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DAIRY INDUSTRY.

gjECRET’ OF DENMARK’S SUCCESS.'

LESSONS FOR NEW ZEALAND.'

Some interesting observations on the dairy industry were made by Mr 'W." Garrett, Qf Auckland, who returned" by the R.M.S, : . Niagara after a business trip to the United States, England, and some of the-Continental Countries. Mr Garrett has been absent from the Dominion; far-about six months, and during that time; *he has visited a number of -the dairy factories and milk < supply businesses in the United States, England,- Denmark;:: and Sweden. Mr Garrett'stated to a “Herald” reporter .that the outstanding features observed by him were the cleanliness ‘of the unilk'suppiy in Denmark, and the im.mense quantity of- dairy products ‘/used; in the mahnfacture of ice cream ; in America.

; 1 -Speaking of the quality of the butterl Of different’ countries marketed in London* Mr'Garrett said he had the of sampling butter* from. New*Zealand, Australia, the Argentine, ; Denmark; Holland, and, to his' surprise,'from Russia, and as far as keeping* qualities went,' there was nothing to compare with' the New product. It had to be remembered that'the Danish butter suited the English people; and in this sense the Danes 1 had' a very great advantage which we could not Overcome, for if we made the same kind of butter it would not l keep oh the long journey. : ' SUPPLY IN COPENHAGEN. Mr Garrett said he was interested* tq find in Copenhagen, where the quality; of the milk supplied to the cities was perhaps the highest in the world, , the consumptiqn was also the highest i per head of the population. The production and distribution were carried on under such- hygienic conditions that .the* standard,, was maintained, ana although pasteurisation was now practised; the experts had carried the 1 perfecting of the system to such a stage that' they were' now looking to ! the time'when' they would be able ta supply the consumer without pasteurisation. ' . - The need for greater care in the! preparation of our product for export was femphasised' by Mr Garrett, who said that from information received in London' of specific instances, it was * imperative that closer attention woul d have to be paid to butter-and cheese, as it had been found that some of the crates-were not suitable for the handling they received. ' Visiting Dutch factories, Mr Garrett said he was impressed with the : rninute attention given to cleanliness. On‘ the farms, intense cultivation was the general practice. Denmark -still lecl in the matter of dairy factory appliances, although America was making'rapid, advances. In this connectibff the Dominion was keeping up to date in the machinery and appliances which were used. NEED FOR. RESEARCH. 1

: I The. lead which Denmark was giving us in the matter of research was- an-other-point .which Mr Garrett considered important. He said that the. question of establishment of Government, or -private laboratories and the 'em-ployment-of the mist highly qualified dairy chemists available was absolutely necessary if we were going to maintain the position we had attained on the world’s markets. The truth was that we' were' a long way behind other countries in this respect if we were--going to maintain the position; we had; attained on the world’s markets.-The truth was that we were a dorig way -behind other countries in this respect, and it was rather surpris-ing-that the industry in New Zealand had been brought to such satisfactory • proportions ■ when it was considered how littlft had beeii spent in this ivay. It was not reasonable to think that we could continue to rely on outsiders for this information, as we had been doing in the "past. As an instance, little or no investigation had ever been carried oiit in this country with regard to the quality of rennet, and, if this were done, it was his opinion that some surprising- results would be obtained, and they would in a measure explain why some of our cheese had arrived at the Home markets in an unsatisfactory condition.

Mr Garrett added that we had a lesson .to learn from Denmark, where scientific investigation was an essential part oT the industry. He had been told by one of the leading Danish professors- that New Zealand was 1 the country they feared most in competition.- If this were so, it was necessary to keep-pace, otherwise we would suffer.

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Shannon News, 3 July 1923, Page 4

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DAIRY INDUSTRY. Shannon News, 3 July 1923, Page 4

DAIRY INDUSTRY. Shannon News, 3 July 1923, Page 4

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