BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 588, 26 February 1876, Page 3

BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES.

Sit, —After reading your article on che^i and butirf (toriei, I expected tom« notice to hare been titken of tt bv either Cambridge or Te Awntuuta fanner*, a* either of thuio places cou d toon iuriii-h 300 or 400 oown if » f-oto-y »»■< e-tiih li'h (I at either one. Much ho» been paid about the WHikgti, yet after nil it it but a imall place, »n<i iti nre»tf«l attraction 1* its heitlrhfu' climate and to a* nbt to make it leu attractive, it b.-cmnep vi to fullj dUcu^H which article we cau attablUli nh atUplf proiuction without impoTrrinhmg the toil. Much bat been written lately by Mr McLean *dtro( at ing the growth of wheat, in the Wni*»to. I eitirely dii-mrce with him in the matter. To grow wheat to perfe tion and profit lU^akii»b<^db»»t»pu*v»ba*oUvf£a«Buif

nnd grown in count -i»#, t'»o cltc 1 t na'e of whioh ia Lm attractive ilnn th WU<ato.»nd wbcethe land ti altnW ralueie-s to atirt with. Much h** been s&iri . bout the Maories growing wheat mcco'Bfully. It i* nimplj because their time is of no »»lue, end when one piece of land ia exhausted, they eonld go to another and exhaust it, and it will then bt at valuable to th« pakrhi •• it was at first Where a large extent of plain or pfiirie m^y be turned over bj a ••earn plon»h, the harvest ifUh-redand thrashed by et,«am machinery and •rvry appliance introduced to mto labour, and this could only be done on tVins of cay 10 000 acrei in exte-it. wh. a1 could b« grown at 100 per cent leits Mian in the Wuik .to. What haa been the result in America »nd Australia? The nc'i alluvial pains hare been eronped year after yrar, nnd now ar#, in man* splacei, barren wmte», uhilnt the hilly pn-fc "f 'ho omnti'y that w«aat firit reject* i as -unfit for ruliivation, vrh'ra Uken up atiiiorf recent dates for dtirj f*rm», has h«en je-i^lr improving in grajing capibilitit's. We hear of gra«B growing to wa»te about To Awnmntu awi CumbridL'P, becau c store cattle cannot be obtained at rrftes that would lei^e the graiier* any mar-.'in of pr<'« fir ; and in «omi» case* whi>re -ttor" cattle hare i bo»n b'Unht in Auckland, half of th-m hare die 1 ' during the winter, as they were on'y reared t > "sell." Many others again hwo been o r *u h .nfe-ior breed, that all the erasu in t"e country would not fatten them. If factori?» were eatab liahed, much o' this would be r< mrdi»d. We •o« elimet read adfertisement* like thi* :— "Warned • married csuplr, without incumbnrancrs." IF ftoionea wrre established child en wou'd nut b» 1 tolted on thus by the farmers, as ago d smart boy ani uirl < f ten ortw.lvs y«in could milk a cow as well as a man. This night Hiid niorninu work wculd not iul«reie with » pr< per amount of so'ioolim;. Boyi t'iu» brought up would become familiar with all kind* ot' firm work, and wheu they reic'i mana flutnte are wortti.at lent, twj immiaranta The girls lourn to bj useful and goodterrants, aud in time mistresaei of their own h<>m<s Milking may be, and is considered hard and staTiith work, and to m»y any «ueful work be, that ia not un«lertaken with < heerfullnest. v We cannot bring up k)1 oor twirls to be ladies, or our boys to be 4 | Jam Tans " Wrt tometimei mad of eitrame pri"cs bein-? obtwined for cheese mid butter, at other times the market is glutted, and the storekeepers aak the farmer* if J'tey hare brought somo cart grease, factories would eq'uulixe prices to the advantage O the consumer un < producer, and if there w is i ot loot) consumption tha clieea» o.^uld be tinned and ag-nta appoint d in «»ntr«'a of po« pa al ion to cell it, and be satisfied wiih a lest oommiision than 25 tJ 60 p«r cent, anJ this would be an item ot conauerable importauce to tne producer. •The Fji Inland*, India, China, Queenaland, and oth-ir countries would be likely markets when the thing was once established. Our farmera feel they are not reaping that adran a*e from the land they shoul do, and reform ia required. Perhapa the Cam bridge Karunert Club tnny con* «iHer the factory system of sufficient importance aa to fiud f>rit a place in their di«cu*kions. For my part, I hopa tliu auhjeet, whioii may be 0 >n« videred uf great importance to ail grawng countries, will not be allowed to drop until aomsti.ing has baendone intiaamaLtar by ttie aettlers -•lam, Ac, MihTO.