ;". ; : : L- ;and'in' the 'Ealt 'ala^ses'.it' takes 23 points' • rto get a first. .In tho. "fresh", butter o;iiß':'classes,^:much we 1 :, see^-iwith;- 7!from

-v. •creameries before: us, ' how - much the icolours vary—being' as • diverse, -indeed,. as factory../ names;ii; I)6esii'tA Benmart M"fi!iave;.the' advantage,?you ; think,' butterj'cbmeSf-o.n',.th'o, • market : all tho year :round—her; supply!, .-is'iiever . "notvprocurab!o"- ; rone colour, j o??!' brand/ '"Danish"; f inone.' form ?; -It .'isn!t .likely, that ono:.factory-.'in,.. say,. -keep/up a continuity of ;.,,V; r '. mipply all ih(i - , for london, : theresults is 'i that-;, another, t:brand. : .v •.. of,i"Australian" -takes 'its 'place—an -iuferibrAcl inevitable ;/\resiilfc

:■s,*#<: v; allV'-'right, ;, : 'you : ••• ■;>'.but ;■all; Austroban J andr ; New-, | : ris'jgraded? f^'^^KYes^-.my^frieh^drrbut'^ ?v\°..vl^w\ab^ Ito ythe^.iiaked side rV byr; side Some; , 98; ' bttiers ;.downy2o •'points; , dl ,^i^idiah^^o^t^butter;'''•^^^v':B : , ; .* -liaiterirets -f ii:;"sood - 'fa'-j'judged '^differently;; to.vthe -Z colonial' ■vare'-.;giTen'^ipr:.;,; I ''appoarr: :ance, tiirtufe,' frepdom . from •'moisture, • : '.Bnd flavour" 'In Ireland'the co-operative : makingheadway,though j.PPrJ/tijejiQtidijy.'.of «the'.'buttei^:,is'far; inferior ithp'colomesvvlt/is'i'jboxed"; ■SsjfS;,similarly - tothe colonial article. . All the : oxHibits' areHii; ; , sauarepounds.. 'vTho. Englisli. butter is .'undoubtedly of iC;of ;!it< < Tho Picture-3ook British Dairy Maid.

: ; ; .of/th'e.Briti'sh'dnirynmd/i creifth .roses,. andsweet:peas, and honey..suckle being artistically entwined about' 'I;,-/ .'/inside a.■'glasa -' case- .Typical 'exhibit: '->;ovtir'. SiXftr'yonder' in'.those.coloiiial boxes-rhowiiihahy;-. .'/,'. •. hands 'of womenfolk/ away,; .\/ - get that .'from ..tho/.cow? . -S®-K;- : '.Cheeses; make va); very display The; - /.. Englishman .. . can-- undoubtedly :..mako fe#y? cheese,'but';.'in , ;:npffiing.>HW,lthe!.;qiiariti< Si^^vVtMs>ho^shiiuld>;tci/ . - tioh. (Carping•critic :againj .- .•'

let'-.us get over ind'sco tho'dainty, pic-tux«-book British; dairymaid-show- the Her! ; dress: ;is; .just as .it's'.represented in-'charades'"-of ' ."Whero are you' going to, iuy' pretty : -'.;VS. maidln-'Neiv■ 7-ekland/ivb \ don'thav-a; ffivSimaid-irmkers'icoiiijHititioiis. /; - It's .too or who ih'as'i to" get -up ;'a£/daybreak; ; .to. rest .a. sleepy head against a,warm yy.HS flank, doesn't want tho public to -,see' hour -J:;; ' . :It,v.'Ould bo a mockery to ij $&'s. oome out .beforo -.tho public : in immaculate line /over-alls, and -"sit-on - a-neafc >classi-" ; Weal three-legged, stool. Yet in tho' way.. fiXyquvrecallfisAoiv: the: coloniar farmer; can 5 Svs:??inake,itVpay:-:to put butter-on .the EnglishS;^g^p)arket; ; M;;;y,;-r,::.;/.;v, Tho'cows that the maids .inillc aro tethered;.upi.thO'/'ceiitr€j''of '-'tho ;-largest hall. are;; mostly.;.! Shorthorns, though' a' 'j.iVj.Hfeiw^arevJerse^ horns are tho favoured. kind; because of : .' •'•. their.;, bigger . yields^-);;r ; Tho 7 test doesn't: -oooitj' because'most 'ofthe/milk is.: sold S; 5 filter/Shorthorns; are .huge' /animals," and' l-S&i their.lyfcsep" bill; must;be, enormous. Tho • Dalies are finding Jerseys better, paying cows -m the end ; thaii their Anglers, which; are ..considerably. ;smaUerjthan;;,the ■j,-.;;:-.-':; But that's-only/a' side issue.

