THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 138, 3 August 1911, Page 6

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS Doing. tPor Press Association.) Duueuin, August 2. Tho Hon. T. AiacKoumc. m an address to fin mors to-day on the work uoiie Hy tne Agricultiii.il Department, more particularly in the direction ol losivinig t;ie tliu.y industry', said Dial last ycai £.lU,B‘ao liaci oOen expended on assisting daily farmers and controlling tile industry. A stall’ of 2! Ollicci.s wcie employed, ' including a gi.tdcr and instructor. Tub scope ol i>ac division included instruction in ,natCi and cheese making, grading the dairy produce, herd tesmg, inspection of dairy farm premises, instruction in Handling milk, inspection and control of ’all dairy factories and skimming /stations, organisation ol new daily comparncs, supplying plans to factoiies, also plans lor cowsheds, testing amik and cream, testing butter ami .•choose inoistme; in fact, every inancii of dairying ' work received attention ITo in tin; oiiiccrs of this division. Instruction had also l.'cen given iu butter and cheese making. Perhaps tiic most important part of the duties ol the officers were grading and classification of butter and cncscc for the oversea nuukots. He alluded to the inauguration of cow-testing, the number of cows to he tested being about IiUUO.

Another important phase of the dairying industry that nad boon re ceivmg special attention during the last two seasons had been tho visiting of da,iry farms by dairy instructors With ii view to bringing about bettei 'slifitaiy conditions m connection witn milk .supplies.

He’jdwelt on the pasteurisation of products 1 and by-pi oducts, and quoted rot in'ilk’ of "export of cheese and butter. - These; lie said, represented a value of £3,152,9/2, to which must be added the home consumption of £2,2(18,915. Ho then wont on to al fuao to ‘till! proposal to fix a higher grade For butter.

■ Re rcJelidd to the export of pork, a,ud generally covered tho whole field o>- tho .dairy industry, including wool and'poidtry.' The address was warmly receiyotj ' and punctuated with ap plauso. NEW ZEALAND DAIRY ASSOCIATION. Dunedin, August 2. A large number of members of the South Island Dairy Association met in conference this morning under tin president, Ah. John Gray, of Mataura. Tiie most important topic of discussion was considering tho effort made during the last year or two by tlio Association to concentrate on a method of ’disposing of the dairy pro.cluce iii' I'iingiaud by inducing all factories to put their supplies in the hands of tne Association, wnose sales have been conducted by lour non-sps-culating agents up to the present timej when thej number lias been raised to live. Mr.’ Gray said that at the North hi a fid coiiforenco there hail been a private discussion on the disposal ol produce, and though the North were not eye-to-eye with tiic South, they agreed upon tne necessity of concentration. What was wanted now was for every factory to do its business through thb'A^kopiation.

Mr. Lnmsden Druiffiiiond referred to the .manipulation'.' of 1 the cheese market at Home, and suggested they should give then' agents ansolute control -to"work' in' then' 'interests: l ;'.

Mr. Winning (Matanra) suggested that the Association should he appointed agents for lini/8 who were acting as the Association's sellers at Homo.; ■ ■!'< u

Mr.- Bolt remarkod'that no factory should l)c selling at the 1 1111 i«i tiie season, because that tended to fix the top price for the lot. If the factories, before selling, would consult tiie secretary as to a fair basis, that would, bring about the principle of cooperation tor which they wore workin S- ,

Mr. (Patton, (Gore) said the price of cheese this season rose to 02s, and then fell to 50s or 575, just as the Canadian! produce was coining forward, ■ showing that the market had been •manipulated by linns for ti-oir own benefit. He bad heard that this combination had control of practically two-thirds of the output «.f the Dominion.

-Mr. Fowler (Royal Bush) said he believed they would prefer to soil at • the beginning of the season. If the Association could get fair prices he favoured the sale, and if the Association wore prepared to receive orders he would trust them for the price. The secretary (Mr. J. H. S;ott) spoke against the use of unseasoned timber for cases, and wont on to say that ho intended to have weekly shipments from Bluff during November and December. Ho thought there would ho very high prices for Luttfcr and cheese .tins year, but ho was of the opinion they should not do arytbing in this market till well on in October.