BUTTER PRODUCTION

Evening Star, Issue 22685, 26 June 1937, Page 13

BUTTER PRODUCTION

UNIFORMITY THROUGH YEAR NECESSARY [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 2C. Tlio necessity for giving _ immediate consideration to tho question or the more uniform production of butter in New Zealand throughout the "'hole year was stressed by Professor W • . d ' det, director of the New Zealand Dairy Research Institute, in the course of an address to the National Dairy Association Conference at Hamilton, “ The problem is exceedingly important.” said Professor Riddet, “ from two points of view. First, butter made in August and September is much yellower in colour than that made at other seasons of the year. It would appear that this is mainly duo to the blitter being made from the milk of cows coming into profit iu these months. When marketed this butter presents an appearance different from that which consumers are accustomed to purchase in the late summer months in Britain.

Furthermore, it is a common practice,especially in the North-west of England and the South-west of Scotland, for grocers to sell Irish butter during the British summer months, and to change over to Dominion butter in the winter months. Irish butter is not nearly so yellow in colour, and when tho change to Dominion butter is made consumers notice this and do not like the marked difference. “ It would be greatly to our advantage,” Professor Riddet said, “ if we could preserve uniformity in the colour of our butter throughout the year. Another principal reason for giving serious consideration to the possibility of producing butter all the year round is that all that part of England which lies south of the Midlands is supplied principally with New and Australian butter, and is becoming progressively more dependent on these supplies. In order that the supply should continuously bo a fresh one, it is in the greatest interest of New Zealand that production should be more evenly spread throughout the year, and thatbutter should be stored for a shorter period It docs not necessarily follow that every butter-producing district need carry on a uniform production throughout the year. The oiferiim of a premium in winter "for high quality butter would attract those areas that are most adapted to take up the trade.