THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7870, 4 January 1904, Page 2

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

M^ KIN§JE^LA J S VIEWS.

Mv J. A. Kinsalla, who relinq lished the position of Dairy Commissioner in New, Zealand in order to take up a similar appointment in South Africa, was interviewed by a Capetown paper last month, and lie made it very clear that his experiences in the country had been rather disappointing. He had been mainly occupied, he said, since his arrival in writing articles for the Agricul-' tural Journal, and in preparing bulletins upon the subject of dairy farming. He had tried to induce ths Government of the Transvaal to start two butter factories at the most suitable centres in the country, as an illustration to the farmers of the value of co-opevation, and the Com missioner of Lands had approved of the proposal, but- the necessary mon-iy was not available, and there seemed' little prospect of its being provided. But the apathy of the Government was not the only obstacle to tho development of the industry. Cattle diseases 'of one kind and another were rampant, and farmers could not be expected to invest large sums in cows that might be carried off before they had made any return for their purchase money. ,Mr Kinsella was not hopeful that the steps being taken by the autnori-, ties to eradicate "the various diseases,! would be successful. r :he Government, haj explained, was impo.rting 10,000 Iread M cattle from the United States with tlfl intention., pf distributing them among tW I farmers at cost price. The reason til I cattle wera brought from the States ifl stead of from one of the British colon { fl I was that American stock were suopos^J to be immuned to Texan red-water, si [ were expected to esgape Rhodcsian nfl water. Mr Kinsella \yas, not comiddH that this would be the result. He not think the two diseases were the &j^H andj^nj^^t be surprised if the frqrf^^^^W suffered as much as^^H the Tai^^as disapp^^^^^^^^^^^H mate was simply b^^^^^^^^^^^H News has been rc^^^^^^^^^^^^H that Mr Kinsella l^^^^^^^^^^^^H pointment in South^^^^^^^^^^^^^| I on to England at object of restoring^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H lington Post says^^^^^^^^^^^^^M New Zealand;. ,