WELLINGTON NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1927, Page 1

WELLINGTON NEWS

POWDERED OREAM. (Special to “ Guardian.”) \\ ELLINGTON, June 27. A shipment of powdered cream suitable for the manufacture of butter habeen carried out in Australia at the suggestion of Sir James Cooper, Chairman of the Dairy Produce Control Hoard. The process is the invention of a. Danish expert, Air Xirop, who has patented a machine for dehydrating whole milk in such a was as to produce a cream powder containing 82 per cent to 87 per cent ol butter fat. By adding water to tin powder it is possible to produce a

cream which can he churned to male butter. If the. process is feasible i would prevent many advantages ii the shipment of butter overseas. No only would the freight on the erean powder bo much less than those oi manufactured butter, but it could b< carried as general instead of refriger ated cargo. On arrival overseas tin powder could lie converted into ;

butter Inning ail the attractions of that freshly made from new cream. To lest- idle claims of the inventor two boxes containing powdered cream were shipped to Australia, one being carried as general cargo, the other in the. cool chamber ol the ship. Each box contained tins of powder packed in three ways as follows:--(!) The powder was placed direct into an ordinary tin container; (2) the powder was paikeil in a tin containing air and carbonic acid; and (3) the powder was wrapped in paper so as to avoid contact w ith the tin. whii Ii also contained air and carbonic acid. Ihe larhonic acid was used with the object of preventing oxydising. The poujder was delivered in .Melbourne (luring the past fortnight and submitted to the ('iomiioiiwealt.il dairy expert for report. Butter was made I roin each sample, and it is understood that that produced from the | cream powder carried in the cool chandler would have been classed as third grade butter, while the other cream powder yielded butter wlinh would he difficult- to grade at all. The official report lias yet to he issued. hut it seems certain that the experimental shipment of powder under consideration lias not realised expectations. .Notwithstanding this the invention and the experiment will help tho research laboratories to go deeper into the matter, for it is a. line of research well worth following. BRITISH EGG MARKET. According to latest cable messages tho prospects of the Australian and New Zealand egg trade seem favourable.; Importers, however, are anxious to impress upon shippers the necessity for [laying greater attention to [lacking. Tmjmrters also rofcotn- | mend that shippers should . not send eggs weighing less than .1511) per long hundred of 120 eggs. Here is another primary industry 1 that is capable ol largo scale development, and one can scarcely see any reasons why frozen poultry of all kinds should not also |he exported. It developed in a large ! scale it should lie profitable. AusI tralia is giving attention to the ex- | port trade in eggs, and new regula- , lions in regard to the matter have ■ been approved by the Federal ExernI live Council. The regulations provide for the export of eggs under Government certificate of two grades:—(l ) Eggs of 2oz. minimum weight, or lojih to the long hundred ; (2) eggs of 1 Joz minimum or 1-llb tho long hundred. Previously eggs ol any size or description could be shipped from Australia. while Government certificates wore issued for graded packs ol an average weight ol 2oz. and having a minimum of ljoz. 'Die improvement in the standard of the export- pack will he considerable. Hits go/, pack will lie oi better quality than the certified eggs exported last- year, and the second grade [nick will he little inferior. .New Zealand must fall into line with other countries if she wishes to secure a footing in tins British market. Denmark'. which, shills more than hall the eggs used in Great Britain, has six grades of eggs, classified according to the weight of 10 dozen eggs. France. Ireland. South Africa and other countries have also fixed grades. Import regulations may be introduced by Great Britain under the Merchandise .Marks Act. which will make it compulsory to brand each egg to indicate the country of origin.