DAIRY PRODUCE

Southland Times, Issue 22362, 29 June 1934, Page 11

DAIRY PRODUCE

WAXING OF CHEESE. DISCUSSION BY ASSOCIATION. (Per United Press Association.) New Plymouth, June 28. A proposal that in view of the reduced prices for produce the penalties under the cream grading system should be reduced, was rejected by the conference of the National Dairy Association to-day. On the question of the waxing of cheese, opinion was evenly divided. When a devision was taken on the Tamaki Dairy Company’s proposal that the regulation permitting waxed cheese to be exported at the request of the importer should be deleted, the remit was adopted by a margin of one vote, but it was agreed that with such even division of opinion, no action should be taken. The Blenheim Company s remit that the time had come when the dairy industry had no option but to accept some form of controlled restriction in the manufacture of dairy produce was defeated. A Kaitaia remit expressing strong opposition to restrictions was carried. The suggestion that the Dairy Board should investigate the method of selling whey buter on the British market and make sure that New Zealand was securing the best possible return, was defeated. Attention was drawn to the danger of competition with first class butter it further channels, for marketing whey butter were provided. . . That the remedy for a national crisis in the industry was a stabilized and guaranteed price for butterfat to cover the cost of production and service, and that the conference take steps to impress this on the Government was a proposal from Parkvale.. The mover admitted he was only aiming at the ideal; he would not attempt to show the way it could be done. The remit was carried. ~ , , Cheaper cement as an aid to the promotion of more sanitary conditions, thus improving the quality of produce, was the aim of a remit suggesting a duty of £1 a ton on cement should be lifted. The remit was carried. Papers were read to the conference bv Dr Marsden, Mr W. M. Singleton, Dr Whitehead and Mr P. O. Veale The advisability of placing New Zealand butter on the British market in pats was affirmed. The conference decided to recommend the Dairy Board to adopt this method. There was some divergence of opinion whether the butter should be patted in New Zealand or Britain. An amendment advocating butter grading in Britain was defeated.