Dairy Industry.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 9 September 1890, Page 2

Dairy Industry.

♦— . ; ■ • The Flax and industries Coininifctee of the House have agreed upon a report on dairy industries, and will 1 present it in a day two 'Ihe Com--1 tnittee will report that the qua'ity of ■ much of the butter and cheese rnado in this Colony is equal to that pro- • duced in any other part of world. > ' As, however, the export butter trade ■j is not in satisfactory condition, 1 : they recommend the formation of t dairying associations, which could • have periodical conferences with the ■ ( Government and wilh experts, as • j well as hod meetings of its own for " i mutual instruction. The funds of 1 j these associations would be aug- • i mented by Government grants The ' , The Committee also advise the en--3 g gemf-nt of at least two experts, L ' preferably from Denmark, in the bus--3 mess In the meantime they favour 3 dairy factories, and the uae of separa* • tors, or, where that is not practic ■ able, the Schwatz or Oooley systems. l< With respect to the handling of but--8 ter, they advise that the article ■ should be shipped as soon as possible after being made, the reductions of roilway freights, the use of refrigerating, or at any rate, well ventilated cars, the running of night trains, cool storage, and regular shipments. They suggest that experiments be made with a view to ascertaining the 1 best woods for packing. They do I not lecomraend grading butter, but 1 think that if it were done it should b bey a qualified officer appointed f by the Agent-General. With ress pect to cheese, while admitting the - excel'ence ol that turned out of the t best factories, the Committee re--9 commend better attention to the l> subject with a view to the produc- ? tion of a uniformly high -class article s — N. Z. Times. ) -

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