The Daily News FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1903. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 179, 31 July 1903, Page 2

The Daily News FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1903. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Sfeakisg at the Dairy Conference at Pulmei'ston North, Mr C.tmeron said there had been very great improvement in the condition of New Zeilsnd butter during the lusi few years. Th"re were j of course exceptions, but these wcr'j very much rarer than formerly, Wha< th'o dairy farmers of this colony had done in the past they must stiive to conticua to do in the futmo, Tfceit aim must be to make their buttsr of the very best quality, and to see thu it retained its quality by the time i* reached the London market. Uniformity in packing was neceseary, ar d lu impressed on all farmera the need < f producing an even class of butter, He had, while in England, observed in creas'ng anxiety on the paitof Eog'is'i merchants to come into touch wish New Zealand producers, and they had made inquiries regarding certain brands in order to purchase the er>Uire output. In 1897 he odvoctted j the use by New Zealand of th • oblong package as distinguished from I the equire box of the Australian pro-ducer.-1, and he was still of the same opinion. The reason why Danish butter was fetching more in the ome market than that from New Z aland was because of the better system tf distribution employed by that country. Danish butter agents bad an incentive to push the sale of individual brands, Tbree-fourtha of the New Zsaland produce was sold outright to merchants or speculator?, acd no one wa3 interested in working up its price on the London market. Agents at present had no guarantee that they would be handling the same brand in the following season. What New Zealand producers required to do was to decide upon one fixed method of disposal, whether by outright ssle to a speculative purchaser or by regular consignments to specified agents; but whstever they did he urged them to agree upon a fixed policy, Thn utmost pressure should be brought to bear on the shipping' companies to induce them to regulate the arrival of ships in London. Something should also be done regarding the propsr storage of butttr at this end, and arrangements should b > come to between the dairy companies and the shipping agents (o so store the butter that it would be ready of access for immediate discharge. Mr Chmaron Slid the future of New Zea'and butter was difficult to foretell, but judging by his experience of the British markets coming into contact as h 3 did with distributors handling our butter in all [parts of the Homeland, and hf-auug | the reporfe: concerning our produce | he fel-; convinced that the future was a i bright ouo. Competition was yearly igrowirjg greater from all source* ; conSsequentlyit was hardlyto.beantic'pated that pries would iulo higher than during the pisi; thrre years, and especially during tho year before last, Still, i he was of opinion that whatever values j might be quoted in the Old Country if! the care and energy that had been displayed bo*b by produceis in the colony and by the Agriculture Department it. recent years were maintained the prices ruling for New Zealand butter Would be good.