FERTILE NEW ZEALAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18663, 20 March 1924, Page 8

FERTILE NEW ZEALAND.

GjreAT DAIRYING, IN DMITRY. - VISITING EXPERT'S PRAISE. •' i.' and N.zl;',- . SINE'S &&X..19. Mr, : C, ,E. J)evenish. Msayes, " general • manager of the Coastal Farmers' C 0... ... operative Society, interviewed,roii , his return frbm a vmfc'to New Zealand, in the course ;of which "he investigated the -Domihioifß dairying industry, said was strongly, impressed- : with* its solidly en- ; trenched ; position, flourishing condition, ;■ ' and rapid extension. v He Was also im-. .pressed' w?th. the fertility ,o£ New Zea- : land's, dairying lands and the high'ratio of -•. .production. , - v.- : •••-•?.L.•. • - - wWßat most impressed. Mr. Meares,. comparing New Zealand -with Australia, was . the intelligent concentration by the bulk . of toe ~ farmers of the Dominion • upon a - , ' greater production : per cow: and per; acre • and; .their / determination to uplift - by. • standardisation the quality of the products, : • . intrinsically,^« .T.;: In flavour and manufacture; Australian : ,Choicest butter was equal to anything he saw in New Zealand,.. but - the average ' "quality Of the New Zealand product was- ; much higher. The fundamental factor in • this, development .was the Dominion's better .rainfalli but' the 'soil and country as a - whole did not impress him -as better. . . or richer than Australian dairying areas •' indeed 'rather the reverse. •' •