EMPIRE'S DAIRY FARM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18389, 3 May 1923, Page 10

EMPIRE'S DAIRY FARM.

DOMINION'S ADVANTAGES. CLIMATE AND FEEDING. HIGH QUALITY OF PRODUCT. [BT TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON. "Wednesday. "I have visited practically every dairying country in the world and there is none I know of which can proouce butter so cheaply as New Zealand,' said Sir Thomas Clement,, the London butter distributor, in Hamilton yesterday. "4 The climate, cheapness of feeding, and : the lack of necessity for winter housing with its expense in labour and hand feeding were the factors upon which Sir Thomas chiefly based his conclusions. The visitor was distinctly impressed witTJ what he had seen of the Waikato, and said he regarded New Zealand as the Empire dairy- farm." He thought the factories of the Waikato splendidly up-to-date and far in advance of those of Denmark. • . The quality of New Zealand butter was quite equal to that of the Danish product, but where the Danes held an advantage over New Zealand was in the better system of marketing. The Danes regulated their supplies better than New Zealand did, while they also had a butter system of distribution. Regarding the proposed butter pool, Sir Thomas was of opinion that it would be a good thing if the pool were confined to organising for increased production, cheaper shipping, and better storage, but the farmers would be courting calamity if they carried it so far as actually attempting to fix prices. Sir Thomas left this morning for the Hauraki Plains, and to-morrow he will go on to Auckland, from where he will sail for Canada on May 8.