NATIONAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 525, 4 June 1909, Page 8

NATIONAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION.

PRICES OF EXPORTED CHEESE.

• ' . . Dunedln, liuno 2. At to-day's meeting of the National Dairy Association . Mr. ,Hunter v moved :; That;,it be. a- recominendation to " the Government .'dairy' experts to ascertain' precisely why it, is' that New Zealand-madd' cheese; brings about £1 bss per; cwt. in 'the : British ; market than' Home-made ; cheese of similar make.. The mover said' that : the price'of the English cheese was 10s. or 20s. , per cwt. more , than factory-made cheese for Now; Zealand, and the annual . Joss '/'at present " was; • roughly, £130,000. /, ;., •As the industry was increasing by leaps ;and'bounds the loss would be quarter'of a' million before long; unless steps were taken to alter things., He tliought tnat more care phould be : taken in the way of .cooling- the milk. ■ - • ... - ■ . /Mr..Milne'seconded the.motion. i Mr. Cuddio said, that considerable misunderstanding ; exists oii this matter, i' There' ,was{ only a ' limited market- for high-priced; chcese, and, in many cases; )the highestpriced cheese realised',more than, its intrinsic' worth—a fact which''.was borne .out (by the .report'by Mr. Ruddick recentlv. New Zealand cheese at Home was largely, sold among the working glasses,.' and was replaceable by; meat which; to some extent, controlled demand. Canada- also cahie in with a large cheoso, :Snd practically set.'tEa, valuo for Cheddar cheese " imported iiito Britain. ( Home /people, had another., advantage in, the manner, in which tho; milk was looked after by those wSo made cheese, the conditions ..being better' than, the, average dondi-, tions in New/, Zealand. .He ; tliought ■ that' New Zealand could raise the price of cheeso by. improving the .milk .supply, though she was not likely to; realise the prices which producers, obtained in England; on their best cheese, which was equal to the best cheese taado anywhere. . If. it had the same treatment, and was held, for, the same length .of time, our oheeso to-day was. on ,as good ',abasis as Canadian chcese, and we had to thank the Canadians for it... ..