DAIRY RESEARCH WORK

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 118, 23 May 1946, Page 7

DAIRY RESEARCH WORK

TRIBUTES TO NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH AND” AMERICAN JOURNALS “New Zealand is so far away from the United States that it is too little known in this country. The quality of the research and developmental work carried out by New Zealand's Dairy Research Institute is of an order that commands admiration.” This tribute from an American scientific journal to the Institute (which, located al Palmerston North, uses portions of the Massey Agricultural College dairy herd, factory and main buildings for its experimental work) has found a resounding echo in England, where the editor of “Dairy Industries” (London) makes the following observations: — “Dr. H. R. Whitehead, chief bacteriologist at the Dairy Research Institute, New Zealand, wrote an article recently on the subject of phage in cheese-making, which was published in U.S.A. The reason why we mention this is not because we wish to give the impression that it is the only article Dr Whitehead has written—far from it; his researches on phage have been made known in all parts of the world by many papers.

“We should like to associate ourselves with the remarks of the American journal. The number of new developments which have originated in New Zealand in the last few years is remarkable, to say the ledst of it: and a great deal of the credit is due to the director, Professor W. Riddet and his colleagues at. the Institute there, who have evidently a genious for nickinc out the “winners.’’ as well as the brains to carry out first-class