MANAWATU EVENING STANDARD. POHANGINA GAZETTE. Circulation, 3,000 Copies Daily MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1904. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7923, 3 October 1904, Page 4

MANAWATU EVENING STANDARD. POHANGINA GAZETTE. Circulation, 3,000 Copies Daily MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1904. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

An interesting report on the dairy industry has heen.issued by Mr D. Cuddie, Acting-Commissioner. After pointing out that the exports continue to increase" being greater in value by £172,891 last year as compared with tiie previous year, he drawsattention to the fact that, although more'satisfactory reports have been coming to hand with regard to the quality of New Zealand butter, there are a numhe^of factories which have been manufacturing an inferior article. Mr Cuddie 'goes on to state that " valuable time is being lost through delay in placrng suitable premises for the purposes of investigation work at the disposal of the Dairying Division. Many serious defects are constantly being met with in i the flavour and keeping qualities of our dairy products, and although some of these defects are prevented by various means of treating the milk and cream at the factories, yet the cause, of .much of the deterioration still remains a mystery, the solution of which must be found before a permanent remedy can be prescribed. If we possessed a properly appointed . station, many valuable experiments could he undertaken, the results of which would, no doubt, prove of immense value to the industry. Our products would attain a higher standard of uniformity, and would command- a better price. The countries against which we have to compete have spent large sums of money on institutions of this kind, and look upon them as a; very profitable-investment, aiicl there is no reason why, we. should.not be placed on an equal .footing and reap just asmuch benefit as they do.' So far as the cost'of of establishing one of these stations is concerned, I have gone somewhat fully into this matter,'- and . find that the amount would probably be about £6,500 .including the price of the land." '

On the subject of the milk supply, Mr Cuddie says the weakest spot in the production of New Zealand .butter and -cheese is"the . large quantities of inferior milk delivered to the factories. The supply df cleaner and; more wholesome milk must be-' insisted upon: Sometimes the inferior milk is due to carelessness, but want' of knowledge oh the part of the suppliers is also an element, and Mr. Cuddie says it is' imperative that some duly qualified instructors be appointed to instruct farmers, as the inferior milk has a. detrimental effect on the quality of the product of the factory as a whole, and great hardship is thus inflicted on those who deliver their milk in good condition. }Mr Cuddie expresses his general satisfaction with the, milk-testing, but has feonjething to say regarding the repre-

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water to the whole <-*milk, w I says, should; be treated-as a'sen< Ice, as it is grossly unfair to the fdairyman who delivers undilut |, and', is, therefore, entitled to his|,re of

the skim milk free from adfln. The concluding portion Kreport deals with home separatiorSrninfj which -Mr"Cuddie- says||wi_hstanding the warnings issud* time tp time in connection with SLer of running factories on what mm.''- as' the "home separation" sysjlveral new;companies have re^commenced^;bperations. on thMp. *6f purchasing from settlers e§hicH* has been separated on the f-Md-In-many instances this creamWered every second day only, or. tMhree times aAveek,--with* the"resulfe;hen the butter, reaches the' gradiSes it is found to be Merior in p and almost: without exceptionf|. he placed .'in the; second 'grad||luce manufactured'under these- c|iis is sure to have a-prejudicial effeNew. ZeaJind * butter ;generally, p-the innovation assumes very largiensions, the good.name whicfeiave gained for our creamery buS| be placed in jeopardy. Therefdrs a question whether it would no|).visable to take steps to prevent flirtation of such butter under tfjjoi of 'pure creamery.' Unfortuntthe supply of home separator croaklso accepted at a number of factoniich originally handled only the crfaar-' ated on the premises or at thefting stations, and in most of thfices .complaints have been made iniection with the quality of the out In view of the disastrous results wlave occurred in the Australianiiies through the adoption of home lion on a large scale, I would tallfopportunity of strongly advising jtiry farmers of this colony to malery effort to avoid such a dangeroufece, which, if persisted in, will e|_l_y prove disastrous to all concern!.

Mr Cuddies remarks regarcthe delivery of inferior milk at pcs should have the serious att| of dairymen. Those who are nej. in this matter are effectively retafthe industry, while there is also thiettable fact that the clean andljful dairyman is being made to suffofthe sins of the lazy and careless ri If Mr Cuddies remarks are prod| of an improvement in the qualitylilk taken to factories liis report -wive served a very useful purpose, ijlso to be hoped the Government vote

his remarks as to the urgent neeim experimental station, and 4 givlne tangible proof of their.intentionlp. ply this long-felt want. j