The Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY Svivant ta verite. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1883. DAILY FACTORIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 282, 1 November 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY Svivant ta verite. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1883. DAILY FACTORIES.

WHEN-refering m a recent ; issue to ttie Government land-book on the mana,faoture of cheese, butter, and bacon m -New Zealand, promised to deal more fully with the subject matter from time to 'time "W~sa to- disseminate through our widely-circulated columns theinf ormatibn contained, which, practically speaking, is; .of interest, either directly or indirectly to the whole com.munity. Unless our country settlers are prosperous, the trade of our towns must inevitably languish,, .therefore what concerns one 1 is of equal import- , ance to the other. "We make these few remarks m explanation^ m. qrder 1 that subjects like these shoald be con- ; sidered. of interest by the residents of our towns as well as our rural pbpulatioii, as the prosperity or depression of the latter inevitably and speedily reacts on the former. As we said m our previous article, the. pamphlet under notice has been prepared .by Mr/W,. Bowron, Inspector of Dairy Produce Factories. Mr BowßOsr is a man of- great experience, and has an apparently inex^haustible fund of information relating to the subject. For some time past he has been delivering lectures m various country districts, trying to create a general interest m the- best methods of obtaining' the fullest advantage from our rich pastures. The warm j moist climate of N6w Zealand-s hould be fafourable to the production • of a superior of. gsmsi jpd thai i" 1

the startirg. point of an abundant supply of good milk. Frono'anilk, of course, are obtain' d butter and cheese. Mr Bowron points out that the British market for these articles ia practically limitless. London alone, he? states, adds to her population annualjy nbiless than 100,000 hunian beings." "While the population is increasing theJßritish sources of supply,o£ milk, ejtc., arede-. jcreasing. . ,MUk .condensing j facjrori^s; are m operation which use up 15,000 gallons of milk daily, when procurable^ That quantity of milk he puts down as -an^a«iyalgnt.for JL9o;Q. .tons. jof cheese per annum. Owing to fewer cows being kept m London, for sanitary reasons, than formerly, the puppliejs of milk are now being drawn front tie districts- which formerly produced $ie cheese" supply.' "Thus, from varioW causes, the local supply of cheese is de-, creasing, and opening is made for v New Zealand farmers jto supply the deficiency.,. Thejizeof chees'esidiffers cording to the market to which they are 'sent'. 1 "-Tor instance; the - A ustfalian r market prefers cheeses of from 151bs. to 401bs ; the Indian from 61bs! tb lOlbs. -; r the British from SBlbs.' tb 841bs. m weight.' ~ Mr Bowjboit prefers, the factory system as the one capable.. of :praduoingMarge<quantities:-:of cheese, of a uniform quality, and. at a cheaper rate than is possible- l>y / pTiv'Ste c 'smalK dairies. As to the class of cowstO'be"used, he says the Dutch cow ; gives, the largest quantity of milk, and the Alderney '■ the' fichest m -but i he tßi&ks the Durham Shorthcrnr arid^De^' von cows are .thevWst foHgeneral|purposes. In v the^tfnited "Kingdbm^there' are 3,700,000/Oow9 kept at present -for milk purposes, producing annually, not.. :fes|;:ithan .-. li62B,ooo,oQo;]ga;llons {of; milk. The aboye ; quant^of milk -is equal to 126,000 tons of cheese,. .'To., show the steadily increasing quantities ..of butter andj cheese whicho"tfie liiome market irequires, it is pointed cut that m 1871 cheese was ■imported to the exterit of : ; i;2l6,4oocwtC^ .^alued^ at 4 ' •'jdßSjiß^, 4^, ! { wirile ? ; in ligf 8 * ttese; h!acl r increa.sefi ; ,to. 1^69^,949' an<i £4,939,009^1 respectiyelyv <In 1$71" -there imported] into Britain: 1.334,7830wt5. tot Gutter, at £6,939^0^1; bnt^ 1878"«hiAe figures" had'iwelfei to 1,795,4130^1:., w6rth l> #,9|0,i12^ "Wewilli continue ..our .of - ; this nseful^little pamphlet m subsequent issues:^ t .l .; ; ; ?