DAIRYING IN TASMANIA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 8

DAIRYING IN TASMANIA.

>i%?;s : -^ •■".:AV GROWING;; INDUSTRY.,:- • ';• ;.;; We 'in J Nevr VZe'alaiio^/"often, -hear arid ;,-;; i:t v'=; : ;:always: interest in dairying/on: the'. Australian/mainland, but 'we seldom fvr /;/?; 7 5 hear ..of the industry tin Tasmania, but ;/tvy-athbro; are indications that: it is going to grow:, .there.; .On" account /of; the"/; losses • ' ';:•-■'potato-growers'have sustained,- many^.', : b,f '.;■'';; ;iVv'''thdin are' sure ;to"'turn tlioirVattentionto -V,/ : '-; •'. borne other occupation',/; maybe':' dairying; /):;;' •';■'■'■ i*ln his /annual A;»;Gonlon; %(} : +:fi /(the/Tasmaniari;;dairy v Dxpert)':Vsays:—''l '4 ■//1/;'-.' -. have ''repeatedly;- called; attention :to thp v'/:?*:' i'act. that/.thb v.Tnsnianian'.climate:. offers :; '/ :; :''//;-iunique /advantages for'■• the manufacture i-yXi /';■ of high-class cheese,' and that this branch Si-iSi :■■'■ of; the industry,/should receive-inore at-, f:A/ ,?;■. ;-.':-, tention, - especially; from; : those ;j dairymen; ;;.V;^:;/' : Tvh6 /are not /within:' easy- access';tbgutter/ -'.'■'■: ' ! ':fflCtOriGS/*' Vf ' •■'■ ■*''■':'-/;.'.'V' - *-':'V. "J: '■ '/'V-V'- ' I-////byK/I'roceedingi Mr.- Conlon' : states:—-There. '.:;■";./;;/.■ ; 'is quite an optimistic/riote: sounded with :V: /'J';'.; respect .to. the; coming, season' at'. prac- : ■; tically.the'-whole ancK /[ :: :;-/?/% L :]argely-increaseol /outputs, are //confidently/ ;>>-//■ Tlie ; saino /difficulty; presents;: '■''■■ -ffisjf - : i itself //with respect, to: my/;not. : beirig' able to'quote'rdefihite figures the true ;lft^/'/;!/y:absence , ofVlegislation/:tlealing"'with /the; : /and- retiirns' : of--factories. It ; pSv,' ; -) jg. .hoped/that- our : legislators /will /bear ; when' de'aliiig/ -iwith /.the £i?fck /Dairy-Bill /this; session.;\That :the;.; past. '/'"/;-,/•-.vßeasoni:Kas shown*-a.'substantial»increase; proved by : \the: following'idetaijs/ showr/ ing the. increased "output ./as'v. compared KSffi-'Z/with' the previous-'.year.'/of vsis -factorie's S;H»-;/^'-sh./the' : ;,':. f x*?-: ■£ 31 f factory,/28/.perTcent;ftincrease.. : ;:. S//K:P/;'.'N6;/3' : factory,• 60: : i)er'cent; ; increase. /;/ i factbry,/fls''per cent./increase. -•-:; r ; --"/-/S ; .'. y-ii\ 'i/SSi-NoV^/factory,"; 15/ per. i cent.:.increase. '•/. : - : -"-;XSI/ v ,'- : .folldwing 'occurs "■ in/ ther/report :vr''XJpon' 'Svi&n a: : icqnisition:-/sighed-and /forwarded :hy : &i/fiSv:/the/.Tasmanian-factories, 'liwas instructed' ifws 'h'\ iii - -December, /last; '• to /...proceed; /;to. r ;Mel- ( \; ?V;S'.. for,'the'./pnrpbse/ of.- investigating'. ■'fej'g&ikeZ'. methods"^-';of-'.;' grading/--Tasmanian' /i'jJ/Efliiutter. Ah exhaustive.inquiry, was made,. S;^J'rt:'and':a/full : repbrt submitted/to'.the;Minis; my returh.kTherr'ecomme.h'dations' ■SK/J-'S-embbdiedV in/:; that" report =/ are;; '//to ,&'for'm> :S;A,fgt subject-matter :fbr/;discussipn;at'the;fbrth--i^'coming''-cbnfef«hce.'.'.of'dairymen/ but my '■^■■H : ; investigation made it ./clear/ S'W'.;-::.that./the''bulk/of-..the';Tasmariian butter 5/w-fe is? quite, /equal/; in-/every.;respect; to;■;.':the' S ; ojM f :and;>that"it; is/, only f-';S^^St ; W-,th'e; bnpra?,//,mbdern;;/;factbrie^,;,'/.where S^i-'-'every-.attentions/is; jgiven ; /tO ■ the- grading; f. cream;; where / full', facilities/ :are for":lhandlihg- the /butter/under f AOM--I the -best'eehditions/(mbre/especially ■ with; ivls3}:? ; 'respect;, to/ temperatures)'; f rom'^.the'churn ■ ?>m si'itb '-.the / ship^ : .that /a/: superibr,: ; -/ ; /t ;i «'§ ; Jnaab;S;The:/faulty; methods'vunder; which; produce;* is: : ! cafrie<l/;;by-j;bbth; '•?:■-'-¥;?• are ..largely..resppnsible,:for: bur..' '.butter ; ;.Jv/.;nbt; reaching, the /superfine/grade; in Mel-Hqwever,-'tne; criterioh v bf quality. ;3J!; : S'^;is/;the'' : price,^realised ; ■s!^-Ufeniarket;;; ( and::itl;is;'vy;ery; satisfactory'; to. ■xfi&Si : ;?Tasihahian '/returns';/;: compare c&Mr- very with/ thbsb ; /of.;the;; other" %■&[!". v- States. ■'.{/; As' - U in. ; be: vji-Sj/'Smbntibhed'tha^ r>M fti'?ivvest v Coast f 'reajised//lSOs^/per^cwt;^; iiot JM-&//*-i phe.^cbnsignme.nt;;this .beirigythe;;/highest/ -/;v:fourt'eeii"V.'c6nsigii-: iS';;.';:'f mcnt's., : :through' lon.i that. butter.:from New;. South s'vV/i®^ a ' e '^&S/- !^;7Th^^.value: pi/the : ::i^ft;Ai ! ;iraaUy'fhas/nsen/frbm/^6; : ;;in jS/i/£l9> 849 'ii;l9P9;;-:}tt»is': estimated.-: thafcthp; .S/vC/K'/gToss^valhe/pfr'm \ts-J/?#:for/the year;:l9o9.:was',iS3l2,so2,■ as against?' ;:^;^^06,838/in^l9oß.-,-';-;; xf-W&MM : ''■■X