NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

Southland Times, Issue 20642, 14 November 1928, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

POPULAR IN BRITAIN. SIR JOHN RUSSELL’S EXPERIENCE. London, November 12. Sir John Russell, the well-known agricultural expert, gave a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel on his return home. The guests included Sir James Parr. Sir John Russell, describing his recent tour, declared that New Zealand’s natural conditions were unexcelled for dairying. Two matters to which attention should be directed were firstly, a reduction in the price of land, and secondly, an improvement of the productivity of individual cows. New Zealand butter, because the standard was very strictly maintained, was most popular in Britain. The recent conference of British milk suppliers called to consider the question of over-production had rejected the proposal to establish a butter factory because ‘ everybody prefers New Zealand butter.” Its selling organization returned to the New Zealand farmer 75 to 80 per cent, of the price paid in England, while the English dairy farmer received 50 per cent, of the price of his milk ten miles from his farm. New Zealand’s experimental farms were doing valuable work and should receive every assistance from the Government.—Australian Press Association.