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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 December 1924, Page 12

only, unless the allotment was made in conformity with the articles or any aniendment thereof. Nor will a. shareholder be hound by force of the Act only (a) if within six months of the allotment he gave to the company notice in writing objecting to receive the shares, and (b) within that time permanently ceased to be a. supplier of milk, cream, or other dairy produce to the company. (7) The Act does not deal with the future. It might well be that the law should be altered to permit eo-operatife dairy companies from time to time by resolution to alter the article dealing with allotment of shares, so as to bind shareholders to take shares allotted in conformity with the altered articles. It will be noted, however, that the Act does not so provide. It validates the past; if affords no relief for the future.

DAIRY FARMING

SHOW AT ISLINGTON

(Times Agricultural Correspondent). The value of the dairying pursuits to the agricultural industry is not easily computable. • It may suffice to say.that collectively they constitute one of the principal pillars of the comprehensive structure of agrarian activity. The tinith of this assertion is not materially affected by the fact that the requirements ,of the nation involve the importation of large quantities of dairy produce to, supplement the output from home sources." The country is not selfsufficient in butter, cheese and other articles of similar origin, but this implies no reflection upon the enterprise of our farmers or the merits of our dairy cattle. Neither may be as efficient as they might be, a remark that would apply with equal force to the producers and the herds of all countries, but it is a fact that in the business of dairy farming this country has made steady progress iii recent years, and has attained a standard of achievement that redounds to her credit. The Dairy Show of the British Dairy Farmers’ Association itself testified in its comprehensive character and excellence of the exhibits, to the scope and diversity of the industry as practised in Great Britain, and also to. the skill directed to the economic production of the numerous commodities, that emanate from the farm dairies and central factories. The classes of butter, cheese —the latter in remarkable variety—cream, and allied articles reflect the care and competence, with which the needs and tastes of • the public are studied, and met, in tlie private dairies throughout the countryside. It is acknowledged that so. far as they go towards supplying the almost limitless requirements of the nation, /home coiisigmnents occupy a foremost place in the markets. They may lack uniformity because of the closeness to the markets and the consequent obstacles to grading and , selection at given points, but, individually, the quality is of the best and bears high testimony to the thoroughness of the training provided at our dairy schools and the facilities obtaining for putting such instruction into practice on the farms. The butter shown would satisfy i” variety and quality the tastes of the most fastidious consumers. The tulk may sometimes fall short of the sample, and will certoinly be markedly insufficient to go, round, but it is gratifying to have the proof that will be offered at Islington this week that in the art of butter-making—as judged by the finished article on the benches and the competitions in the central enclosure —Great Britain can equal or surpass anything of the kind to, be seen anywhere abroad.

DISTINCTIVE CHEESES. Writing of dairy produce at Wembley, the Times says: “In manufactured articles, greater national distinction is noticeable in the cheese section. Here the exhibits are, for the most part, typically British. Samples of soft or fancy - cheeses of Continental patterns may be seen, but the chief features are the collections of the truly English Stiltons, Cheddars, Cheshires, WTensleydales, Gloucesters, Caerphillies, Ineeesters, and other county and local makes. Farmers have often been urged to direct their attention to the appealing brands of French, Italian, Dutch, or Swiss origin, but while respectmg the counsel to copy their opponents, they have found a market sufficiently appreciative for their own makes* to induce them to continue to produce what experience has proved to. be best adapted to their natural conditions. Climate influences dairy produce, as it does other commodities, and searching trials have demonstrated that the dairy farmers of this country have interpreted intelligently, and" put into practical procedure, the bearing of environment upon their pursuits. The Stiltons—still held bv many in all countries to be the finest cheeses made —come, as in the coaching days, from Leicestershire; the Cheddars from Somerset and neighbouring counties, supplemented from the South-Western counties of Scotland; the Cheshire from the county of origin and North Shropshire, and so on, all indicating the influence of locality* in determining the narticular merits of the different types. The demand and prices for these products of British dairies vary, but they seldom fail the makers altogether, in spite of the care with which some of them are imitated by oversea competitors.”

TRIP TO AUSTRALIA,

TOWN AND COUNTRY,

STRAY IMPRESSIONS,

After a trip to Australia to see the country and his birthplace in A 7 ictoria, Mr .T. B. Murdoch told a Star representative that, after travelling in the country' inland both from Melbourne and Sydney, he was amazed to find that, practically' no progress had been made in the direction of road-making, and in many parts the roads .just meandered along through the trees as they' did years ago when he lived there. He said the country' was looking extremely well, and it was quite evident farmers were having a good season. But, he added, it w'as quite as evident that the cities were grooving at the expense of the country-. Both Sydney* and Melbourne, and especially' the former, had grown enormously', while in some parts of the country' the farms, instead of being sub-divided as is the tendency here, were larger. It is worth notice to recall, as Mr Murdoch said, that when the land was cut up originally' it was blocked out in square miles, that is, in '640-acre blocks, with a road all Tound each. His conclusion was that the cities were growing, the country not being developed as should be the case in a comparatively' ymung Dominion.

It is noteworthy', too, he said, to see that in the cities the draught horse is more than holding its own with the lorry*, especially' on short runs. Large firms such as breweries, carriers and concerns which do sueli work still employ large numbers of horses, and the tendency' is to increase.

The country in the north of A’letoria included that in which the Kelly Gang operated many' years ago, and Mr and Mrs Murdoch actually* stopped one day