NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21409, 27 February 1935, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

! A TRIBUTE | (TKOU OUB Off II COREESrONDIH'I.I LONDON, February 2. A useful letter appears in the "Bucks Free Press" (High Wycombe), from the pen of Mr John E. Hunt, Wellington. On the subject of butter he says: "A neighbour of mine who has only been in New Zealand a few months, and who is delighted with the country, says he cannot understand why, in England, when buying butter, one always thinks of Danish. My neighbour has travelled extensively since he arrived, has seen the dairy industry in operation, and now he wonders why English people still ask for Danish instead of the product of New Zealand, 'the England of the South.' Our butter is good; do you get any in Wycombe? If any of your readers have trouble to obtain pure New Zealand butter (what I mean by pure, is not blended with the product of another country), please write to me and let me know. "No, I am not in th2 butter business. Those who can remember my family will be glad to know I still carry on the same industry as my great-grand-father, that of coachbuilding or, as it is called to day, that of motor-body building. But New Zealand must sell to England her butter to be able to buy from you here." Mr Hunt lelt England for New Zealand more than 40 years ago.

Sam can be depended upon to concentrate on the production of the type that is wanted abroad. From an Australian point of view he may not be able to breed the merino we regard as ideal, but if there is money in the business he will raise his standard appreciably. This is only one aspect of the foolishness that lies behind' the Federal ban. Scores of other reasons could be levied against it; but why labour them when the most concerned, the stud breeders, do so little to protect their own interests? SHOW DATES The following dates have been fixed for autumn shows in the South Island: March I—Kaikoura.1 —Kaikoura. March 16—Mayfield. March 21 and 22 —Christchurch 'ram fair). March 30 —Cheviot. March 26—Amuri, at Waiau. March 28 —Temuka and Geraldine, at Winchester. March 29—Hawarden. March 30—Methven. April 4—Oxford. April 22—Fairlie.