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N.Z. BUTTER.

IMPORTANT TESTS IN ENGLAND VALUE OF WINTER PASTURES. Experiments conducted bv tbe Med: cal Research Council of England ' int the influence of the various systems o diet upon the schoolboy result in striking tribute being paid to th value of New Zealand. butter a® a die for growing youth. The researches were made by J>r. H C*. Corry Mann, 0.8. E.. who points ou that Dominion-made butter hast alway maintained a very high standard, bu until the results of the present re searches had been secured, the nutri tive quality of our primary product Inn rtnlained undetected. A review of the experiments ha been received bv the Permanent Secrc tarv of the Department of Jndustria and Scientific Research (Dr. E. Mars den) from the British Medical R esc arc I Council. Tie report states that in 1021 in a colonv of some 500 to 600 boys, cs tablished 11 miles from London, wen inaugurated, under strict medical super vision, a series of researches into tin influence of various systems of die upon the growth of typically Englisl schoolboys, ranging from seven t< eleven years of age. Tie results ®e cured so far bear tribute to the gooc influence of New Zealand butter in tin diet of growing youth. “The boys',”' adds the report, “wer< divided into seven groups, ranging ii numbers from 1 16 to 21 boys in each The first group received the commor diet in vogue in the village. Tliis formed the basic group for standaro and comparison purposes. Tie diet ii each of the other groups consisted ii this basic diet- plus some additiona item, for example, one pint of cafeijoi sugar in group three, a half to three<(narters of an ounce of New Zeahmc butter in * group four ,' a half to threequarters of an ounce of casein m groui six, and one and time-quarter ounce,s of vegetable margarine in group seven “These particular items* were selectee as being those thought to have an important and as yet unascertained influence on diet and growth.” The report goes on to state that a! the disturbing factors possible were eliminat?d. the hovs being grouped together according to ages and to weight, The calorific and vitamins values oi the diet were ascertained, number records were regularlv made, am cl all the findings submitted to the closest statistical investigation. The boys lived in a series of villa houses, pud had ample scone for outdoor activities. It was found that the hoys to whose dailv diet was added l the one pint of fresh -milk gained on the average almost double the weight of those or standard diet. Those to whose diet the one and three-quarter ounce® of Neu Zealand butter was added came a ven close second. Tie gain in weight fm those bn milk diet per annum was 6.9 S pounds, that on Dominion-made hotter 6.30 pounds, and : that on the standard diet 3.85 pounds./ Observations on the increase in height told the same tale. The average increase in height on the diet of milk was 2.22 in. The Dominion hut ter produced the second best results. The reresults were well in advance of'those prod mod by the other diets referred to, and very closely approximate those secured from the ideal diet of fresh milk. Tit order to obtain! a- tvne of butter Which would not change during different seasons’ of the year, it if a® decided to employ the host quality of grassfed butter, from New Zealand., carrying the guarantee of the Government of the Dominion. “Its vitamin value A.” the report stated, “was high. A comparison of the vitamin A value of vegetable margarine with New Zealand butter -showed that the margarine was deficient in vitamin A. a 10 per cent addition -being required, or one crawl daily in tbe "'diet, whereas New Zealand addition was 0.1 gram daily in the diet.” Dr. Corry Mann states that the revresults are eminently gratifying to. all ’interested in Dominion-made butter, whose quality always has maintained a very high standard, hut until the results of 'these researches, had been secured this nutritive quality of our produce ha® remained undetected. The flavour, -aroma, texture, and spreading quality are of such great importance that .they r on!d only be ascertained by long and painstaking research. “The part played hv vitamins.” concludes the report, “i.y yet imperfectly understood. Some scientists trace a connection between vitamins and certain obscure rays oceurrihg ini the sunlight. _ These rays impart some of their qualities to the leaves of plants and herd cows depasturing a® they do in the Dominion throughout the whole year on grass, absorb these" qualities, and pass _it on in the milk. 'Where stall feeding on dried l food products! is reported to. the transmission «pf vitamin A doc® not ooup*. Herein liOs the New Ze’alaud dairv farmer’s advantage over manv of his competitors who cannot feed their animals’ outdoors throughout the whole rear.”

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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 8 March 1927, Page 7

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N.Z. BUTTER. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 8 March 1927, Page 7

N.Z. BUTTER. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 8 March 1927, Page 7

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