NEW DAIRY STAFF APPOINTMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 898, 18 August 1910, Page 8

NEW DAIRY STAFF APPOINTMENT.

;7 -: : : : '-' MR. J. ODEA. '. ; A Dominion j-epresentative was iri- : formed yesterday' that Mr. John ; O'De'a" had ". been,' offered and had accepted;' a ; position, as.a- dairy instructor,'and;-will: in .future be attached to the staff of tho head of the dairy division (Mr.. D.. Cuddie).-.'-- ■.'-...::■"-.,-•"••' -

When, the Minister, for Agriculture (the Hon. Thomas'; Mackenzie) .was / addressing those present at the- official opening of the Hawera Winter Show he 'stated; that-the Department had .decided to appoint ah additional'dairy instructor 'for. Taranaki/ "Op to "the present-'• nothing .'more has been heard of.-the mat-' 'tery.'.and/ the information that Mr. O-Dea" has been appointed will be welcomedin Taranaki/ ,/ .'v. v .',.,'' '.''

1 .Mr'.'/lO'Dea has been the manager of the Pihama Factory (on, the west coast -of Taranaki, about twenty-f our miles from iHawera) for some years, and. has •made a splendid reputation for himself -as'-a. gutter-maker;'. For several.'years his butter was' figuring in leading positions ,in the principal show". competitions all over New Zealand, and at the recent and.; Hawera winter', shows; he established the remarkable record' of winning all the .'butter^,prizes at both fixtures-. Pasteurisation, ho told,tho writer ■ at'Hawera, was the secret of his success. . Nothing definite could .be.';ascertained, as to where the headquarters of.the new instructor, would be/- Some: time ago Stratford was ;mentiohed/as .the place; : but there is good - reason , for-believing that Mi. O'Dea will reside elsewhere.