CANADA’S BUTTER

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2136, 15 February 1929, Page 5

CANADA’S BUTTER

NEW ZEALAND COMPARISON

tint LAND AND’CLIMATE

fAust. nnd N.Z. Cable). Vancouver. Feb. 13

“Canada is the largest consumer of butter iu the world,” declared the Dominion Dairy Commissioner, Dr ,). A. Ruddick. formerly of New Zealand, before Die Western Canada Dairy Convention. H© said the industry had shown progress in the whole Dominion. Much had been heard of the advantages possessed by New Zealand through the alleged year-round pastures. He had intimate knowledge of both countries, and this alleged advantage was greatly overestimated, because the New Zealand winters were very raw. Cows suffered as much from cold as they did here, and production fell off. Moreover, the price of land was four times as high as in Canada. They had no by-products and trade costs of manufacture and marketing were much higher than in Canada. Mr Berry, the president, took issue with Dr Ruddick regarding the progress of the industry in Western Canada. He claimed that production had dropped, which was caused by the loss of three per cent, protection through the Australian treaty. in the past few months 20 million pounds of butter had entered Canada from New Zealand and Australia. The great tragedy was that Australia. benefited only to a small exent, New Zealand, with which Canada did only a. very small trade, securing practically all the profit.