The Dairying Industry.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 257, 4 May 1906, Page 2

The Dairying Industry.

(By Telegraph.) (Special to the Settler.) Hamilton, Thursday. Messrs Greenslade, M.H.R., Spragg, Gane and Ewing, directors of the New Zealand Dairy Association, will arrive in Kawhia on Wednesday, 9th inst., to have a look at the dairying capabilities of the district. Tbe party will leave on the return journey on Friday morning. VISIT OF MR SHIRLEY, THE GOVERNMENT EXPERT. After a muddy and wet ride from Raglan, Mr Shirley arrived here on Sunday. On Monday he journeyed to Oparaa, where a well attended meeting was held, tbe main object of which was to discuss the most suitable way of establishing the industry. Prior to commencing 250 cows were guaranteed, the guarantors stating that they would gradually increase the numb.*' Mr Shirley spoke to all in a friendly nghner, advising as to wh>k, practical MPiience ferJ. y.ovea to be the best I of establishing this remunerain a district. He exa central foctory at Kawbia would be most profitable, and also that a co operative factory would bs far more remunerative, as no proprietary would start a factory unless at least £lOOO per year profit could be made, which under co-operation reverted buck to the shareholders. Mr Shirley is of the opinion that home separation leads to an inferior quality of butter on account of insufficient care with regard to thoroughly scalding all parts of the separator when tbe days’ milk has gone through-and thus destroying all germs. The ferry road and bridge at Crotty’s were pointed out as obstacles to tho transit of cream, and Mr Shirley promised to represent to tbe Government that it was necessary to cream suppliers that these were completed before dairying could be started. Mr Shirley is doubtful if it is possible to get the tubes of the vaceuni suction milking machines thoroughly clean ; he had nut seen the Hutchison milking machine at work, but the fact of the machine not coming in contact with the milk may make in a success. In reply to a question relative to the best cows, Mr Shirley favoured the Jersey, which gave most milk on poor country. Mr Shirley appeared to have come here with the idea that the land was poor. To disabuse his mind of this erroneous idea, Mr \V. D.ivies took him up tbe Pirongia West road on Monday and down the Okupatu road on Tuesday, Tho quality of the laud pleased him, and showed that the district produces grass second to none in New Zealand, tho only thing necessary to make dairying a success being metal roads. Ou Wednesday Mr Shirley visited Awaroa and on Thursday left for Kinohaku, from where he will return on Saturday, and hold a joint meeting in Scott’s Hall on Saturday night. In conversation with our representative on Wednesday, Mr Shirley said he was agreeably surprised at the high quality of the Oparau land, where 500 cows could be milked. He predicted difficulties in delivering cream to the factory regulirly and in order. Awaroa was not ready for dairying, and from what he bad seen up to that •hno be was v ry much afraid that tbe industry would not be started here for some years yet.