BUTTER FAT INDUSTRY

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 2, Issue 109, 11 July 1913, Page 1

BUTTER FAT INDUSTRY

The Drury Suppliers I Mr H. E Pacey, ge: eral nrna;er of the New Zetland Dairy AssiciaI tiort, toceth'.r with Mr Sptasrg, j met the local creamery suppliers | on 'Jhursday afternoon. Mr Pacey gave a most interesting address, and dealt at considerable length with various nutters of interest to the suppliers. He referred to the great strides the business of the Association had made during the few years it had been a co-nperative conrern. The yearly output of butter during that time bad increased from a little over 1000 tons to 4560 tons for the season just ended. He also referred to the very excellent standard of quality maintained. The fact that out of over 2000 tons of the Association's butter shipped anl soil on the English market during the year there had not bean a single complaint was sufficient jiuarantee of its quality. The buttsr had not only commanded the top ruling pries on the English market, but had teen sold at « premium on those pricej. Mr Pacey stated that whila their butter maintained its present standard of quality there would always be a ready and profitable market in the United Kingdom ar.d Canada. He said that the higher standards of butter would never feel the pinch of competition to t'-.e extent the poorer quality would. The lattar 'had a formidable rival in margarine, which was more pala'.able than a great deal of seccnd-class butter and could be sold cheaper. Mr Pacey touched en the subject uf home separation, and by hia remarks one would conclude that he considers the dairy farmers' interest will te best conserved by adhering to the creamery system as closely as possible. Mr Pacey al:o dealt veiy iully with tne question o? the proposed manufacture of can in. He said that they were establishing a factory at Hamilton and proposed accepting the milk for treatment from" about eight creameries by wav of a start.

Mr Glasson raised the question of the necessity of sterilizing skinfmilk at the creamery. He referred to the serious losses experienced of late years through tuberculosis in cattle, and particularly among pigs. A lot of the trouble was attributed to disease being spr c ad broadcast bv the distribution of skim milk. He thought that this fact, and the possibility that better calves could bs reared by the farmer who fed bis own fresh separated milk to his animals was a strong l.asdle that the advocates cf home separation possessed in support of their system. He thought the time had arrived when all skim milk should be thoroughly sterilized before leaving the creamery. Mr Pacey, in reply, said he did not think that it had ever been clearly demonstrated that the creamery mils web ths medium by which disease was bei.g spread, cor wa3 it proven that better calves could be raised upon home separated milk. He said he conddered a great deal rested with the man. If a dairyman was careless ar.d dirty he would be Ikely to fcave more or less disease among his stock and could not expect them to thrive. He said the cost of installing a pasteurising plant at all the company's creameries would be about £12,000. He intimated that if the Association woull go largely in tor the manufacture of casein tne difficulty will ba overcome, as the returned casein whey would be stanlized. Mr Pacey added that the D.ury suppliers . had qualititd fcr the same quantity bor.us as last year, viz., eleven-sixteenths of a penny. At ihe request of a number of suppliers arrangements were made to start the heal creamery on .Monday, 7th ir.st., if possible.