The Daily News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8007, 19 December 1905, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Ajjyone connected with the dairyin" industry will find much that is of interest in the report on " some phases of dairying in Denmark " issued by the Canadian Government, and ' which could with profit hs leproducod by our own Department of Agriculture. The following extracts from the introduction to the report will bo read with interest:—" Two strong characteristics of the Danish dairymen are presented in a very favourable light. In the first place there is the splendid loyalty with which these peopio support all their institutions, whether it be the creamery or any J of the various associations which * have been organised to promote their interests. They are able to sea be yowl the immediate gain to .secure the highest ultimate degree of success and pi'olit-making In the second place, the thoroughness with which every undertaking is canic.l Dili results in greit e'ti-hmry in 1 a high stamlard of excellence ir. all their proluets." As a reward for this application of skill and thoroughness to throe products—butter, Incon and eggs—the Danes receive something like i'l,y 10,000 from Great Britain over and above the average price for the same products | imported from all countries. There I seems ;:o reason why New Zealand should not share in this hums for good work. Ag.ii.i, r.h.-; Canadian Di'-y Commissioner, comparing me thoU in his country wir.b those ir, Denmark, draws particular attention to the immense advantage Denmirk has in the yield per cow, it being more than double the average obtained in Canada. He says: « There ;s no cjiiestion in the whole nmge of dairy endeavour which should command more careful attention, not only from milk-producers, but from ! owners of .cheese factories and creameries as well, because it is obvious that an increase in the yield of milk from the cows supplying a factory must result in a direct benefit to the manufacturer. The matter does not rest on an increased revenue to the farmer from the production of more milk, " but tends towards economy in the converting of the milk into butter or cheese. The management uf all factories are constantly endeavouring to increase their milk .supply by widening the area of their operations, to the detriment of some other institution. If the same effort*, were directc 1 along the line of. encouraging the production of more milk |ier cow, a more abiding and better general result would be obtained, even from the individual facjtjvy standpoint." With the increas- ' I price of land and labour in Tnrar'dti these remarks apply as forcibly here as in Car ink. , i

DAIRY EXPORTS. The shipments of dairy produce this seusou are somewhat heavier than in any pant season, though not to any great extent. There is also the very pleasing feature that present prices! are far in excess of last year's returns, both for butter and cheese. Without including the shipments to be made this week, the colony's dairy exports for this season are representt 1 by 192,013 cases and IGO2 kegs of butter, and 10,974 cases of cheese. There are still two large shipments ta go forward this month, and, as (he biggest shipments are made in the fb-st three months of the year the value of the product of the dairying herds if likely ti be much greater than Last year. The warm spell of weather during the past three weeks has had a most pleasing effect on pustules, and feed is plentiful throughout the whole of the West Coast. Auckland returns promise to be somewhat in excess of any noted so far, and we expect a record in this export trade.