DAIRY CONTROL BOARD CIRCULAR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1073, 21 July 1924, Page 3

DAIRY CONTROL BOARD CIRCULAR.

“NEW ZEALAND SHOWS TIIE WAY*” In a circular letter tho Dairy Pvoduco Control Hoard gives the following qxtracts from the Montreal Trade bulletin: “Montreal produce men this week have welcomed the delegation from New Zealand in the hearty Canadian way and have heard a good deal they can admire from the go-ahead methods of the New Zealanders. These people from tho Antipodes certainly need no touching from this Continent in the matter of getting there. The delegation is appointed by those immediately connected with the dairy industry in New Zealand, and it is their business to travel through the United States and Canada; and afterwards to visit, tho principal dairy countries of Europe —particularly Holland and Denmark—to pick up counters as to how they can better Now Zealand methods of dairy produce and tho marketing of same. Finally, they will go to the source and fount ot the export trade, to London, where they will round off their enquiries with a thorough investigation as to what is needed to bring New Zealand dairy products to a premier place in the esteem of tho United Kingdom, even against such expert und dangerous competitors as the Dutch, the Dune and the Irishman. When they return to New Zealand they will, have first-hand knowledge of conditions ! which will be beyond price. The question naturally arises what is Canada doing in tho same connection '! _ And tho answer unfortunately is: Nothing or very little. We have the odd commissioner running around to banquets in Great Britain and making speeches, and we are not going to say that this proceeding is without value. But wo are going to say that it is a mere drop in the bucket compared with what New Zealand is doing. \\ hat has been done at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley to further Canadian dairy interests? And tho answer i» again unfortunately: Nothing or very little. New Zealand has a four foot cheese on exhibition there. Canada has an odd apple or two and a few sheaves of wheat together wilh some pretty pictures.” “Considerable interest was evinced by the Produce Merchants’ Association in this proposed visit, the more so as New Zealand has become one of Canada’s great competitors for butter, cheese and other dairy product) in the British market. The executive committee instructed the secretary (Montreal Produce Merchants’ Association) to get in touch, with the chairman of the New Zealand delegation and, if possible, arrange for a meeting.” Extract from the Toronto Globe of June 3rd, in which considerable space has t een given to tho meeting of the New Zealand delegation with the united dairymen of Ontario: —“It was pointed out during tho discussion that New Zealand and Canada supply 84 per cent of the cheese reaching Great Britain, and that if joint action could be secured between the producers in the two countries as to total production, shipment, etc., it should be possible to so feed tho British market as to prevent the gluts which every now and then have a demoralising effect on prices. It wa3 agreed that as soon as the New Zealand Dairy Produce Control Board has decided upon its selling policy Jt will further discuss the possibility of joint action with the directors of United Dairymen Co-oper-ative, Limited.” CREAM GRADING IN CANADA. An extract from The Dairymen's Act of Alberta, reads os follows: —“'I he Minister may issue licenses to creameries, cream stations, and cheese factories, and to graders and testers of milk and cream in such form and for such term and subject to such conditions and the payment of such lees as may be provided from time to tune by regulations approved by order in council and published in the Alberta Gazette. No creamery, cream station or cheeso factory shall carry on business without a license under this act, after the expiration of one month after the regulations mentioned in the preceding subjection have been duly approved and published, and every creamery, cream station orcheese factory shail take out and from time to time renew and keep m !nii force and effect a license- under this act.” An extract from the regulations rates:Tho following grade standards und descriptions of cream shall be effective on und from the date hereof, and srch glide standards and descriptions shall he rl.ecnly grade standards and descriptions apohed, or advertised, or otherwise held out to be upplied in grading cream at or through any creamery, and a copy of these regulations shall be posted m plain view in the grading room of every creamery operating in Alberta.

(a) Table cream. —This grade shall include any lot of sweet, clean-Havoured lionfrozen cream bought for re-sale for household use and whien is produced under conditions that comply with the special requirements of the municipality in which it is to be sold for consumption. The acidity of cream in this grade shall be not more than twenty one-Inindredths of one per cent. (.20 per cent.) at the time of grading. The term ‘table cream’ may bo supplemented by the trade terms ‘inspected’ or ‘extra (special’ as the initial purchaser may in each case uniformly adopt.

(b) Special grade.—This grade shall include any lot of cream which is clean in flavour, of uniform consistency and lit for making into special grade butter. The acidity of cream in this grade shall not he more than thirty one-hundredths (.30 per cent.) of one per cent at the time of being graded at the creamery where it is to bo manufactured into butter. (c) First grade.—This grade shall include, any lot of cream which is reasonably clean in flavour, of uniform consistency and fit for making into butter of this grade. The ucidity of cream in this grade shall not be more than sixty one-hundredths of one per cent. (.60 per cent.) at the time of being graded at the creamery where it is to be manufactured into butter. (d) Second grade. —'\ his grade shall -include any lot of cream that does not meet the requirements specified for the next higher grade; such as cream which is bitter, stale, musty, metallic or otherwise unclean in flavour.

(e) Off grade.—This grade shall include any lot of cream with a very objectional odour or flavour, such as kerosene, gasoline, stinkweed, onions or such ' other flavours as may render cream unfit for making into second grade butter. Kvery licensee under sub-section 2 of section 43 of this act shall pay a premium of not less than two (2) cents per pound butterfat for special'grade cream over first grade cream, and shall pay a premium of not less than three (3) cents per pound blitter-fat for first ;,rade cream over second grade cream, ami shall pay a premium of not less than five (5) cents per pound butterfat for second grade cream over oif grade cream.

BUTTER,AND CHEESE.

LONDON QUOTATIONS. LONDON, July 17. The butter market is dull. New Zealand choicest, 186 sto 188 s per cwt.; exceptionally good lots, 19Cs; unsalted, 200 sto 2025. Australian, 180 s to 182 s; unsalted, 190 s. Danish, 196 s to 198 s. Siberian butter is arriving freelv, and selling at 160 s to liUs. Cheese is slow t>f sale. New Zealand coloured, 88s per cwt.; white, 90s. A considerable quantity is out of condition, due to being held for several weeks. A. ana N.Z. caula

Dalgclv and Co.. Lb*., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date of the 18lli mst.: Butter. —Market quiet. Since our last report prices are 23 per cwt lowbr; prices for New Zealand salted now 186 s New Zculnnd exceptional brands 190 s. Onecse.-—Market depressed. Since our Inst repfifft prices aje 2s per cwt lower, price for New Zen.aud white now- 90s, coloured 86s.