MILK PRODUCTS.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 12 March 1920, Page 4

MILK PRODUCTS.

AN OPPORTUNITY POE NEW ZEALAND. The manufacture of milk products in Great Britain, Holland, Canada, and the United States.has recently been the subject of special inquiry by Mr W. Dempster, of the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture, who has just returned from a tour abroad. In his report upon his investigations, which appears in the “.Journal of Agriculture,’’ Mr Dempster states that it is certain the demand for milkpowder exceeds the present production, but how much further production can be increased without exceeding demand it. is hard to gauge. When the milkpowder industry started in America this phase of the business was considered, and only buildings of a temporary nature were erected. Now that the milk-powder business was more llrmly established more permanent buildings were being erected, so that the erection of temporary buildings was not. to be recommended. If it came to the survival of the fittest, Xew Zealand would be one of those countries to survive, provided the quality of the powder was equal to that of other countries. There was every reason to believe that our powder should be equal to, if not better than, any produced, as our cows wore mostly grass-fed and our pastures good. If we did not succeed it would be because the manufacturer or farmer had failed to carry out the good work which the i cows’ began. AVe could produce milk more cheaply than any other country, thanks to our climate, rainfall, and the i milking machine. Mr Dempster recommends New Zealand dairy companies before embarking on the manufacture of milk-powder to watch the effect that the additional 8001) tons from the ,dominion that has been arranged for -.ill have ('ll the market. Over-pro-lii-.-t■■>)! of sugar of milk Mr Dempster HUS to be probable. For casein there s a growing demand. It pays to proluce ii, providing it is not more provable to turn the skim-milk and buttermilk into pork.