THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16569, 5 June 1914, Page 11

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

THE VALUE OF TESTING. [Fnon Our. Cor.nFsroNDir.NT.] DUNEDIN, Juno 4. “ The dairy industry would be better off without dirty suppliers and people who wore not prepared to bo caucatcd to send in a proper article, remarked alSouthland factory director yesterday at the meeting of the South Island Dairy Association. At present these suppliers went undetected. His own factorv manager and the Government export made a curd test some time ago. The Government expert asked the manager to pick out what ho considered the best and the worst milk. Ilie manager got quite a shock when the test results came out, for they shov ed that lie did not really know what quality the milk was. In this particular caso one lot which he had always looked on as of extremely high grade was shown to bo absolutely the worst milk coming into the factory. _ As to the question of machine milking v. hand milking, tho tests showed that tlieio were samples of both in the first grade and samples of both in the worst grade. That was what he had always believed in regard to machine milking. Good or bad could bo produced bv either machine or hand milking. DEPUTATIONS TO PRIME MINISTER. FREIGHT ON DAIRY PRODUCE. [Peii Prers AsßocrmoN.] DUNEDIN, June 4. A deputation representing tho dairy factories of Otago waited on the Prime Minister, Mr Massey, yesterday and asked for an alteration in the proposed arrangement with tho Union Steam Ship Company in connection with the American trade, so that butter might be carried free from small ports to a port of call for largo steamers. The deputation urged that tho Government should not outer into any contract with tho Union Company in which the North Island would receive an allowance of from Jd to id per lb on dairy produce over and above that allowed to the South Island. They contended that one universal price on an f.o.b. basis should bo fixed for the whole of New Zealand. Tho lines wero subsidised, and it was not. right that ono island should get preference over the other.

Mr Massey said that the recent conference and his own Department had done their best to obtain tho alteration asked for, but the company bad positively declined to allow it. Tho only alternative was to ask Parliament to vote a sufficient sum to carry tlio butter free, and lie was of opinion that Parliament would refuse to give such a vote. STANDARDISING QUALITY OF CREAM. [Per Press Association.] HAMILTON, June 4. At a mooting of representatives of dairy companies in the Auckland province held at Hamilton last night, to discuss tho grading and marketing of produce, Mr Yorton, president of. the National Dairy Association, presided. He suggested that the South Auckland companies should follow on tho linos of the North Auckland conference on Monday last. Opposition came from Air Goodfellow, of tho Waikato Cooperative Dairy Company, who considered that tho difficulties of inferior supplies would be best met by individual companies grading and showing sufficient backbone to return inferior cream. In view of this opposition a resolution was passed, asking for signatures to an agreement in tho direction of standardising the quality of. cream acceptable. Twelve companies signed and another agreed to recommend signature. Mr Goodfellow refused.