CHEESE MAKING

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1930, Page 5

CHEESE MAKING

THE STANDARDISATION COM- • PLAINT. By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) HAWERA, Oct. 20. ;. In an interview this, morning, Mr / W. A. lorns (Chairman of the Dairy U Board) made a special reference to! 1 the Press Association- report of Oct-ii tqber 3rd, of a . by Mr ParjT Inne (General of New ZeaTi land Co-operative Dairy Coy) ip / which Mr PaiTane said that u.p till i the present not one tittle of evidence)!; ~ had been produced to prove that tha ! standardisation of milk for cheese.•"■; • making was in any way responsibly for- ,fche difficulties that .were l : being;., experienced in regard to the quality;" and that persons! In responsible iposifo! tions in the dairy industry in Newfv Zealand were becoming unnecessarily - panicky. Mr Toms said that all th<H‘ English agents handling produce o'. Mr Parlane’s Coy had repeatedly!: pointed put to. him when he was at Home, the detrimental effect, of tlir, standardisation on . New Zeialam’ cheddar cheese trade. Mr lorn*; added that since Mr,' BarlnneC .hack!:, made his statement he (lorns) nncfo received a direct communication from these same agents urging the New Zealand industry to abandon stand/ ' - ardisation, and to regain its prestig. ; bv a reversion to full .cream nmnug- 'j * ' . ;V fact ure. -.<■■■ ■% Agents handling Cambridge Dairy * Oquvpany’s produce last season had been equally emphatic, in condemna-y tion of standardisation to Mr lorns/ * In face of this he, could not under- % "stand tbs reasoning of that Com- '$ panv, which made them support r * continuance of the .'skimming o"’| "cheese making milk., He .expressed . gratification ;at the determination V shown by Taranaki factories to con-$ centrate on producing the type ofl| cheese desired by English consumers. •:§