DAIRYING INDUSTRY

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 50, 27 August 1925, Page 5

DAIRYING INDUSTRY

POINTS AS TO METHODS

VIEWS BY AUSTRALIAN EXPERT.

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AUCKLAND, This Day.

Some interesting remarks on tho dairying industry in Australia were made yesterday at the conference of dairy factory managers by Mr. P. J. Carroll, supervisor of dairy, exports for the Commonwealth. Referring to Australian entries in the world's butter championship, Mr. Carroll said in analysing the results he was pleased to see that the average points for flavour scored by Australian butters was good. The New Zealand average for flavour was 43 points, the Australian average being 42.3 points. Flavour was a most important factor in butter production; defects in other points were mechanical and could be remedied. In regard to methods, Mr. Carroll said that generally speaking the methods adopted by different countries were very similar, though standards of temperature and acidity differed. Another difference ho had noted was the importance placed on texture in butter. In Australia maximum points were frequently given for texture, while iv New Zealand an unattainable maximum was fixed. It was interesting to note, said Mr. Carroll, that compulsory grading of cream had not yet been adopted in the Dominion, though it was being advocated by experts. In Australia all States but one had adopted the .compulsory system. Cream graders and testers were licensed by the State. The cream grader had to grade cream supplies and record the .test. Payment was made on the graduated scale, according to quality. The- choicest quality had to grade 92 points; a grade of 90 or 91 points was ranked first-grade quality, and all butter grading lower than 86 points had to.be labelled "pastry." The compulsory grading of cream not only helped the factory manager; it was also of immense value to the industry generally.- There was still vast room for improvement in both Australian and New Zealand butter. The methods of manufacture had reached a high standard. The desired improvement must come from the raw material. As far as markets were concerned, Mr. Carroll said some people in the Dominion regarded Australia as a competitor in tho'world markets. That was not his view. The two countries should work together to their mutual advanage, and endeavour to eliminate outside competition on the markets of the Empire.,