THE CREAM GRADING QUESTION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2911, 18 July 1925, Page 2

THE CREAM GRADING QUESTION.

Mr J. Linklater, M.P., speaking in the Flou.se on Thursday evening on the suggestion that legislation should he introduced in order to make ereatn grading compulsory, said that it was very necessary that the cream should be graded at factories, because, in order to obtain a first class article, it was essential to have a first-class raw material.

In order to obtain the best possible price for our products on the London market, be said, the very best quality must be aimed at in order to successfully compete with the Danish butler and cheese which was also for sale on the same market.

There were in New Zealand very competent factory managers, but they were severely handicapped unless they received the right sort of raw material-to work with. The Agricultural Department was doing excellent work in connection with grading of buffer and cheese at the various ports of the Dominion, but the foundation of a good quality rested in a very large measure on tin' dairy farmer, who supplied the cream. He sincerely hoped legislation would be introduced so that the careful farmer would receive every encouragement and be given preference over the careless fanner, who supplied inferior cream to the factory.