NEW ZEALAND CHEESE AT HOME

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1796, 22 March 1888, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND CHEESE AT HOME

The Walanlwa (Southland) Dairy Factory Company Borne months ago sent Home, per the ateamec Rimutaka, a consignment of their laat senson'a make of choeae. It was placed on the market and sold m 'dae course, and the other day their local agent was advised that £46 per ton had been realiaod It should bo explained that there aro three waya In which cheese can be Bhlpped — In tho pro vision or cool chamber at a penny per pound ; In the specially ventilated at 80a per ton ; and, aa ordinary cergo, at 40a. Fifteen tons were sent away m the co jI ohamber, and by way of experiment, one ton m the specially ventilated chamber. Tho larger quantity reached Home all right, bat not bo the oheeea carded m the epecial chamber. It was found to be slightly heated. The whole consignment vaa placed on the market together — m other words, buyera of the good article bad to take a case or two of the Inferior till it was all disposed of. The result, under the circumstances, may be regarded as satisfactory. In a letter on tho subject tho London correspondent of the Company's local agent makon a number of suggestions that are of interest to all coDoorned m the industry, and tho letter having been kindly placed at our disposal by Mr W. Ranald, Chairman of the Company, we are enabled to plaoe them before oar readers. The correspondent writes :

Cheese—Size COlba to 801ba most saleable,

Boxea to be thoroughly dry timber, otherwise it Imparts? a Bllghtly bitter taste to the cheese, as though it had been heated, which takes pounds off its value.

We don't think the oheeae sufficiently pressed, or not uniformly bo, as when catting, many of them wo mottled, which defeot is always largefy allowed for by purchasers when offering for a pircol. From this, and other onuses, New Zealand cheese hag sold from £25 to £42 por ton, instead of from tho latter fi^nro upvrardq. The avorago price realised fqr Now Zealand cheese landed m good condition, has been from £40 to £46, but »H high a3 £50 has been obtained tax a small p*rool of Northern make. The great fault of Now Zealand choose seems to ba tho variety m quality and irregularity In tho cheeß'Jß of Bame brand — some seema to break m plooos when cut, and others look as If not sufficiently prossed, being spotted when open or out — these are serious faults m the eyes of of retail men, but are easily remedied. If a little more cave ta exorcised In its manufacture, and the various faotorlea only tey to make a uniform ohoeae, thore is no reason to prevent Us auoono^lly Competing with American mako and realising equally well, bub until thtp 1° the oana (and.ono pr two faotorleo ars evidently careless Id this matter), it affeoia all oheeae imported from New Zoaland, as there is always a sunplolon of its quality until the various brands become better known.

We should advise your Company giving their moßt careful attention to tho above remarks, and to accept them m th«H"' ll - T • - -- -~.^u.y -r.w,. luienuoa. I'no market snows some little sign of improvement, and if you shir) a thoroughly good cheoao thore is no limit to its sale la this mar.kot.~~" News,' Iq. vercirgill, ;