THE FRUIT INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 85, 4 January 1919, Page 10

THE FRUIT INDUSTRY

: ; .■■ > INQUIRY IN ASIERICA. ■:'.,•'• In order to collect information of value "■■/:.■ ":it> the frnit-growing industry an officer ;•: v;!of the Departmentof Agriculture b be. ■•:■'; ' {ng, .sent to" America in order to observe .'.' i, : "the! methods. of packing and marketing unit in that country, and'generally to '■■.: .;obtain information, helpful to. the indus- ■ ■try in NW Zealand. The Minister of, . : (the Hon. W. D. S. Macf.Donald), making this anfiounocmept, eaid v:'.th'at it ■Iraa hoped that the visit! to ; ■'America of thift expert from the Horticul-■■-tural Divialoa of the Department would' ■ :'.■■.prove most beneficial to the fruit in- ■ •■•". •-.',' ; \ .'".•'■ '"""-

!;; •'' EXPEKT GOING TO AMERICA". '.\ ■ I About a year ago fanners in some.'.of ; ' • tie dairying, districts of New Zealand ':■"■■'. 'were being encouraged to believe that : :['f: theio were fortunes in: stora for them ;'■•. : Vhen the time should, come for the dei; i: Telopment in this country of tho dried ' •;..''. .milk industry. At the time when these '.: ', Tony pictures were being painted the two of the Crown whose special ;';/,:duty it was to keep watch over the_in:''V .terests of farmers, the Hon. D. H..Guth-';-V. :'rie and.the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, !■■:, spoke words of warning. . , -' .-' Viv The Department of Agriculture, is now, i- : :'sending to America, where 1 , the .industry ;'■ V : Js established, ..ah expert to 'pake S' thoroueh investigation of the business. :■■-. The, officer, will make inquiry as to ■ the ':■:% '■ ' plants how in, existence for the making i of dried milk products, the prospective ■."';' developments of,those plants or tho'.erec- ■ tion w new nlants, and the- possiblefft .':- 'future demand in the markets ■of . the i-.-':'', ; .\ world for dried milk. The purpose'of tho t '■■'■'■>.'■] Department is to.obtain all possible infor- [ ■' x . -.ination in order.to.;be in a position.to f.L. V give correct;advice to fanners and others i.[(h : : interested as to'the wisdom or otherwise i":;- of producing dried milk • products: in . prev., . lerence to. batter and cheese. ' : ;