NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2924, 11 April 1891, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

TO TIIK MJlTot:. Sir, —Kindly alluv. nie a leu- lines ii. msu'er to your concspoudeiit " Dorset,' in your of April Ith. 1 consider it .1 pity tor such a lei tor to be written and published at a time when our colonial natter is evidently b.'iiig established on the lloinc mark jt. at. a fan pi ice, and ti.it brin:.' ••"Id I'" "''.iil i/ic,l-c, a: ••Ooisct' si atcti, t"i' al I I -'.J to I I.V »n;I evi 111 I.annoi In lor Unit purpo ,c. 1 pit ,aunt that, wlnit " Dniwt" \viite:-> re W'allv.ito tactoiii.l and bnHer, they can perhaps an.iwct uli.il he insinuates re management, Ate, but I can assure liiin Unit the creamery and butter factories, under the New /Vjalauil Dairy Association, «ud worked iu these districts, arc managed on the very best principles, and are uot m the habit of taking bad milk, or going iu for quantity aud not ipiality, as is stated by your correspondent, who should be more careful in makiug such assertions cdeulated as they must be, coming from a persou living in New Zealand, to injure a most important industry ; aud for him to state, as he does, that "it is quite impossible to make good keeping butter for export under the present system—or no system —of management as is carried ou in the majority of New Zealand dairies, private or public," is what is far from correct. " Dorset," to make his Htatement more strong, says he has had 20 years' connection with dairy work in New Zealand ; I tear it has been only among the dirty ones. I have seen, and had to do with, butter in New Zealand for a much longer time than " Dorset," aud can coofidentally say I have seen a largo quantity of good butter in New Zealand. Of course, theie are some people that never would make good butter, but they are in the minority. As for our factory butter, Messrs Reynolds and Co. and the New Zealand Dairy Association have fully proved that they can turn out a first-class article, which they could not do if conducted in the careless manner implied by your corresdent. In conclusion, Sir, I would be very glad if " Dorset " would pay a visit to the butter factory at Pukekohe where he could see sonic good butter making going on, and I am sure the manager would be pleased to show him over the works. I would like to meet him there if he will let me know when to do so. Excuse the length of this, but the subject is important to all.—l am, &c., Heywooo Ckispis. Matiku, April 7, ISLtI.