BY-PRODUCTS OF MILK

Wairarapa Age, 20 March 1920, Page 7

BY-PRODUCTS OF MILK

OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE. A large and representative, meeting of dairy representatives was held at Carterton last week to receive the report of Messrs Murdoch and Forsyth .on the result of their investigations in the United States, England, and elsewhere, *on matters pertaining to the industry. The report stated that, in tho opinion of the gentlemen named, tho surface hfid only been scratched in New Zealand in the matter of the utilisation of by-products. A very much higher price per sib ol butter fat was -obtained in America, where some proprietary concerns wero paying as high as 6s per lb of butter fat. In their opinion New Zealand factories should always have two or three men abroad checking developments, and these could be appointed every year. The ice croam industry was a very large one in America. The enormoun total of 175 million gallons was concerned each season. The Now Zealand product could not comparo in quality with the American. In relation to the marketing, of produce the report Btatod that full information would not be available until the arrival of Mr R. W. Ellison, | N.D.A. agent in, London, who would meet gatherings of producers. In regard to next season they wore still in ( the dark as to what the Imperial Government would do. If there was an open market there was no doubt butter would command a high prico, as the English people were tired of margarine of a very indifferent quality. The output of margarine in Britain was 7000 to 8000 tons a week. The price of buttter had been raised by' the authorities at Home within the last six weeks from 2s 6d to 8s per lb. It was stated tho Imperial Government was paying Home cheese factories 2s 2d pet lb tor cheese at the factory doors. The outlook for dried milk was very favourable provided the prico was reduced slightly. Many openings were not 'because skim milk was available at a cheaper rate. For instance, one biscuit firm visited stated it could do with SOO tons a month, if the price compared with skim milk that it" was now using. Markets would also, present themselves in tropical climates. The sugar of milk manufacture did not present a satisfactory opening. The manufacture of casein did not compare favourably with that of dried milk, still there was a fair market if it was properly turned out. The manufacture of condensed milk would be very payable provided the matter of "blown" tins was got over. A company in America was putting out a good sealing plant, and several of these machines were being used at meat works in New Zealand. The report concluded with the recommendations that companies in each district should set tip committees to go into the question of what product would be the most profitable to work and to take action.