NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20236, 22 April 1929, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.

POPULARITY IN CANADA.

ADVICE OF MR. J. A. RUDDICK.

"KEEP UP CANADIAN QUALITY."

[raoii etna ows coseespohotst-x vastcottveb, Apra a. That part of the year daring -which -ore hear a good deal of anttse of New Zealand butter for coming to deJighi thousands of Canadian palates is aaarasg its end. As it does, Mr. James A. Enddick, who for many years was dairy corn-

missioner in New Zealand, and who now holds the same post in Canada, is telling his people not to be afraid of New Zealand butter. Keep up the quality of Canadian butter, is his antidote.

Speaking of his experience in New Zealand, Mr. Buddiek expressed his conviction that New Zealand butter could never drive Canadian out market. "So far as manufacturing is concerned, they are ahead of as," he said. "They put more money into their dairying equipment. A quite ordinary factory in New Zealand is not very expensive if it costs £IO,OOO. Many factories cast £20.000. But, as regards production, their methods are crude and conditions are difficult

"New have so much wet weather and mouldy and dirty conditions, and the milk product is not op to Canada's, while they have many difficulties in overcoming flavours. They found it necessary to pasteurise all mill- in cheese-making to get, rid of unpleasant Savours, and that is very expensive. A pasteurising outfit in New Zealand costs more than the total cost 01 a Canadian factory. New Zealand cheese has never displaced a single pound of Canadian cheese on the market and never will, so long as we make a better quality." - ■ ....

Dairy production in Canada was worth £55.000,000 last year, according to Mr." Ruddick. Tiie output of dairy butter is 75j000,0001b., but very little of it is on the market. Milk increased in production by 2,000.900.0001b. in tie last tfiree years. The maximum production of cheese was m » 1904, at 250,000,0001b.; last year ii was 135,000.0001b. Producers of milk have found other and more profitable channels for it. Canada is now third, with Hoflsxid ' first and New Zealand second in cheese prodaction, but, says Mr. Ruddick, Canadian brings the highest price. The price cf butter in Canada during the last two or three years, says Mr. Ruddick, has been from Id to 7-d a pound above the expert' value, lor the reason that Canada has no export surplus. As the present time, New Zealand butter is beins imported into Canada from London. and a duty of a pound is being oaidL "We have imported butter and cheese for the last 3] or 40 years in small quantities, until during 1912, 1313 and 1914 it reached a considerable proportion, and in recent years we have been mora ... than ever before," said the commissioner. "I think- the time will come when we will have an export of butter. It all depends. "I am not a prophet, but if anyone had toid me in 1924 he would- require to import butter in 1928, I would have laughed at him because, instead of a deficit, there. was every indication that we would have a surplus for export of 50.000,0001b. The rapid increase in consumption of all milk products in Canada daring these four years, and the lack of progress in the continued production of butter, caused by i the foiHng; off in the western provinces, i changed the whole situation.'- j