The Manawatu Standard. PUBLISHED DAILY. Suivant ta verite. MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1883. DAIRY FACTORIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 280, 30 October 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard. PUBLISHED DAILY. Suivant ta verite. MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1883. DAIRY FACTORIES.

Wshave received from the Government Printer a copy of a pamphlet-on the nianrifacture of cheese, butter, $ndbacon in Ne^'Zealand, i cdmpUed by fte^9 n v %*ithe.:i pamphleti embraces results* of hjs; own ( experience 1 m the manufacture of che ! ese m Kng^n'4 aid America. , { Thereare alip ipfoTmation Mid' woo^wts/^ho'^g labour-saving ;;^irv produce COmpiledirom authenticsburoes. There ate; plans; for dairy factories for 200, 400 i and 800 cows,' which have been prepared hy Mr To^wabd, arcliitec^ .of Wellington,' which should, be found very, useful as; a guide to gettlers who desire to establish a dairy factory. The , subject, matter of the pamphet is most exceUentiy arranged, aid' it' i^ replete i-wftk ;infprn^f|,tipi^ of i^eam,oßt useful character, but it is. a pi^y tha-t tlie work i s isqffered at flp/Hig^ fl, price at 2s, J Had j it been sixpence per copy, there woujd ■ have ieen 20 sold for o^e as 2s. And ij iftd§ed ? with a Yiw tp diffuse suoli valuable- n|oes^ary. information, | the^Q-overnment might have recognized the- expediency of issuing' the work : gratis! 'Whiieit rebaina at 2s it w>U j Jbe practioaljy useless iq the education .masses, |pftr-§|'ths o|^he } Jsppieg wilt never be ap|o], T|e. ; (3p v ern- j mentjPrinting Officejissues enough use- ; less matter gratia throug^qut j;h^, year ] m all cgnscience, and they imght vfeU tavje brought |iiejp4<%Pf pamphlet j under n^tfee within such a sum that it | would bave reached the. Muds of those for whose information ostensibly it was , Charging a high price for it ; simply, destroys its usefulness and de- ; feats the object m view. The informa- ' don given is of the most exhaustive >cHaraoter|^whibh should %edjfeised l as 1 widely as possible. What should have i been dpne^Quld' have been to sen' 1 1 a number of copies to every i .master m the, rural dis^' , P°?,7) •■• *£ii: i. /' 4 : -j? y.. i-llOtS, With! uwtruotions tp?cußtP v .f # J . i every pema,'--.™..^. t< ' , - „ \" ';J:ely Ixyper-iise.it and benefit .JL'** intormatio^. This plan would 41 our opinion, have answered admir-, Cfebly,, would haye ,minimum of expense or trouble, and would have s\ct|red/^)r|^e publication the widest and mosi judicious publicity possible! The postmasters could have been safely tbiiexercwe.itheir djscrjuunaf ,Uon m a matter of the kind. We venture to predict that the Government "wTI discover that the work, excellent as 1 it; is, is not m demand, and that hundreds of copies will remain unsold.. A f s a duty we owe to our readers m tliei country districts, many of whom are interested an the matter of, th^ -"eltablishmeafc^ th^ profitable .p.urjsuil of thp oEe^se and butter industries, we shall from; 'time' to time give eitraots from-the? work m question, sp as.lp. do 1 our titmost^in diffusing 'the information j contained throjighout the. extensive-, distriots, in -wlupJtthftSj^^gA^p^o&oulktes^- &