DAIRYING REGULATIONS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8932, 26 June 1905, Page 4

DAIRYING REGULATIONS.

At the annual meeting of the National Dairy Association, held at New Plymouth this week, the Chairman (Mr Foreman), introduced the subject of the grading of produce for local purposes. , Complaints had been made that buyers had no guarantee that tho butter they purchased was thai, for which they had received grading certificates. Should the Association approach the Department on the matter? Mr Harknesß thought that the question brought before the meeting by the chairmail was a most important one. The Department was vqry particular about the grading of produce for export, but not so particular in Tegard to grading for local purposee. Some time since at the instruction of the Association he had investigated the regulations proposed by the Department. He had conferred with the Department and had been told that it was best to drop the matter with the return of Mr Kinsella.. So fur, howcveT, nothing had been done to alter the regulations. Tho Department had raised as an objection to the grading for local purposes that the boxes, with one grade marks, might be re-used for export purposes. This difficulty could easily be obviated by putting a cross through the grade mark, however, and if a heavy penalty were to be exacted from any one found shipping butter with a crossed grade mark, tlier© would bo but little danger of this happening. Mr J. R. Scott, secretary of tho South Island Association, thought that such a regulation would practically mean that butter could be kept, graded 'ocally, for I say 6ix months and then shipped to the other side. New Zealand produce and ' grading would thus be damned. If a cross wore put on tho grade mark the purchaser who had bought it for local use and then stored for several months would be prohibited from exporting tho consignment at all.

Mr Morton (Mangorei), moved that tho Association should confer with the Department in regard to the regulations in connection with the dairying industry. The motion was seconded by Mt Grifntlig, of New Plymouth, and carried. After an amount of desultory discussion Mr Marx (Mangatoki) moved, That the Executive and four others, nominated by the , meeting, should be appointed to confer with the Department in reference to tlw regulations in fcoranection with the dairying industry. — Seconded by Mr T. L. Joll (Okaiawa), and carried. Messrs Morton, Wilkinson, Mitchell and Marx wero appointed to work in <he matter in connection with tho Executive.