THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1769, 6 June 1913, Page 8

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

CHEESE QUALITY. MEANS OP IMPROVEMENTS DISCUSSED. (fly Telesraph.—Proeg Ai«oclatlo».1 j . Dunedin, June 5. The annual meeting of the South Island, Dairy Association of New Zealand opened yesterday, Mr. John Gray (president) being in the chair., lhero were fifty-eight delegates present. , The chairman, in' moving the adoption of tho report, said that during tho season they had thought from tune, to tune that they were going to have a good Market, but, as all knew, the market had been a very peculiar one, and had turned out quite contrary to expectations, tie thought the secretary had done good work in selling cheeso locally to tho amount of ..£22,000. 'Ho was sorry to say that at present the dairy industry, with tlie exception of the shipping contract, was at sixes and sevens. He was certain members would h"'™ J", '2: getlier more with tho Is or tit Island. thev looked round at the professions, or at .tho labour world, they saw that federation was tho rule, and yet farmers stood alone as a disunited bocf. The election of office-bearers resulted as under:—Directors, Messrs. John Bnrnett (Canterbury), T. 3V. Foster (Southland); chairman of the association, Mr. J. Koss Hunter (Edendale);