THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 185, 1 May 1919, Page 8

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION ' ■ . ÜBGED. .■:,';

(Special Correspondent.)

!'■ Palmeriion,. North,-April. 30. i Important evidence relative to the "dairying industry of New Zealand was itendei'od to the. Industries Committee of :the House of Eepresentativee , .. af Paljmerston North on. /.Tuesday evening ;by iMr. F. J. Nathan,- under the auspices 'of- the Palmerston ■• North-''Chaiubej 'of iCommerce. - ~: ; .' ;: ■?"?■

!'■■ Mr,. Nathan jsaid tliat he ,waa : there ithat day to stress' the necessity for somo encouragement to the dairy companies on the part of the Government in the matter of scientific investigation. He emphasised the apathy on the part iof tha State, and said that it did riot ieveirdo ag much as tho local bodice and jsend somebody to England far scientific :research. .The dairy.'cqmpanies had noibody whom, they could consult in Ne.w Zealand—rjot< oven tho. Agricultural Department. :,There.,wae nobody with tho' itraining sufficient to .uridortakqlscientific _ When'.'those interested in"tho dairying industry wanted to go. in to' , rematch matters; they iiad to go/Home.',' : In this connection ho pohited out that :the dairy companies didnot know how to the products obtained'from' crude, casein., "We cannot," ho semark-' ed, "gather any information on the subiject here. I contend that there is no;lx>dy here to whom /we cuff look to ffiiin a.ny further knowledge on'thejsubjcct." !. Continuing,-he-took , the Government to : ;task for not r -having"yet established''- a ,'dairy scjiool'in ebi&ejjceritre..! TMrtrijible •was-that irjis rS2P« s §d\to 'establish ■such; particular placV there.'was an, loutbru-st °of jparooWalisjh'from' other"-districts; who ijneisted on; tie school t being _ established An their , ' localitjv. , in,'.'.prefei , eneei>''to- the claims ■■'of, to" other,, district, and .the .Government*,hnd, not the. backbone'.lo 'combat nil this and go alieiid'end eitab:Jish a school-.in. any one district to : serve the whole country. .. A dairy .school was Berionsly wanted for the f/iture- welfare ;of. the industry in the Dominion. At ■present, the factory mannßew bod no means ot gainiiig experience relative to :the various by-products that had been (discovered .in -reqent-years. -The- Govern|anybody to come out to New Zcr.land [find. undertake scientific research work ;snj, connection with the industry. There [vex? any number of competent men abroad well versed in the subject who jwoiild come out here if there >as suffi[cietit inducement offorinj. ■ J ' .The matter was of vital interest to the Industry, because the quality of the bntiter in the Dominion was not-what it was 'several years ago. There were probably ;Se'veral vmsp for this, l)ni ;it was an iabsolute truism all the 6ame. "■ "' ■