FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 8, 10 June 1913, Page 7

FARM AND DAIRY.

BUTTER. AND CHEESE AWARDS,

The detailed awards in the butter and cheese competitions at the Waikato Winter Show were as under: — FACTORY BUTTER. Coronation Challenge Cup, valued at 100 guineas, presented by Messrs Lovell and Christmas, London, for box of butter suitable for export, and open to all dairy factories having a creamery registration. Previous holders —Mr. C. C. Capell, managed Taieri and Peninsula Milk Supply Co., Ltd., Dunedin, and Mr. J. Attwoou, manager of the Apiti Co-operative Dairy Co., Apiti; 36 entries-^Golden Bay Dairy Co., Nelson, J. Cook manager, 95y 2 , 1; Mauriceville Dairy Co., Wairarapa, A. Milne manager, 95, 2; Taihape Co-opera-tive Dairy Co., H. J. Isdale, manager, 04%, 3; Taieri Peninsula Supply Co., C. C. Capel, manager, 94, 4. ? Box of butter suitable for export; open to all factories in New Zealand; 30 entries—Taihape Co-operative Dairy Co., H. J. Isdale manager, and Bunnytliorpe Dairy Co., C. Edward manager, 95 points, equal, 1; Lepperton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., W. Roberts manager, 94, 3; . Ballance Co-operative Dairy Co. (Konini factory), D. Kelly manager, 03%, 4; Thames Valley Dairy Co., W. C. Dixon manager, 93, 5. Box of butter (561b), suitable for export; manufactured under the most favorable conditions; 38 entries —Taieri Peninsula Milk Supply Co., C. C. Capell manager, 95%, 1; Te Aroha Co-operative Dairy Co., John Rutherford manager, 95, 2; Oakura Dairy Co., J. H. Windleburn manager, 94%, 3; Golden Bay Co-opera-tive Dairy Co., J. Cook manager, 94, 4; Stratford Dairy Co., W. Y. Kirkman manager, 93%, 5. Box of butter (not less than 481b), suitable for local trade, made up in lib pats; 30 entfies —Taihape Co-operative Dairy Co., H. J. Isdale manager, 95%, 1; Kaponga Dairy Co., H. Farley manager, 95, 2; Bunny thorpe Dairy Co., C. E. Edwards manager, 94%, 3; Mangorei Cooperative Dairy Co. (Taranaki), T. H. Robinson manager, 94, 4. Box of butter (561b), factory made, and restricted exclusively to factories taking home-separated cream only"; 13 entries—Te Kuiti Dairy Co., H. T. Boscawen manager, 93%, 1; Aria Dairy Co., J X. McDonald, 2; Waikato Co-operative Dairy Co. (Hamilton factory), H. G. Shirley manager, 92%, 3. Box of butter (561b), made by buttermaker or factory manager's first assistant, suitable for export and manufactured under the most favorable conditions; 19 entries—J. H. Pedersen, maker, Taihape Co-operative Dairy Co., 94%; H. McDonald, maker, Bunnytliorpe Dairy Co., 94, 3; Grylls, maker, Taieri Peninsula Milk Supply Co., 93%, 3. Points prize for the factory manager scoring most points in classes 2, 3 and 4. Points also to be awarded and calculated in the aggregate in each of these classes for the butter containing the ! highest amount of moisture up to the legal limit of I<> per cent. Points obtainable, for butter, 300; moisture conf tent, 6.B—Taihape Co-operative Dairy 'i Co., H. J. Isdale manager, 283 and 161.C2, 1. The points gained for butter content ■j ranged from <5.58 to 5.54. } FACTORY CHEESE. Cases of cheese (two), colored or white, suitable for export; 13 entries—Tararua Dairy Co., M. Hansen manager, and Ruatake Dairy Co., W. Shepherd manager, equal, 1; Omimi Dairy Co., S. G. Johns manager, 2. Case of cheese (two), colored or white, suitable for export; made under the most favorable conditions; 15 entries—Parkvale Dairy Co., James Linton manager, 1; Greytown Co-operative Dairy Co., Thos. C. Irving manager, 2; Ruatoki Dairy Co., W. Shepherd manager, 3. Case of medium cheese (two), colored or white, suitable for local trade; 15 entries Parkvale Dairy Co., James Linton manager, 1; Kaupokonui Dairy Factory, W. McDonald manager, 2; Tararua Dairy Co., M. Hansen manager, 3. Case of cheese (two), colored or white, made in the Auckland province under the most favorable conditions;. 5 entries Ruatoki Dairy Co., W. Shepherd manager, 1; Opouriao Dairy Co., J. Rae manager, 2; Horsham Downs Dairy Co. F. H. Fear manager, 3. Case of cheese (two), colored or white suitable for export, manufactured from non-pasteurised milk; 13 entries—Parkvale Dairy Co., James Linton manager 1; Kaponga Dairy Co., C. Farley manager, 2; Omimi. Dairy C., S. G. Jones manager, and Greytown Co-operative Dairy Co., T. C. Irving manager, equal, 3. Points prize for manager scoring the . greatest aggregate of points in first three classes. Maximum 300-Parkvale Dairy Co., Jas. Linton manager, 284%, 1. I DIRTY MACHINES.

