DAIRYING INDUSTRY

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 175, 25 June 1926, Page 7

DAIRYING INDUSTRY

AUSTRALIAN CLAIMS.

IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY, LARGE CONSUMPTION LOCALLY. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received June 25, 10.10 a.m. SYDNEY, June 25. At the annual conference of co-opera-tive dairy factory managers and secretaries, Air Alclnnes, a dairy expert, in a lecture comparing the various preference policies covering the industry in New Zealand, New South Wales and other States, said New Zealand’s policy was preference for export quality, whilst New South Wales showed preference for the local market. The figures for tire consumption per head in the peak production year, 1924-25, were illustrative of the effect of these policies. In New Zealand the butter consumption per head was 25ilbs; in New South Wales it was 31Jlbs; and in the Commonwealth 281bs.

The speaker contended that in Australia they made better butter at less cost than in any other country in the world. He said the quality of Australian butter was going up by leaps and bounds. The Australian production for the past eight years averaged about 106,090 tons. Tho year 1925-26 showed an increase of from 12,000 to 13,000 tons above this. Population was the principal factor in the butter trading policy. In Australia it was four times greater than that of New Zealand. The local trade in New South Wales was twice as great as New Zealand’s. After considerable discussion on cheese manufacture, the conference decided to circularise the boards of directorates in regard to the financing of a visit of one delegate to New Zealand to report on his investigations there. It was agreed to ask the State Government to allow a dairy expert to proceed on such a visit. —Press Association. '