THE BUTTER INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1748, 13 May 1913, Page 8

THE BUTTER INDUSTRY.

HOME SEPARATION CONDEMNED. A business man well known in tho Loddnn produce trade, writing under date March 10 to Mr. J. 11. Scott, secretary of tile South Island .Dairy Asociation, draws a comparison between the prices being realised at Urime for Australian and, New cheese. He says:—"Last week the top price for New Zealand stilted was 1205., whereas the very choicest Australian could ouly command 1125., a difference of Ss. per cwt., or nearly 13. per lb. New Zealand butters have always been handicapped by the Australian ' butters. With the exception of the output from a few Western district factories of Victoria, the Australian butters ... go a long way to pulling down the prices—not only_ of their own best butters, but also of New Zealand. I'or sonic unaccountable reason there* is a section of those interested in Australian butter who havo fought strenuously against having their butter graded; tho result is that at times the market is Hooded with all descriptions of inferior Australian butters which have a detrimental effect upon all colonial butters, and New Zealand in particular. New Zealand butter, as a matter of fact, is in a class by itself. . . . The winter, which- has been very open, especially in tho South of England, lias now. taken a change, and instead of getting spring weather, we are having a real iaste of winter. Snow has fallen, especially in the north; this may have the effect of keeping up prices longer than olhenviso would havo been the case." Commenting on the information contained in the foregoing, a director of a leading butter factory told an Times" reporter, that in the opiiiTon of those who ought to know, the inferiority of somo Australian butters was in large measure the direct result of home separation. It was with a great amount of fear for the future of tho industry in New Zealand, too, thnt he had noticed a growing tendency to follow the example pet by tho Australian farmers, and to go in for home separation. He considered thnt. by following this practice groat harm would"be done to the future of the butter industry in the Dominion.

iTowevor true may be NapoU-on's maxim —"Seiuiuient rules tli*; world"—it docs not pay the cheese factory manag?!' to be n: iitimental. Of course, Iks CAN be sentimental and slick to those old-fashioned vats. On the other hand, "Victor" Vats will help lii.Mi to product) bolter quality civ.iw-and belter prices, therefore bigger prolits. Don't be sontjiiientn]; put bu-i----ne.:S first, and ieiid for of the famous "Victor" Vat to-day. AJbert J, Partem, Plumber, Cart or ton,--Advt,