DAIRYING IN NEW SOUTH WALES

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3126, 28 July 1892, Page 2

DAIRYING IN NEW SOUTH WALES

Throughout the country districts of New South Wales creameries and butter factories appear to be steadily increasinp: in number. Almost every issue of the Sydney Mail chronicles the start of some new butter factory. Taking up one of a recent date, we leara that at a meeting of farmers of Rruehgrove last week, it was decided that a butter factory be established on Woodford leland, Again, a largely-attended meeting of residents in the Burragurang district was held ou the 18th May to lake steiu to establish a butter factory in the district. In other districts they are further advanced. The same paper states): " The formal opening of the Burrundulla butter factory took place on Tuesday. It is working satisfactorily." There can be no question but that these useful institutions have placnd the dairyman's busineHS upnn an entirely different footing. Not only U the unpleasant labour and drudgery formerly inseparable from<t>utter-making very largely removed, but the cash returns from the cows—a very important point—have been immensely inj creased. In New South Wales the manufacturing branch of the dairy business is carried on —in some cases—by co-operation among the settlers. In others by companies, who, to judge by the reports, regulate the price of milk monthly, just as the state of the butter market may warrant. In this connection it is interesting to note that the price of milk—taken alt round —is considerably higher in Now South Wales than it ie in this colony, and particularly so as regards this end of it; yet the market value of butter in much about the same in Sydney as in Auckland. Take the following as an instance : The directors of the Coogal Butter Company (Mudgee) resolved at their regular meeting to pay suppliers 4jd per gallon for the month of April, this quotation being about a fair average of the prices given by the factories, the price of butter in the Sydney market being quoted as follows :—April : Colonial factory butter. Is 3d per lb ; dairy, Iβ Id. May : Colonial factory butter, Is 2d to Iβ 3d per lb ; dairy, Iβ to Iβ Id.