BUTTER AND CHEESE EXPORTS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1444, 20 May 1912, Page 8

BUTTER AND CHEESE EXPORTS

uniform Urates and boxes.

For storage purpose?, says the annual report of tho South l-dand Dairy A>mjciii.tion, it is most desirable that we should have, a uniform butter-box. The oblong box is generally used in New Zealand, but some large factories use tho square box. Australia adopted the square box, therefore it is desirable that Iho oblong box .should be generally adopted for New Zealand;

As to elieeso crates, rli-o reparl says, a large buyer writes:—"Wo consider 75 to S.ilb. tho best size, and retailers have come to associate quality with the larger size; but, whatever size is decided cm, wo think that all New Zealand crates ought to be uniform in- size, both on account of the belter stowage and also the improvement in appearance when stocked in warehouses for sale. Of course, uniform crates would mean uniform-sized cheesed A cheese of 651b. looks insignificant beside the larger size." There is, the report adds, a general move in this direction. The newer factories are making tho larger-sized cheese, and now some ol the older factories, who continued making Gslb. size, are going for the 75-Solb. hoops. Cheese should not be packed in crates at too' early an age, and the timber used (including a 3-inch centre board) should be thoroughly dried and seasoned. There has been some difficulty 111 the South Island ro tlia supply of, cliche crates thoroughly seasoned. Shipiuonts have in somo cases been delayed thereby. Members will probably ere long have to consider the question of having a cooperative crate and box factor} among themselves, as is the case in the North Island, whereby they secure well-seasoned crates of uniform size and quality.