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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 June 1915, Page 2

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! nlair practices mi tin- part ol a few O.iir;. |; H ll.lVe (Jill 1 1111J 11 sll jial lU> lis- in suppliers who s,■i.id muninltera rii milk tn lhe dairy Jactdries. The g i.-vam-e 11;:s been the canse oi on<|iiiry and coiiijplaiut throughout the iliii'ov. !u'ii!i:i ami neighbouring counties for a number of \ear.s. btii nothing efiVctive lias been done to remedy the injustice. Nu doubt- lite loeal ilairy .1 aei <•> ic.< -i)ll are Ik-mi iip.»n |>];_<(_• ill -j, siiji|>lieis mi a better 11 a-■i s - and il i< .-a t it-• tn note tliat a combined movement is being inaile bv 1 lie I act orv <li red orates of the; -Ma uau aI n district. •1» devise effective means ol coping with the en!. Nhe result ol some recent <I''li!.erations will be watched lor with interest", by factories Inrthwr alielil. The meeting' of <[;iiiy representatives to which we tvfer was lu-icl at, I'ainierstnn North. iinrl the main discussion was directed towards the devising of some fi.vstein of grading the mik ami cream supplied to factories. ,\lr <'nddie.

t'rfiir.v commissioner, -was present. and said that, ill liis opinion, paynienl for diflVrcul grades of milk am! '-ream was

the olll,V temeih against tile supply nl interior milk and nviiiii. In the event ol such system being adopted, it \wmld lie necessary lo have alt agreement between all companies in the district .so that no sirpplirr -whose milk o|- cream had been rejected by any laelm-y r-lnuild be allowed td supply to ally otln-r factor* for Ihe remainder of the season. It was generally recognised that since home ral ion uas very nim-h <hi the inerea-e if w ;t-s very desirable that a scheme lor the gradiim ol cream should be ins I i 11111 > 11. otherwise il would be impossible to maintain the present high (pialily \ T e.w Xiealaml produce. A ivsulu. lion was eventually carried thai a term «!' avreenienl be drawn up and t-ll.bini i 1 i'il In a ediileience of dairy com panics' representatives, lo lie held dnring Winter Slimv week al I'ttlmersloit North.