THE DAIRYING OUTLOOK.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1565, 8 October 1912, Page 8

THE DAIRYING OUTLOOK.

' OPINION OF MR. WESLEY SPRANG* Iu common.with most of the leading men in the dairy industry,'Mr.-.Wesley Spragg,, of tli6 New Zealand Dairv Association, is optimistic as to the "future; Ihe outlook, - he says, according to'ail interview in the "Jlanawatu Times," is very fine. In Mr. Spragg's opinion good prices are assured for the next five years. At the present time, said Mr. Spragg, .the. , prospects are .better- than' those of last year,, though,prospects, of course/are' not ".always realised.; But the outlook; is an ess. ceptionally good one. The more important question, however, is the prospect of a continuauce of good prices for'a series -of years, and in this respect matters look very..comfortable for the dairy people. l .-. ' v'Tho demand • for both' butter and cheese,' continued Mr. Spragg,'"is out of proportion to the supply. The srowth of population and the use of-dairy- pro- ■ duce among civilised .people are both; .greater than the . means of production'.' Quite '.a .number-of the countries of the world, which some time ago were producing not only enough for thetnklres but also .i.surplus for-oxport to the central . market-af. London: are now Actually.importers. _■ Canada is a striking illustration. Tile' United States' tdok 'thafcAifrse' sohYe: years ago. The threatened competition frfeft tlio Argentine with' which "dairy people were alarmed some fifteen years "ago, has not been'realised.. It-was rather a'strik- . ing fact, that-during the last year the New Zealand Dairy Association lias sold butter for shipment.to the Argentine. This at one time was looked upon as impossible. ' ■ . .