OUR DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13, 16 January 1903, Page 4

OUR DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

OPINIONS AND lUfHESSIONS OK I MR BOLT. \ The Taieri and Peninsula Dairy Fac- j tory of O'ago i* cU im- d ti ba tho mo -t. ■ucce sf ul enterprise of its kind in New ■ gea'and,. and >lrW, J. Bolt i« thoj jtenen) manager if that business. Mr |soH hfcs ju-t returned f'om a sixteenths'trip to England, by the C:rintbif, and on bard 'ha'. mammoth liner a member tf the Eveniuy Post gtaff had an int?r?stipg chat «ith Ih -j gentleman who I ns abrosd f.;r th • third time within tha pas'; three yrar. c . This lest j urney w. 9 iu de pur ly froii a business piint of vie v, and had to do with prcpo-cl esttnsions of ha manufacturing biacihes of ths fae'o°y. At the present time thy Vusme-s is whcll devoted to butter-m .king, tin' fae'or. in Duu-'d'ti, which is supn'itd by to fewer than 40 cr. au.e'ks situat-.f' throughou' Oti-o and Southland, furring i.u im enormous quontiy of ui.-t- ---~~ quality I -utterev. >ysea : e>n. Whi s* ft vHome, Mr BMc made ipqu'ii s and iuves'igiti.ii! which may lead t; the sfct- ; ting up of a phnt for making preserved milk within the imme^i ■■■'» future. T is a-SJ intended to tin tbe butter in ■null quarries for the South African and ether maiko's. and fo- this ex <-ti--Bioc of the busir.ess a sp ci'l tiiiMts; plant has b en ordered ficm an Kng lish firm. , Mr Bolt-said that; tho factory's out put up to Fobruary ci every sea«on was absorbed by England; but what his firm fought wis markets for tha factory's oa'put aH ths ye.r rencd. From .February of L s v . yeac u-tilth) oper.ing of thine» s r 'son bis f c-oiy sevfi u 400 tna o c bu'tr to Australia, and this was prii cipa ; ly for South Bus ha did not want reidiiloaieij so -handlethe factory's ou put, cor was i desirtble t.bat tfce:e should b-» mud) "handling of the butter. Tho cstaUish- " meet of the direct; with South Africa opened big to-siblitics for the New Zesland farmer, f r our butter would become very popular over there., Whilst Mr Bait was in England locking after the interests of his firm, one cf his fellow-directers>, Mr A McFark&e, was making inquiries at first hand in South Africa. Th?i?e two gen'l-men mat aga ; n at Cape Town, and Mr McFurUne, who also rdturned to the colony by the Ooiintbic, reports that his investigations have made him vet; sanguine as to the possibilities of the butter trade between New Zealand and South Africa. There is practical} an unlimited market over there for our farmers. The Taieri and Peninsula Dairy Factory's p-educe will, in future, be sent to Durban end Johannesburg ' direct, instead of through Australian channels, and it is expected that the v«ry bast resets will follow the exp ri ment of tinning in sina'l quantities direct from the chum for the new maiket. The Dunedin factory certainly deservei we'l for its enterprise in sending Us own investigatorsabroad. Mr McFarlane received the otfrr of many orders, some cf a large kind, during bis stay in South Africa, Speaking of Eoglish and colonial methods in dairy farmirg, Mr Boh said the N«w Zeahnd farmer h'wtno'hing to learn from iis English bro' her. s a maUer of fact, the English farmer could learn something in the art of - butter-making be cmie out here. The ;New Z*aUnd b?st quality salted butter was equslto anything imported into England, and to d'.y was en level terms in price and r»pu'atien wi*h the bes 1 ; Dinish. Some experts pl<ce-J our butter in the first phco. New Z aland farmers had now rjo need ta fesr for their English msrkeS for tlvir place there wai assured. If our da r ry farmers, would only seo to it thtt their milk was sent; to the creameries in a pure and clean sta'e, there would teno need to f«ar any competitors. The New Zealand farmer U di'siac'ined to go to -much trout.le to renovate his place. If the Agricultural Department would insV upon the rigid obs'jivjnce of ciWlirfes< in the dsii y, the industry would be stiW fu-thtr improve! and advanced, an<l the dinger of pci g b'ck in would \>i avoid d. In " the matter cf tho manufacture it bu'ter, our f irmers hai oveie!t)me all difficulties. Mr Bolt (Trd'>ed th» slnppir g companifS with every endeavour to land our produce in the best pnEsiblf condition. He though"; tha* if there was a clo-er concentration of fao'oiies it would be bett r for the industry in New Ze'hnd. Tb-ro shou'd ba one

place cf manufacture 0"!y in each district, instead of several factorus, and , 'the area for each facto: y should be as la-ge as possible. Tbis would lead to economy ill manufacture stid a more ltv-1 grade of qualify. Mr Bolt had a word to say abiut the conditions of indus rial I fe at H me. A great deal wai being said abiut the ' decadence of B/itish trade, but from what he saw he could only say that the various manufacturing branches appeared to be busy, and in the ironfounding trade all available men were in emp' jyment. In fact, when he gave his order at headquarters for his tinning plant he was informed that it would be three months bafore tho order could ba filled. And as to foreign competition, well, it seemc-d to him that the English manufacturers took the pick of the contracts, and lot America and other countries take the cheap work. Messrs Bolt and McFarhne return to Dunedin by the Waikare. Prior to going to South Africa, Mr McFarhne visited Ecgland and the Continent of Europe.