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Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 March 1931, Page 13

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Production generally is reported to be very good tor the season. Wlienuakura ractory, to the end of J anuary, was only 700 crates behind the whole of last season’s output of cheese. They expected to be about 20 per cent, up on last year. . At the last meeting of the Taranaki Ayrshire Breeders’ Association the chairman commented on the splendid performance • established hy an Ayrshire cow Chapelhill J ean V. m the United States, as reported in the Ayrshire Digest, showing that after taking the grand championship at the Eastern states Exposition she returned home and made 23761bs ol milk and 82lbs fat for the month of October. “Finance is the guiding star of tlio industry” remarked Mr. C. A. Marchant, of Cardoff, when speaking on the general position at Patea last week. He urged that it would be wise if all facories looked after their own business rather than worrying about what other factories are doing. He urged also that it would be well if they could hold their cheese longer in store before shipment, hut added that advances to suppliers were so close up to the market values that it was found impossible to do so. In earlier days, he said, cheese was seldom less than a month in store and even more.

The danger of faults in the cheese was stressed by Mr. Ross, dairy instructor, at Patea, last week, when he said that there were buyers in the Old Country who would use this ‘‘as a lever to force the market down.”

It was a detrimental step that was taken, said a leading factory manager at Patea, when the factories lost their individual brand for cheese. A great tribute was paid by Mr. Ross to the finish of the English and Scotch cheese. He said it was something that no other cheese he had seen could equal. A story was told by a speaker at the Dairy- Managers’ "Conference lasjt week of an assistant in a produce store in England selling Australian butter as New Zealand and saying, when asked about it. that he assumed New Zealand was in Australia. A strong plea for sending Home more butter in pound packets was made by the Mayor of Patea at the Dairy Factory Managers’ Conference last week. He said that- when in the Old Country he found a strong demand for this. “Timbuctoo solder” is a term that was used by a dairy expert at the manager's’ conference when giving a talk to delegates. It is used to designate “soap” and lie remarked! “cut it out.” In some timely advice to the members of the Roys and Girls’ Clubs in Southland, the supervisor says: “Just a closing word about your record hooks. See to it that you record in it each operation you have carried out just after you have carried it out. Do not depend on memoy or you are sure to overlook just the details that might have made youns the winning chart later on.” "

Under the aegis of the Boys and Girls’ Agricultural Clubs movement in Otago a section has been added specially for girls. The Southland Times states that “Our neighbouring club area, Otago, is this year carrying out some very interesting and valuable Home Science Olub work amongst the girls of fruit-growing in Central Otago. There are two competitions; one for bottling fruit and vegetables and the other for drying fruit and vegetables.’’