THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 47, 14 February 1908, Page 4

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

UO-V illi. AT KAII'UKUNU, AX LYi MiESI i.STI SI'EECU.

At Kaupokouui ou the Miu- j i>ler for Uu I- illon. I!. MtNab. ma 1,- j »oine interesting to t!»,- .lair. i iug inductrv. Wv nr.- iudebifd to tin- | llawera Star i'w ih»- K»il«'ui:j- i.p..ri: j The (tad di-vWo|i,M mou*ly -iiif- lv.ni. and their i .m i ehee«o lui l "M.iinni a ••xcvlJence ««u t!i<- London hi.irk» t. U li.it New Zealand iuu arcnuipii-hed on tin* Jxmdon market in liftmen yo;i: - it had taken other louimir- d«v.id<*> to attai.i. Ho WoUld Ilk.' ttH-tli U) !<>..k ii.l'k l<> Uptime l>eforc ili, dairy indu-dry it-s pn-seut iiiiin-n'i«'ii- -,\ licit wool was the colony'* only piodu.t for ev port. would have rccolhviiunn o; i the at that time whirli ha.i i tollowed a tonj: |»fric»«l of ity. He | believed the e\pni»nce ot th<- pa«t ha I shown that the period- of depiction which had followed pro-perou- time* were due to the tact —to u>e a popular paying- that "they had so many eggs m one basket." However, a proper analysis of tin- r-au-e would (<)io\v thai they had a prodiiet on tne l»ndon market that migrht U» thrown out by a mere change of fashion- a fining in the whims aud eaprire- of twho were doling with it. U\ tin- rhange our wool would go down t>d and s«l per lb., and so a wave ni deprer.>ion throughout the eountrv. lint when dealing with the snppiv of foodstuffs lliey had a product which tin* people could not -acrilire to any change of fashion. If they were to direct their attention to an article that would command top juice- in the iniikcts of the Mother Count iv at tiic heart of the Empire - they would l>e producing an article that when had time* came would be able to hold its own should there lie any fall in general prices, if they liked to take care of their industry it did not m<»an that a depression should necessarily follow a long period of prosperity. Mr. MeN'ib spoke hopefully of the future for the dairying industry, hut uttered a warn ing that they ha-i a formidable competitor in Denmark, and munt not rest satisfied until they to the top *»f the tree* They must also remember that there was an unexplored field as for as dairying wa- concerned in Xew Zealand which hail yet to be developed. The Dominion had done a great deal to develop the induMrv in bringing out experts from the Mother Country. Denmark, Canada. aud America. Indeed. he had nothing but the highest praise for those pioneer workers who had don.* rach a vast amount of good for the benefit of the industry and the Dominion as a whole. Sir .lohn McKenzie hi I laid the foundation of the industry. But the industry had now got t«i the point from which there mu-t Ik» a fresh developuieut. Hitherto we assimilated the accumulated experience* of othvr cojonie*. and had applied it with wonderful Mic»*<us to «»ur nnidii ions, but now : we had to »o lnrth*-r and apply science to our own *pe«ial <onditions for oui'- | in order to make the mo-t of Jour I hoorie* and praetii^-

that united <"aiiadi would perliap- n <r «nst Npw tlio *amo with th" Mother Country hii«l Denmark. Our climatic condition* wer«- different. our t-nil wa- different - and *n on. The time had now come when it wa- necessary to get "nr own chemi»N and baeteriohvpi't? to find the-** hidden secrets in the climatic and other condition* peculiar to the l>- ■uinion. An importunt rjue-tion which th- v had nor yet -ylved wa* t!i:iL of tth.'t nil- the be*t i'oihl lor dairy stoek. We mu«i now "copying." and find out through srienlillc research that wluVli Wii# adaptable to our own special conditions. That was what the dairy sclmol would be greeted for. lie would just like to r»ivc »«>me idea of what the Government «oujjht to accoin- | plish. The i lea was prevalent when the | school war Ur-t mentioned that it was to take the place of technical schools in | different small centre*. but that was an j incorrert view of the position. A 1! hum I reeo«ni>o that the technical elates were ! not connected with the Agricultural D : - i partment. but with the Education | Hoard- in whose district* they wore. ; What wa« proposed thai the Ajiri-

cultural institution would | virtually be a university divided in*o j two department*, namely. *-ientilie jvsearch and in«trueiionnl. In thes,. they would engage rpeeiali-ts. who would C* into lli* l liciontifn.- «Ide of dairying and *u instruct students, who in their turn would 1»* able to study for diplomas width would enable them to leave the institutions certified that they had had a thorough training and were perfectly fit tor any work in connection with the manufacturing ot butter and rhee-e. The aim of the Department wa> to educate the -on- of farmers so that they would be aide to earn their livelihood with honour and credit jo the Dominion. It misfit be that the instructional wo-k would become too jrreat for the. one main centre, and tint then there might have to be instructional school-; erected in parts of the Dominion. P>ut at present it was only intended to have one central institution, and in that connection lie must say that nothing had given him and his colleague- greater pleasure than to receive tl»e kindly and offers made: but there must be disappointment to many, for it munt be re-popmi-ed tliat tlw school could not -Ve given to all. However, whatever district tlk> school was erected in. the institution would give a tremendous impetus to the dairying industry all over the Dominion. He wa« perfectly certain tliat their interests were so much ! at one that wherever the school was ! erecferl they knew it would be for the j interest- of the Dominion as a whoK TTis policy would be fn make the in«tihition eftjrienl and complete, and that <lone tfove should I*'" 4 no dupliratinn. In the of their effort' Iki<l bivn neutralised beenu«o when in insfitution was info fair working order were demands for duplication. Ife di-approved of -ue|, dissipation of energy. :Tnd preferred to further inerftif-e the pft].-ien«-y or the original institutinn. Rather than agree to duplication lie would Jpa\e oftlee. Tie referred to the filling of the *oif. and slid it w;v* hoped that what the university w.u to the medical -indent, the lawyer -tndenl, and tliP deric.il student. *o would be tlh' dairy university to the farmer'- -on. and rai-e hi- or-cu)>ation t<» th.>l «if a in the highest son- rt of {he term. 9