WINTER BUTTER-FAT

Evening Star, Issue 22683, 24 June 1937, Page 10

WINTER BUTTER-FAT

ENCOURAGEMENT BY PREMIUM SUGGESTED NATIONAL DAIRY CONFERENCE OPPOSED [Per United Press Association - . 1 HAMILTON, June 24. The encouragement of winter production of butterfat was not favoured by the National Dairy Conference this morning, when a remit from the Heretaunga Co-operative Dairy, urging payment of a premium for winter butter, was lost by a substantial majority. In. order that winter production of cream might be encouraged, so as to maintain the winter supply for both the local and the export trade, the Heretaunga Company urged the federation to approach the Government requesting that a premium he paid for butter manufactured in winter months. “We want a little recreation, and the only time we can get it is during the winter,” said a delegate, who added that winter production would mean increased overhead. Other speakers who voiced opposition to the remit contended that it was necessary to spell the fields during the winter period in order that they might ho able to carry the maximum pasture during the spring months.