NATIONAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 128, 21 May 1908, Page 3

NATIONAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL REPORT. INTERESTING OBSERVATION'S. Per Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. The annual report of the National Diiiry Association of NewZcalandtSoutb Island) states that the exports of cheese from the Dominion in 1007 were 8587 tons, and the exports of butter 14,862 tons. The report goes On to say: The past history of our dairy export trade should encourage us to increase it without any hesitation, for we have a very long way to go in New Zealand and Other British colonies before we overtake what has proved to he an everincreasing demand for further supplies to the British market. The butter factories which consigned this year have done remarkably well. The cheese output* were mostly consigned. Only a few sold at from .">y 4 d. Consignors of cheese will not do quite as well as the few who aold last year. The position in this respect was all in ' •"- signers. It is evident . land butter stands well as to ~. . -.1

the market, as it continue.- to hold first ' place, and is readily sold at 2s to 4s per cwt. over Australian, and during the season has frequently s»M at the same price as Danish. The quality of our ehee-e i- not - n

favorably reported mi jn-ncrjlli .1- •■'r . butter- JKjiiViH<--s.- tin- market ha, 1,..n lce» liiwiant, ami rather a;fiin-t for ■ward liuyers, and so complaint arc, more general. Imt then- is no «i<••; >t j there hn lieen room for comjjLiiiit in I many cases. Very much of the 'aic 1 ' I complained of i* due to shipping c'i'c«e I too green, and, worse still, it I too green, also, of cour-e. ilue >" mferi or milk supplied to i.i.-torics. With care and attentinn there is "" reason why New Zealand cheese .should not at leant e<iiial Canadian, and this is one of many things that it behoves suppliers' and factory men to bring about. It i a matter within their power, .and jr ' their* only. Year after year it is more apparent that the export shipping season will have to Ih' extended. We uned only t" export up to the end of March, butthe •iiicn-a-cd supplies Imilli of butter and of cheese made in April and May now are far beyond what the local mar ket can alworb for winter iiSe till the new season opens. Already in Otap" and Southland, as well as from 111 • North Island, we are shipping April anil May makes of elicce in fairly larjtc quantities, and much "f this ,ii,-,.„ "hows the effect of turnip-fecijirig mo,; distinctly, and the placing 01" such chec-c on the London market must lie liarmfnl to them and to the New Zealand Hiee-i----export trade generally. The Jwni-t f.ictori,., dc-idc to refuse tiirni,, milk for cheese l.wkill-.. ill,. |,..(t,. r . ll.iiiv fat mers should u ,„„.. -.-t .il - ti■i-ii»i_ winter feed for daily ....v. ~ii,.r ilui turnip*.

The revenue of the A i.0i0,, ~., Just, covers <i modest carl-. e\j,.u.| lure. The debit luian-v 01 ia-i vhas l,p e n wiped out by the lil»r.'hU some factories wh»» ,üb-sribed i) amount a* donation*.