Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4404, 29 April 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

(Continued from Saturday’s issue) If, however, the butter has to pass thnMU;!i the hands of the blender, 1 e v ill riot h.i slow to raise an nutety 'ticiiMiS' a; v additional water being )e<>iiii(iiheii in it, and tlmt a very large part of our export does pass through s'" h channels is borne out by the ftct that, a large quantity, requ «d ti; be made witl|n*!i| ia&y salt W uitever, this class of butter lending it elf readily to the blending process. That there is a limit* hevond which it i. t.it -.lie t i go, is doubtlesd the case, and it boh' vcs the manufacturers to card ally consider, whether we are nut risking oilr reputation by allowing Some Tti't-U'-ries to wtpott butter con* taining an unusually high water coni' n r , and mat this proceeding tnav bo rapidly tf) ken up by thbse interested at the'Loudon end to our subsequent detriment. Tlmt some of our factories are exporting a butter with large water content is admitted, aud it.is worth while to note that in some of tuese ci>hs. the article..is unsalted, thus In log dearly intended for the bo tidi-i, who naturally objects to the presence of the extra water as being unprofitable to his business. But after ail, the main, point seems to be that as is usual on a falling market, it is necessary to find fault with the quality, and this water question lends itself very readily, for this .purpose. One is tempted to ask why the same fault is not found with Danish or Australian, the latter of which’ has been consistently quoted throughout the season at from 2s to 4s below the New Zealand article.”