Manawatu Evening Standard. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1933, Page 6

Manawatu Evening Standard. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

So much attention is being: directed to-day to proposals to raise i the price ot dairy produce on the Home market that the profoundly important work performed in the laboratories and on the farm to provide consumers with the best quality article is apt to pass unnoticed. The latest treatise on the question of a quota for butter or a free market comes from the Minister of Pittance who, in the course of a lengthy discussion, surveys arguments for and against restriction by artificial means. Mr Coates, however, makes it clear that his survey has been offered in a "purely tenta- ; live and provisional way. as a j basis for consideration and disj cushion." The problem of nisposi ing of the huge quantities of agricultural and pastoral produce has brought to the front the question of quotas, which to Dominion butter producers is no less vexed. Mr Coates does not declare him- > seif in. favour of limiting exports, but he points to changed conditions and provides the industry with a statement that is bound to be considered in studying the * problem. Another aspect of the • question is the regulation of shipt men's, a wise procedure adopted [ by the N ew Zealand Dairy Hoard 1 which has been commended to [Australia without result. Yet the | Imperial Economic Committee, ! when it reported in 1926 on the | marketing of dairy produce, emi phasised the value of spreading } shipments as uniformly as posj sible over the* whole year. Such -remarks apply with greater force j to-day. While attention is being j devoted to the marketing side of the industry, scientists are forging ahead in their campaign to solve problems of manufacture and to import their knowledge to factory managers and assistants. The valuable service in this connection of the Dairy Research Institute at hlassey College has been attested on numerous occasions. Last week, the factory managers again laid aside their work to assemble at the College ! and study in conference the thee- ! reticai side of their business. ■ Theirs is the task to provide ‘ dairy produce of the highest j grade, and in making annual conI tact with the research workers. essential knowledge is acquired f which must be rejected in their work. It has been emphasised; | time and again that if N ew Zea-! | land is to win in the race for max- j ; ket supremacy, only the highest i ; grade produce must leave these | ; snores. Starting with the raw ma 7 ■ i terxal and continuing right : through the process of manuxae- 1 ture there is a bounaen duty on everv uerson to so play his part [ that' ultimately only the highest | ■ grade will be attained and pre- ’ i eminence won. The importance of i ike managers' conference was j ! stressed at"its conclusion. They ; | are. as w~as pointed out. ambas- ! sadors whose duty it is to im- , cress upon. their directors thej i value of personal contact with j the scientists and. through them, 1 with the industry's problems.; They play too an important part ; ■ in the* research work, for as Dr.!' Marsden said, the practical and I scientific sides are inbertwiaed for the benefit of the industry, f The value of quality was rightly[ stressed at anctner runctiou by} the Director of the _ Dairy Re- j search Institute *■ Professor Rid-; det’ 5 . Its fundamental principle! is to raise the level of quality! and help the dairy farmer by er-j abling ~ r to, secure the maximum return possible from h:s .farm. It is Professor Eiddet s| opinion, as gathered from his re-t

marks, that if this Dominion improves the quality of its produce until it becomes unimpeachable it will not need to worry about such solutions to present low prices as reducing production. Such opinions command weight, and the research workers are playing a magnificent part towards the attainment of produce of only ilie finest quality.