DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14260, 10 January 1920, Page 4

DAY BY DAY.

A writer in the Irish Statesman, published in Dublin, Butter Industry says that he was In greatly impressed New Zealand. by a conversation that he had with two dairying authorities from New Zealand who had been visiting many countries to exchange views on their special industry. “They told me,” lie says, “among other tilings, that in their country margarine was an unknown food; a population of a million consumes more than li,ooo tons of butter in a year—which means that the average family of five persons gets from two and a-half to three pounds per week, in addition to a full ration of wholesome milk. This does nol prevent them from placing on the English market (and also on the. Irish) an equal amount of butter, as w'cll as a vast supply of cheese. New Zealand is one of the most remote countries in the world, but in technical skill and in contentment of living I fancy that it comes second to none. One of the details which go to make up this pleasant picture is very significant ; every nalional school in New Zealand, urban as well as rural, lias its own garden attached to it for the purpose of practical training, and prizes are given annually for the schools whose, gardens are best kept and 1 most successful.

There are a few schools in Ireland—in rural districts—which have such gardens, and there is plenty of evidence that they have produced a marked effect on farming practice in their neighbourhood. Cannot we learn a lesson from the Antipodes, and convert the casual exception into a general rule?"