The Dairy Industry.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 210, 10 January 1894, Page 2

The Dairy Industry.

Mr John Sawers, Government dairy instructor, returned on Sunday from the South, after a tour of inspection and instruction in both islands which has kept him busily engaged during the last six weeks. He first of aS spent a month in the Auckland district, and, returning just before Christmas, he went on at once to the South Island, where he has been ever since in the North Otago and Canter* bury districts. In Canterbury he was principally engaged in visiting the various creameries of the Central Dairy Company of Rangiora, Kaiapoi, and other places. He says that throughout the Colony the year has been an exceptionally bright and prosperous one for the dairy industry, and that the output has been exceptionally large. Thi3 has been due to the fact that we were favoured with an unusually good season, grass and green feed of all descriptions being everywhere abundant. As a consequence of this activity and success, farmers are taking a much livelier interest in dairying operations, and the next season — the present one being nearly at an end — promises a large develops nient of the industry, Several new dairy factories or creameries in the Auckland district are likely to be put in hand by May, several in Hawke's Bay, a few in Taranaki, several in the Wellington district, probably two more in the Nelson district, a few about Banks Peninsula, and several in South Canterbury, while the Central Dairy Company are also likely to increase the 11 utuber of their creameries. There ' is a possibility of one or two butter factories being erected in the North Otago district, one or two in the district immediately contiguous to Dunedin, and probably one at Fortrose and another at Otara in Southland. These expectations denote the increasing favor with which dairying operations are regarded amongst the farming population generally. Mr Sawers also goes on a short visit to the '■ factories at Halcombe, Ngaire, Strat- A ford, and Cardiff. He will probably^ return on Saturday night, and in thdfl following week will confer with Valentine, chief dairy expert, as^^H their respective duties, so as to en^^^H that their instruction shall be a^^^^H form as possible and that thei^^^^^f shall not clash,— Times.