IMPROVING OUR CHEESE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 108, 3 June 1909, Page 2

IMPROVING OUR CHEESE.

MR. CUDIME'S OBSEIiVATFUNS. By Telegraph.- Press Association. Dimediii, Last Night. At to-day's meeting of the National Dairy Association, Mr. Hunter moved that* it be a recommendation to the Government daily experts to ascertain precisely why it' is tlial New Zealand made c'iieeac'brings about £1 less per cwt. in the British market than homemade cheese of similar make. The mover said the price of English cheese was 10s or 20s per cwt. more than factory made cheese from New Zealand. Th.' annual loss at present was roughly .f'130,000, and, as the industry wits increasing by leaps and bounds, the loss would be a quarter of a million beiore long, unless steps were taken to alter things. He thought more care should be taken in the way of tooling milk.

Mr. Milne seconded the motion. Mr. Cuddie suid voiHiilcrnblu misuidei'standing existed on this mutter. There was only n limited market for high-priced cheese. In many raws liijf«i-est-priced cheese realised more than the intrinsie worth, a fact which was home out hy a report liy Mr. Hudd. Kcce;itly New Zealand elieese at Home was largely sold among the working ehisses, and was replaceable by meat, which, to some extent, controlled the demand and the price of cheese. Canada also came in with u large quantity, and practically set the value for cheddar cheese imported into Britain. The Home people had another advantage in the manner in which the milk was looked after by those who made the cheese, the conditions being better than iliv average conditions in New Zealand. He thought New Zealand could mine the price of cheese by improving the milk supply, though she was not likely to realise the prices obtained in England ior the best cheese. Our cheese to-day was on as good u basis as Canadian, and we had to thank the Canadians for it. The president said there was no necessity to put the motion to the meet-

ing. ■Mr. Cuddie said it should be stipulated that all glassware used for testing should itself be tested for accuracy, and perhaps legislation was necessary. A 'great number of people were honest ami sometimes careless in testing, and they worked an injustice to farmers or the company. He intended bringing tile matter under the notice of the Government at an early date.

It was agreed thai Hie membership of the Association I'c open to hovers as well as producers. A motion that factories lie invited to increase their subscriptions by 50 per cunt, was withdrawn.