NATIONAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1267, 11 June 1896, Page 28

NATIONAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION.

) Dunedin, Juno 8. The annual meeting of the National Dairy Association was held to-day. '1 he report showed a credit, balance o! TOP Mr R. Caddie (president), in moving the adopt ion of the report, expressed his surprise that, all the factories had not joined, especially those in the Canterbury district. The direct benefits were many. Tho primage alone — 9,310 last year for the South Island, which was divide 1 among the members -meant to many three or lour times the annual subscription. He thought it would he more satisfactory if the Government subsidy o! .11150 con I*l ho done without. The report, was adopted. Mr John Steven,son (Henley) was elected president, and Messrs Brydone (Dunedin), Dime.in (Palmerston), and Mac Gibbon (Mataura) members of the committee. Mr J. IS. MeEwen, Government Expert, addressed the meeting, and said he was satisfied New Zealand cheese, was equal to almost the finest Canadian. The best butter was equal to the host Victorian, and il they could put if on the market in a week, the host would compare favourably with the Danish, hut inferior was being turned out, which told against New Zealand. He thought the keeping of butter and cheese in the dock i:i London for ! '■ days should ho investigated by the A-sooiation and the Stock Department. Experience h ;d taught that quality was what the British consumer wanted. They must have quality and were prepared to pay for it. It was resowed to register the Association as a corporate I) sly, and that the Association should procure ell tho material required to ho imported lor use in factories within the various districts. I It was decided that in lease of registration the mutual fire insurance scheme should bo , considered by the coiumittej and placed before the members. i Tho question of tho appointment of a eecre- ] tary was left with the committee.

The following resolutions were carried : That tho Government should continue to freozc butter for shipment free of cost, but that they should only freezo butter of No. 1 quality; that tho question of cool chambers in steamers bo left to the committee ; that it ho a recommendation to tho committee that twelve-sided cheese cases ho used, and two chooses packed in a box, and that oblong butter boxes of uniform sizo bo adopted.