NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 30 September 1936, Page 15

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

Popularity in Britain .OPINIONS OF GRADED P - "-The favour with which New Zealand filter was regarded in Britain was the Hkc'c; -ot comment by Mr. C. (• I ■fe'tson. chief grader for the dairy Hon of the Agricultural Department, if New Plymouth, who has returned after a 12 months' visit to England. ■Mr. Robertson was chosen to go to England primarily to inspect the dairy produce as it arrives from the Dominion and he has to report to the <te ■gftment on the subject. He travelled Kjropgh England and Scotland and visit■V practically every place where Nov' Httarid dairy produce was sold. Ho Bed that both cheese and butter sold ■fnitely as New Zealand produce wore popular. '•South of the line drawn from Hull across- to Bristol, New Zealand and Australia practically dominate, the market, and New Zealand butter is penetrating further north," he said, rfjjjfe- disparity bctwrvn th»- pm* oi Zealand and Danish butter is not

Btntch in the matter 6?'quality as. m the Danish system of marketing, which they have been developing for 50. years and have reduced to a fine art." The policy of the Milk Marketing Board was to go in for the manufacture of butter more than cheese, though the II was handling both products, Mr. rtson said. The Scottish board had mber of factories in operation in butter and cheese, and had com-

BReed a grading svstem of their own. He had seen one of the finest lines of butter he had ever seen. Other lines did jnot come up to the same standard, but If:' one factory could produce such an article it would not be long before others would come into line.