HOME SEPARATION BENEFITS

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 179, 2 June 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

HOME SEPARATION BENEFITS

GROWTH OF NEW SYSTEM. DAIRYING OF THE FUTURE. CREAMERIES MUST GO. The history of the dairy industry during tlio past seven years had demonstrated beyond doubt that home separation has not merely eomc to stay, but has come to oust out the antiquated and expensive creamery system, and to reign supreme. While the dairymen *f

the Auckland province undoubtedly owe a debt of gratitude to the creameries, it is yet necessary that wo sjiould advance with the times, and it would be distinct folly to allow sentiment that can carry no benefits to stand in the light «f genuine progress. It was only natural that when tlio new system was first introduced to tho Waikato that it should meet with some opposition, but the promoters of the Waikato Co-operative Dairy Co., Messrs W. Goodfellow and Allen Bell, were highly optimistic, and their optimism was communicated to others, with the result that the foundations of a company that promises to become th« largest in New Zealand were laid. Among the advantages put forward for home separation wore the saving in cartage, the elimination of the cost «l maintaining skimming stations, and the superiority of the skim-milk "made on the farm" to the. factory article. All kinds of imaginary evils were attributed to the home separation system, and determined efforts were made to effectually obstruct the success of the new venture. The proof of the butter wa», however, found in the eating, and 4be results of the first season's work were such as to demonstrate to the public and the trade that home separation butter was good, and that the returns to the farmers enterprising enough to support the new scheme could be im-

under it. Tin; ro.su>i. wis that • year's output was ' tons, 'i increased to 450 tons fchs ■■i in;; season. T: c '.n system, if impartially carried out, is an admirable one, espociaily when instruction is given to suppliers and every assistance afforded towards the production of a high-grade cream. One of the evils attributed to homo separation was tho alleged impost bilitv of regulating the quality of the cream. The Waikato Dairy Company lias always given due attention to this question, and perhaps no dairying company has done more in instructing suppliers on tho care of cream. By means of an inspection of carriers antf sheds, and instruction by experts it this matter, a great deal has been don» to educate those who are willing t«• learn. At tho same time tho systert. of paying for cream according to quality was instituted. This procedure nas recently tieen strongly reeommended bv the officers of tho Dairi Division, but it has boon in operation at the home separation factories tho Waikato for some years. The growth of home -.-pn;--itn*n in Waikato is indicated by (I: ; i tb.it seven years ago tho te'.il an >nnt nianufactiired was 130 tor >•, '• 11'• ■tl is season tho return all told u t V»i 11 over 3000 tons. Tho syst u has bit-n in vogue in Australia for many years, and is practically universal in the I'nited States, where the largest home separator factory ill tho world is situated, manufacturing from 12.000 to 1 ."i,OOO tons a year. The second largest factory is at Byron llav, on the northwest (\>ast of New South Wales, whi- ;i has a turnover of 8000 tons annualK.