NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 71, 28 March 1892, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.

(Evening Press,) During his recant visit to Great Britain, Mr Duthie, M, U.H., made careful investigafciou as to the prospects of ttie markeb foi New Zealand bubter in tho Old Country, Ho was convinced, as the reault of hii inquiries, thafc there is in Great Britain a splendid opening for the development aud expansion of this trade. Ne« Zealand fuotory-mado butter h.13 already achieved a capitul reputation tor itself, aud commaudi high prices Dining four moufct/s of the year— name y Deoember, January, February, and March - New Ealand has no competitor worth mentioning, lor lhose months inolude thj season ot extreme ooid in the oountries iron] whioh inoac of the foreign bujfcor sold ie England cornea, The demand lor good butter is bo large that all that New Zealand oould supply ioe at leaa! a third of the year would be readily bought at prioes whion would voty handsomely reward the producer. Mr Duthie thinks that the butter trade of New Zealand will, if properly managed, eventually equal, if nob surpass, thafc of oome of the articles whioh aro now rogarded as the leading staples. About six mouths ago, Mr Buchanan, M. if.lt,, a practioal farmer of wido experience, who had recently made a trip through greab Britain and the United States, expressed a similar opinion to a member of our staff, and we theu urged that every possible ouconragement should be givon by tho Government fcj the dairy industry, beoauac ita prosecution on a, largo scale would turuiah employment to a much greater number of people thau fcho raising of beef, muttjn, aud wool. We alao poiuted out thafc Professor Long, of tha Oireucoster Agricultural College, ouo of the highest living authorities, had, in his report to the New Zealaud Government, shown that for duirying purposes this oolouy was superior to auy uouutry ou fcho fuce of tho globe, aud wo urged tho Government to adopt tho Victorian syatom of giviug bonuses for butter, aud having a Government system of branding beforo export established. We are glad to learn fchafc though fche Minister of Agriculture theu looked upon the suggestion of Governmoufc interference iv matters of the kiud us indefensible, fcho Miuisfcry havo now made up their minds fco adopt a scheme such us we advocated. Should the Ministerial plau lately published on "authority," bo laid before the Houso next Hession, vve feel certain thab ifc will be moafe heartily supported by politicians of all shades of opinion . Notwithstanding what the so-called Liberals may assort tothe contrary, fche Opposition are quito as anxious aa they are to see a large aud thriving population settled on the h\nd, and oue of the best me ms of arriving at so desirable a reault would be tho establishment of tbe diiry industry ou au extent sive soale.