THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911. DAIRYING MATTERS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10429, 21 September 1911, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911. DAIRYING MATTERS.

Mi' Ellison, London manager of the (National Dairy Association, whto has (been travelling over the Dominion /for some time, and is now .about to tneturn to England, 'lias p-eddcteki that the dairy season in New Zealand ithlis year will be short, and i rtduat the outlook r is riot good. He told the Christehurch Press l last week that tihe whole of the North' Island is extremely dry, especially in .the Waikato and TaranakL ,'JMs, .tihinks Mjr EMison, mlakes the outlook none too promising. "At preasent it appeal's that there wil be another short season. Some of tftose factories that haive already sold butter for future delivery hiave out down £Be amotuiifi (Considerably, owing to their Fear fhfat they ,wiil not

be able to fulfil contracts. In Canterbury and riglilt away through the South. Island, lie said, the. conditions are even worse than jm the North. Island. More butter has been disposed of in the colony this season on f.o.b. sales than for .a number of years past, and prices as high, as 11 o-9d per lb have been offered and refused. A lot of cheese has been sold at 6|d per lb f.0.b." The rains of the past few days, however, moist have changed the outlook considerably. In Hawera over 2in. has been •registered, in other districts more, and the reports indicate that the fall (has been fairly general over the twihole Dominion. Mr Ellison also reIfeircd to the .prospects of Home 1 .separators becoming more general. He says all dairy companies should reoognisle- that there is almost* a certainty of the home separator sjysrtem coming in New Zealand. . Already all the country north of Auckland Ls working on that plan, and it Has also get a very strong hjoild, south of AncklHaiid in the Waikato, land is gradually getting a hold in imost otlner districts. Mr Ellison says 'ihsvt, generally speaking, tlhe effect «af thiisi .system will be to lower the quality ,of New Zealand butter. From Ms point of view, he thinks that tome control should be exercised hver the delivery cf the cream, so that the quality could in some aneas,ui a e be safeguarded. ■ Otherwise ■(within a very few years the high 'reputation at present enjoyed by New Zealand butter will rapidly fall down to the level of Australia, the bulk of which is made from homiegathered oream. He also .speaks of the transfer of energy from butffermaking to cliee&e-making. Mjr Eliiison says .that in many districts facjfcories that are at present making butter are going gradually to take up cheeseHHiakring. There is every indication that during the next few years New Zealand cheese will have to fill the place of much of th? Canadian cheese that at present is reaching the English mlarket. "Whife he recognises th© amount that is being done by the Government and their officers, at the sarnie time a lot more should be spent on the dairy industry, as it is almost certain that New Zealand will in time become one of the greatest dairying countries in tibe world.