CAUSE OF DETERIORATION IN CHEESE QUALITY.

' ' Duhedin, June 5. A question which vitally affects the dairying industry of Xew Zealand was discussed at the meeting of the South Island Dairy Association yesterday. Some weeks ago there were published extracts from the very outspoken circular forwarded to dairy factories early in March by the J«ew Zealand Dairy Commissioner, Mr. D. Cuddie, which virtually impugned the cleanliness of the milking machine, and showed how its use was affecting prices for dairy produce at Home. It was this circular which gave rise to yesterday's discussion, the Otautau dairy factory being the medium for officially drawing attention to it. MR. CUDDIE'S COMMENTS.

During the discussion, Mr. Cuddie made a most interesting statement on the matter. He said that if there was one thing lie disliked more than another in the position he occupied in the public service it was to comment adversely on the quality of New Zealand produce, lie believed in saying all the good he could about it, and they should all be prepared, as far as possible, to support the good name which New Zealand produce had established on the British market. At the same time it would be a serious mistake and a neglect of duty on his part not to bring before the people concerned any defect existing in butter or in cheese, and which could be wholly, or even in p.-M-j, overcome. If defects existed and step.-, could be taken to overcome them, the sooner those steps were lake" the better, and it was for that reason he issued his circular some time ago. The circular was not written without due consideration, or without satisfying himself that the statements were true in every particular. What he wished to speak to them about did not refer to the whole of New Zealand cheese, because a large proportion of the output for the past season was such that little or no fault could be found with it. Jf the remainder had been up to the same standard there would have been no reason for the circular or for the discussion that day There were ample proofs that the complaints made against some of the -New Zealand cheese during the past season were quite justified. A STEADILY GROWING EVIL. This question of a deterioration in cheese had not come about all at once. If one looked at past annua] reports or discussions of different kinds throughout New Zealand it would be seen that the matter had been dealt with, and that warning had been issued that unless something was done to remove defects the dairy people would hear about them . as sooa as the market prices tvent

against the trade. He thought these faults were due to a combination of I circumstances, and not to any single > defect. They had to remember that the increase in. the cheese output in | the last six years had been 12 per , cent., while, last year it was 22 per cent., and this year 20 per cent., and it was only reasonable to expect, when the industry was going ahead at this enormous . rate, that the Dominion could maintain the high standard of a few years ago. One reason was that some people were going into the business who had no knowledge of what was required. As for milking-machines, there were to-day considerably oyer 4000 of them in use throughout New Zealand. Any experi- > enced factory manager would say that it was more difficult for him to manufacture first-class cheese to-day than it was before the machines were so common. When the recent trouble arose in connection with comlaints from Home he had as many milking-machines as possible examined before the season ended. The Department started this work two months ago, and since then some 300 machines had been closely examined. They were pulled to pieces, and the reports on the results of the examinations had been sent to his office in Wellington, and he found that out of the 300 only 23 per cent, were clean. The examinations liad been made in, a portion of every dairying district in the Dominion. Then 50 per cent, of the machines were absolutely bad and in a very serious condition indeed, and the remainder were not clean, but not so bad as the 50 per cent. He would put it that they had 4uUi) machines in use, and they had to admit that "half of them were not what they should be—a very serious state of things.

MUST MAKE A CHANGE. Something ought to be done to overcome that state of things. A combination should he made among factory managers, directors and the Department. He was not in favor of appointing inspectors. He had had a good deal of experience in connection with the inspection of machines, and it was his opinion that it would be necessary to have an inspector for every two or three factories before they could cover the ground, and that was not feasible. Something must be done by the dairy farmers through their managers, and in that way much of the trouble would be got over. If a supplier were met wITh who would not comply with instructions, the Department should be communicated with, and the Department had the power to prevent a person delivering milk at a factory if his dairy were not clean.