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BETTER BUTTER.
it zesuar’s "Chrspicle" appeared a
voot eyropett o: 2 report by Fir Timothy
Cdar, New boctu Wales Agent—Gen
4r r Isjudot, zewpecting the Attru
Jtt outtee iudusiry is Relation to the
Tangiees buter market. The Agent-Gen
442 for buster State is noted as one
r the =est eapaide authbrities.existing
voering primary production in this
SAusnomalti But, itmuxt be remem
wded ri, regarding butter. Sir
Tnuy bsee his remarks ore particu
iye theatate’d/ the quality from
15s er Etcte. This in part accounts
f the awerti, "From whaterer stand
yut the ASstsalian isutter trade is.
*Pves, the Metdard of Australian but
ver z010: be-raiseJ, Tutil then no per-'
pprovemtut in the trade can he
ezyd." As reutarked, the quality of.
*L btter ie New South Wales, with
1L ruptiou wf a cirele of select and
espereyt latories, has not advanced as
it shotdd have done, especiully when
their tranort Zacilitibs are takeu into
eouiderat ou. Tutte has been room for
suoproreneut 0 llw article at some fac
•rk in this state, but m the aggre -
gate 'butter'has done bette:
than that 1u New South Wales. Tlose
that farorotpulsiy grading not.uu
naturally attribute tbis largely to the
easere’supervisien ot butter for export
from Queenelasd. MM couls, there Ute
a snuber rA in which the man
ogeest alt their own strtest critics,
god thews revet become careless or un
wrupulous ‘Tey do their uttost to
maiutalu first graile and sujertue but
ter at 612 tiuun. But all are imat equal
ly particular. Hwurfir, the fault js
more ofeen 'in the 4resin than in the
madufacture. And stros ‘the competi
Cu tor induece factories to ho
less exanting than they otherwise would
he,‘it is probable-tllat something else
will nced to be done to ensure hore Al
eram sud less of ‘the rferir qiality.
This is the ’essential that the factories
muet set themselves to secure. What is
wanted ss mucli as ahything is not a
sort ot informer s0 ihucJj Ba a’thorough
ly-gvalified and practical expert who can
convince suppliers that it pays to send i
enly tho beat cream, and-that'if they1
fsil so to .do they will’surely “ under
mile the factory which’ they have hielpell
to build, and wlch cun . rotiri them
‘sogood amonthly cheque‘if tle sup
pliers do-their part. As Sif Timotly
Coghlan says, it were of no use our com-*
plaining about the competition of mnr
garine. The Britiah corsumer will eat'
what he likes.. What the' Australian
butter-makers have to do is to supply
Luel n commoility that the British con
j mher will every time'prefer it to mar
garine. When we do this—and only
then-, -bail, /we get the better of the
ma rgn rine m a n u fa sturrs.
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