OUR DAIRY SYSTEM.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 251, 16 July 1908, Page 3

OUR DAIRY SYSTEM.

~; AS DESCRIBED TO CANADIANS. : When Mr Cuddio was in Caiiada lately bo was- interviewed" by -the •■''jOanadiaii''Dairyman." In the' course of ; his" statement, ho said"New. Zealirid'.oheese has been cutting a larger figure in that'marlset 'thV past 'few: months, but Mr Cuddio does not think'it will' ever bo a -very ■large factor.; in -Britain's' x choose trade'.' •' Tho big!) •. : price' induced. a. ' larger make in- Now Zealand last season, but ibis -is largely temporary. The 'oiStput •is not' likely. to. increase much beyond what it is at present. V 1 ; ... "The cream gathering systom is growing in the colony and preparations are being / made to .conduct it in the "very best way. -Considering the' advantages of- this .system, in : less - cost of hauling as compared with , the . whole milk system, and the value of the sweet skim-milk retained at home by; the farmer for his stock; Mr. .Cuddie does not think it wise to block .tho system, though'it may have an injurions effect upon the quality of tho butter. lie is making an effort to have creamery men starting in this line begin right. Cream-gathering. butter has scored high ; eiiough :ta be placed iir ■ first grade,-though not as high as the very best wholo <milk. creamery butter, v ' "From what ..he could learn, of Canadian conditions and, system;of;hauling cheese and butter,'Mr! Cuddio. does -not think thatgrad\ing, as thevhavo-it.in New Zealand, is feasible. In that colony, the dairy centres are not far removed; from the shipping .centres. It .• .is. different' in Canada. Factories aro numerous and so situated that.it would be . difficult to devise a system of grading that could b'e worked out satisfactorily."