A PLACE IN THE SUN.

Shannon News, 13 October 1925, Page 4

A PLACE IN THE SUN.

» # _ NEW ZEALAND’S PROGRESS. WINNING A PEACE IN WORLD MARKETS. New Zealand has rapidly won the place now held in world markets both by quantity and quality of production says Professor Macklin in his report on “The Dairy Industry of New Zealand.” New Zealand butter and cheese once received in small quantities in London, now represent the ' largest combined import of dairy products from any country. Moreover, that country has out-stripped Canada as a .source of cheese supply and is rivaling Denmark as a source of butter supply. That this growth of exports has been a capturing of the London market with New Zealand prices fully maintained in comparison with those for Denmark and Canada indicates * that quality competition has been one essential feature of New Zea- \ land's success. In this accomplishment, credit is due to the mutual work of the Dairy Grading System by the Government and of the loyal support it has had, especially from the farmers’ co-operative dairy factory organisation and their leaders. The fact must not be overlooked that the population of New Zealand is small (about one-half of Wisconsin) and. that consequently the trend of exportable surplus will bear rather a. direct relationship to the trend of production. Increasing Rivalry With Denmark. That the New, Zealand policy ini dairying is aggressive and effective isi' suggested by her actual accomplish- : ments in the markets of the United -

Kingdom against all competitors. In. i 1896 Great Britain received 27.7 per j cent, of her butter imports from Denmark and New Zealand. Of this the ; Danish delivery was 21 times as much, as the New Zealand delivery. In 1924, the same two countries provided* '- t Great Britain with 61 per cent, of her butter imports. In that year, Danish, delivery was only l'£ times larger than. i the New Zealand delivery. Thus in - 28 years, New Zealand, as a butter competitor of Denmark in supplying the British market, has grown from, a size of less than one-twentieth to almost three-fifths of the size of ; Denmark. This shows the progress; New Zealand has made .In capturing" a large part of the British market in. the face of Danish and Canadian efficiency and established reputations. It demonstrates first of all the dairyresources of New Zealand. Secondly,, if demonstrates the market test of high quality and proves the immense value of the New Zealand policy,. especially of her co-operative institutions and grading system which have ' taken the lead. \