BUTTER AND CHEESE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 141, 17 June 1931, Page 7

BUTTER AND CHEESE

IMPROVING QUALITY FACTORY MANAGERS CONFER ( Per Press Association. ] PALMERSTON N., Juno 16. Dairy factory managers in conference here received and. considered a remit moved by the Alanawatu branch as follows: “It is tho opinion of the board that cream grading by tho present system has not brought about the improvement in the quality of butter which was expected, duo to inherent defects in individual cream supplies not evident when graded; consequently it is more than ever paramount, as a means of overcoming defects in produce, that tho conditions under which the. cream i produced on the farm be taken as a basis or grading fur quality.” Tho conference was not unanimous on the remit, delegates contending that the grading of farms was unworkable. Finally, it ' u.s decided to urge compulsory farm instruction : a first step toward obtaining improv merit. The conference decided to urge tho Dairy Division to accept the offer of tlio North Taranaki Dairy Company, which is working on a 24/26 per cent over run, to place its factory at the Divisio -’s disposal to show how this could be done. It was decided to ask the Dairy Board to accept the assistance of a committee of cheese factory managers insolving the problems facing the industry. Two remits urging a system of cream collec/.ion to abolish overlapping, was carried.