THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1919, Page 3

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

" 3^'Mtgu|)k—fret* AjMck&a. ! WeHingtoa, iAst Night. 2fe Goddj; director of the Daily WviJSion of tiat Department, ig»v» hie opinions from the industries' Couanitteo to the best means of in,tti«Aßing tte.awerage yield of butter-fat ■ ifer-wwr. fie referred to the importance -of systematic herd testing and better] breeding, Haero was an immense field) 'far improvement ia- that respect, and it? Would be of advimlage also to increase tahe number of small holdings. The bwetago yield ofbutterfat a.year ago jur «w in N*w Zealand was £lO per auj 'mini, 'flag was considerably above tld average in bat was too-low a /total. There were aboat K7.000 oowi ?and it cost, en an average,. Cl-3 Ks f» :to keepacoiwSiai l?ew Zealand. That iiw jefeided all «oeta, land, interest, depreciaj >fckm, labor, etc. Tho great majority on 'dairy fanners were doing vssry weU an jiKSoent. The prospects for manufacture «rf casein were- fairly bright. Bricas ten-i <ted to adv&noo because new uses wore [being found for eaisein. Tire productions fat «jgar-of milk\w.«uld' l pay at £SS petf ifcß. it would cost, stent £3009 to put' a« ; mroimum plant A repffiseuta.isae <rf the Depjufonent was toleave in-April to obtain irrfwrnataortctt; .oflttr matters of intereat-tc -daify farm* era,. Some- of the nmeewiary machinery' 4at the proftuefiaa of dried milk cwild> J» made in New 'Zealand, but sot 4«llr The mamif&ctora of rcJmei eWuid bopracticable in fha Dominion. 'A larg* supply of male and ehcap coal wen* ■necessary, should mS3ce nee of the market before they rushed into this business- He doubted whether the price -vronM fall rapidly, for the number of cattle had. been gxeairy reduced. ,