THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 157, 28 July 1909, Page 3

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

j- < r M* \ ».< AN IMPORTANT STEP. -A ' .. A INSPECTORS TO BE DONE AWAY. if IN6TEUCTOES TO TAKE THEIR * k PLACE. , y By Telegraph.—Press Association. ' Wellington, Last Night. The Minister for Agriculture {th •; i', Hob." T. Mackenzie) attended the Farm ers' Onion Conference this afternoon an " / made an important statement affectin] ' , the dairy industry. _ ' "la connection," he said, "with thi unsatisfactory prices to which Nev / Zealand butter has fallen in Britisl markets, and the necessity that exist: for some active steps being taken no f~ ;».cnly of re-grading an undue percentagi of moisture, but also as it affects quai Ity, the Government has decided upor a means that, it is hoped, will be effec , live in securing an improvement ol milk supply and of output of factories The method to be adopted will be tc -ascertaia at . the factories which of the suppliers are sending in unsatisfactory milk. In order to carry this out it waf Decided at a meeting of the Cabinet to day to increase the number of instructors attached to the dairy divisioa ol the Department, and to extend the func tions of these officers to the farms as well as the dairy factories. This .will V-.- enable the Department to dispense witli .ij the services of nearly all the existing dairy inspectors, thus materially reduc- | n S the espenSe in this connection. It ,s confidently expected that the system . f of holding one man responsible for the ' instruction work not only in the fac- ' tories but also at the cowsheds through- ') y ®J*t a given district will soon result in .: rtew Zealand's daifcy produce occupying ' ' 'f, tt i ller position in the world's markets > than at present. In this connection it ' Is proposed to divide the whole of the s dairy factories of the Dominion iato ' p"oupSj and that an officer sufficiently S - highly qualified to command respect amongst the factory directors, managers »nd supporters be appointed to each fiioup. ■ "The duty of the officers will be:— • . attend at the factory and give the manager such pdvice and in■traction as found desirable, and while ascertain from which suppliers *' the unsuitable milk is coming. visit these faulty suppliers, • Bud show them where the defect lies. As these instructors would visit those ■ - wipphers who wtre sending in defective - , P ""d jnilk, it was hoped they would - ■■■»»« the cordial support of all other - fuppliers as well as of the directors and Managers. The Government hoped by the methods now to be adopted to get - It the root of the troubles regarding Bad milk." ■ 8 8 ' °. f the Conference (Mr. j , 80n ) said the announcement made by the Minister marked an important step in the progress of the inuQßtiy»