FUTURE OF BUTTER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 86, 2 October 1911, Page 2

FUTURE OF BUTTER

MR. NATHAN'S VIEW'S. ' GOVERNMENT BONUS URGED FOR BY-PRODUCTS. Masterton, September 28. During a conversation a Wellington Times' representative had with Mr. D. J. Nathan, of Wellington, relative to the dairy industry in New Zealand, that gentleman had something interesting to say. He was *>f' opinion that in a few years butter would be very hard to obtain in New Zealand, except at a high price. He could see this state of affairs coming about, as indications pointed plainly to the fact that dairy factories were giving practically all their attention to the manufacture of cheese. Mr. Nathan aIBO referred to the question of using the by-products of the dairy. "This is a matter that the dairy farmers of New Zealand should give their attention to," said Mr. Nathan. "Various industries are given a bonus by the Government, and it is important that the branch of the dairy industry I have referred to should also receive a bonus to assist its development. Look how the Governments in the Old World are assisting the industries of their countries by means of bonuses for casein from milk, for instance, a valuable produce that should not go to waste, as it docs now. The farmers of New Zealand should take a lesson from Holland and other Continental countries as to what is being done in the dairy industry. Thou sands of pounds are being expended on the pork industry every years, for what purpose? Put all that money into the dairy industry, in the direction, of assisting in developing it in utilising byproducts and so on, and some good will be done."