CONFERENCE OF SCIENTISTS TO BE CALLED.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 8, 1 August 1930, Page 6

CONFERENCE OF SCIENTISTS TO BE CALLED.

( UEKSi; QUALITY l>! SCISSION. MINISTER WESTERNER. Press Association— Copyright. WELLINGTON, Last Night. In reply to a question submitted j,y Mr H. G. Dickie on behalf of the Taranaki member.'. . Parliament, the Hon. A. J. Murdoch. Minister of Agriculture, said his attention and been.drawn to Press report r. j recent meeting at n I Taranaki FederaLon of i.'-ury factories and .1 evident to him in considering . • ■ nolo matter that the most impuri..».i, question before tho dairy industry at present was tint of cheese quality. H e commended the decision of the melting to put into force a voluntary Scheme for obtaining funds l-n; pay mg a premium on qualities of cheese and lie stated this should prove a valuable factor in raisi-a.h the general standard and spm.i he an incentive to ail to prolme an article of the highest quality. em: c tin a or pro ye .t l nt. Apart from this, said tiro Miu er, it was necessary to take advantage. of all other means by which improvement could be elfected. ScL'a titic workers who were aheady closely studying this matter v;Ud he afforded every opportunity for carrying on research. The De,w’.’tments of Agriculture and mWstrial Research were working together through the Dairy Research Committee, which was a very representative body. hhe Dairy Research Institute at Massey College was the main centre of this special research and in the laboratories and its dairy factory was giving special attention to openness in cheese. Similar investigations were being prosecucd in th 0 laboratories at Hamilton and ilawera. Th e Minister added that he intended to arrange, in co-operation with the Minister in charge of th e Selenitic and Industrial Research Department, for a special conference of all engaged in dafiy research to discuss the question and advise the Government as to what could he done further to overcome the existing difficulties.