THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7850, 12 July 1911, Page 1

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

A MOVE FORWARD EXPERIMENTS FOR BENEFIT OF CHEESEMAKERS. , rsoii cue special reporter. CARTERTON, July 31. A subject of considerable interest to the dairying industry generally was’ touched upon by a deputation which malted on the Minister for Agriculture, fib© Hon. T. Mackenzie, here this afterJnoon. The requwt made by the deputa, tion's spokesman, Mr, W, Fisher, was r fthat the Government should experiment' •with the different breeds of cows with la view of ascertaining which is best from the point of view of cheese manufacture. The subject was commended to the Minister's most careful consideration by the member for the district, Mr W. C. Buchanan, who said that, though he was not at one with Air Mackenzie in politics, ho fully recognised that ho had done Hiis very best lor the agricultural industry since he had been in charge of tho department. J AN IMPORTANT MATTER. Mr Mackenzie admitted that this was the first time the request had come under his notice, and agreed that it was of great importance, /lie promised that, os far as the available funds permitted, the department would follow the question and said that if ho could only find sufficient money ho would be glad to do what was asked. It was a question whether the Government should j?ct the dairymen to supply it with milk from the different breeds for testing purposes, or establish on on© of its own farms a dairy factory whore, under modem conditions, the milk could be dealt ■with. H© would certainly go into the whole matter with the officers of the department and any dairy association people who would give him the benefit of their experience. As far os his read-* ing went the Holstein seemed to bo regarded as giving the very- best results from the cheese-maker's point of view.

IMPROVING THE HERDS. The Government was already doing something in the direction suggested, and was endeavouring to establish good herds of the different breeds. Tho Holstein herd at Weraroa vras being added to : by importations from Australia, and tho Government was also sending la America for about ,£I2OO worth of stock.. Probably they would get the best purebred .bull that could be secured, and if '-aby-' nibr.ey • was left over it would be put into porno heifers. Prom Australia a dozen of tho Iliawarra breed were being imported.lt was claimed for these cows that they were good milk producers,‘.good for l oh ees©making and very good from the butchers' point of view. H© had asked Air Dunlop, the Scottish Agricultural Commissioner, who was out hero recently, to secure in Scotland for the Government six Ayrshire heifers and on© bull. Tho Jersey herds were also being added to, so that it would be seen that the Government was endeavouring to improve tho quality of the stock as far as the means at its disposal would permit. (Hear, hear).