Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1890.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 436, 11 January 1890, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1890.

* This above all—to thine own self bo tram, And it must follow aa the night the day ' Thou canst not then be false to any man.’ Shakespeare.

In no branch of agriculture has such wonderful progress been made of late years as in that of dairying; and old ideas and methods regarding the treatment of milk, and the various substauces manufactured therefrom, are fast giving way in every country to new appliances and modes of procedure, the result of scientific discoveries and enlightened ideas, in keeping with the age we live in. We have at various times referred in these columns to the importance of the dairy industry to New Zealand—a country enjoying very exceptional natural ad vantages for successful and profitable dairying—and the duty of our Government to encourage and assist colonists in acquiring the latest information and appliances with respect thereto, in order that they may keep pace with the times. It is much to be regretted that the Government of this Colony appear so apathetic in this matter, as compared with other countries. In the Colony of Victoria for instance, see how the Government and the people have been woiking together in connection with the dairy industry, anil witli what satisfactory results. Only a short time ago the news was cabled out from London that five tons of Victorian butter had realised one shilling a pound ; and a cablegram from London dated Wednesday last, records time oydney butter had realised five pounds per hundred weight, or close up to the price previously .quoted. Here we have the strongest possible evidence of what may be attained as the result of skill aul perseverance ; and the Vic torians will reap a rich reward for the trouble and expense (neither of which has been spared) the Government of tli at Colony have gone to in promoting the daily industry. There, an Agricultural Department and a powerful National Agricultural Society work harmoniously tog. thpr; and quite re-cently-Superintended the grading, packing, and shipment of some large consignments of bn'tor to the London market. The Vi. torian Government have also orerauised a travelling dairy, with all latest improvements and skilled assistants, who are sent to the various districts to instruct the settlers ; and offered a large houus to encourage

the manufacture of first-class butter. Willi respect to climate New Zealand has an immense advantage ; in fact the climate of Victoria as a whole is very unfavourable to dairying ; whilst on the other hand New Zealand has every natural advantage ns regards pasture, climate, absence of drought, etc., that could be desired, We hope the Govern-. ment will yet recognise the vast importance of fostering the dairy industry in New Zealand, and bestir themselves in the matter without delay.