THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2598, 26 June 1923, Page 3

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

NEW ZEALAND FEARED BY DENMARK. ... 4 ' New Zen In ml dairymen are the only ones in- the world feared by Denmark, so learned Mr W. Garrett, who lias just returned fo Auckland after a. seven months’ visit to Europe. During bis tour he visited Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, inquiring into dairying matters in London and also 'saw what was being done in the United States. W[hen seen by an Auckland "Star” reporter on board the Niagara on •Friday, Mr Garrett said he was convinced that New Zealand had nothing to learn so far as she had gone. That was to say, in the methods of manufacture; but he was much struck with the need that existed for going in extensively for research work. Denmark was far ahead of us in that respect. She had colleges and special professors who were all the time making investigations and doing research work. New facts were being discovered, new methods evolved, and if New Zealand did not take a leaf out of Denmark’s book in this resptef and set up research colleges she would find herself being left behind, because competition was so keen. It was while lie was in Denmark that Mr Garrett beard one of the leading professors say that New Zealand was the only country they feared as a competitor. Mr Garrett found that the Danes excelled the New Zealand dairy farmer in the matter of cleanliness. They also went in keenly for intensive cultivation in fad, “cultivation right up to the cart tracks.”