Co-operation m Britain Unknown.

;■/;-/':;. Where the; present / 'show -'differs from tho Dunedin'and I'alnierston North .c'x®?i: 'i»'liiMtion^pardculaTly'^ : |i?' ; i'.V^fNorth;Vwhich\'is';'inbre-;a'' , .dMrr.''slibwr;than: /;ip;//th"e.Diinedin "ononis in :the;'lack'of.,dairyisj- Jiv factory.. maohihery.' ?• :'Pr«tty- well : all;/in: . . fact, almost .'all;-/the"exhibits! are eoih-

prised of small ;:<hand-senarators, small : v .;". nand-churns/ workers, 1 coolers, . etc. .-This,; of, course 1 , < tells; its tale. W® iinfeWiew ../several; Exhibitors of dairy all tell'the tale, that itself.V teUS—that ••.;. . tivo. creamery factory is unknown here. '-...Why is it unknown? . .. ... Oh, well, tho .country, isn't. fitted: for ;it. . Buti ; please,'why? • ' ' '.. ' ' : 'j., Welli.England is; a; ihanufacturiiig . ' j.COUntry. .' -.- K ;- Yes, but I'vo'been. about her .a. good :::,• deal, and many.' acres of Ker. fine' land: are; !' practically' uncropped.- ..-Why; can't,;.; she ijC^idiiry.equally,as successfully,as 'Denmark?, •' Why dotft' the farmers go iu for co-opera-tion on.the same lines? . ( ■ :W«11, there -you fhaVV-'ine^isthe final Whatever, :. i:'t' ; H;ii you'when'you ;■ jeay that' in.'-' - your':' little . country ; you : haveia iriabliiiiofy'exhibit/at ■ showsVthat; would shame." : v' ; cream-: :orVwhatev<ir-ydu-callTit ; plant, from ?"■ !'sS'}; : i:thcy'aski' -"ifiiti doesn't-come froin' Eug- ■ • . land?" . Ton teli them—from • Denmark, i' .';' - : Ajnorica,' aii(l ihat v.'o mako ifc/oursolves; ■•.'TVViiat,-; do' ; : yon:.'irianufaptur©,\but there '("■ 'o£o very decent gentleman asked.' . is frojii ihoinauguration of co-opera-: is;>&:>'■ tive creameries' tliut excellencp in. Danish ;'-%:.' : |wtiW'iDana{tietnf6V<U»tbs.v''Kew'Zealaiid'S'

; history is similar. Lawrehca : Kcnncdy iieoplo were yj : 'tho: only company showing 1 milking' .mncW was -.tucked: aiva'y. in..in obscuro. gentleman,; in ..." charge, tflw ;lia(l«spentrtfittccn: years in : iOxliibitijr;: Danish. " photoSy to'ihfW/hoiVi liis'kaoils; were .used. "IJo :the.'people lake to; Uiom}'■ 'wc'asked

.? "They're'; just;-beginning "to," ho .n- --- who": •' • •

But'England-'is jvep'fslow to'tak'e np'any- : indfbindors. out:;i\t;Andislia' ten jeurs bofore ■ tliey-'woald -look'-'at'tiieiu: hero!" ,T,,The; .sliow ;one that';wef 6. .'.ifivv to ;tha:'cfllonies ..were'--* an .Cnutbraatic .-.' diiniang ■ trough; littlo -butter-makers—a ; useful.kind.of egg^catcr,'arrangement corked into iv jam'jar, and retailed at 2s. or 3s. ■!the'\X)ialiplo.u3bin4i~;.and" Titanic hand-separators;J,sold;at ; fronr'!ii2 10s. to : ;tAi3iiniKriof.-goats-'S«Fe";p6nMd ) and were vnilkcd'daring, : ' V