DAIRYING PROBLEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20901, 17 June 1931, Page 13

DAIRYING PROBLEMS.

GRADING AND QUALITY. FACTORY MANAGERS' VIEWS.. [bt telegraph.—press association.] PALMERSTON NORTH. Tuesday. Dairy factory managers in conference received a remit moved bv the Manawatu branch as follows"That as cream grading by the present system has not brought about the improvement in tho quality of butter which was expected, due to inherent defects in individual cream supplies not being evident when graded, it is more than ever paramount, as a means of overcoming defects in produce that the conditions under which cream is produced on the taken as the basis of grading for quality."

The conference was not unanimous on the remit, delegates contending that grading of/farms was unworkable. Finally it was decided to urge compulsory farm instruction as the first step in obtaining

improvement. Tho /conference decided to urge the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture to accept the offer of the North Taranaki Dairy Company, which is working on a 24-26 per cent, over-run, to place its factory at the disposal of tho division to show how this can be done.

It was decided to ask the Dairy Produce Board to accept the assistance of a committee of cheese factory managers in solving problems facing the industry. Two remits urging a system of cream collection to abolish overlapping were carried.