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BUBAL 1NTEBESTS.
THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY,
xo thbTbditou. .
-ih*. Thomsons remarks m yes*
terdny's issue regarding the dairying in
dustry should oomtnund the closest atten
tion of those concerned. 1 quite agree
with all he suid «» to the proper carrying
temperature of butter. If Australian but
ter were curried at a temperature not
exceeding lOdeg', 1'uhr. we would hear
very little concerning " fishiness.” During
recent years, and whilst'managing a com
storage in Africa, I bandied hundreds of
tons of butter from all parts of the
world, and can quite bear out Mr. Thom
son's remarks regarding the effect low
temperatures have on butter. New Sica
land butters iuvariably arrived in Africa
in meat cargo boats; in which the tem
peratures were usually kept at lOdcg.
Fa hr., and during the whole of my ex
perience. there (nearly three years), I
never saw one case of butter from that
colony turn out “ fishy” in flavour ; and
furthermore, it never developed that taint
after being in cold store for ueveral
months at the temperature nbavemen
tionod.
There are scores of suggestions that may
be made for the further improvement^ of
our butter ; and I am still of the opinion
that a recommendation I made to the Vic
torian Department of Agriculture nearly
five years ago will yot receive the serious
attention it deserves, That recommenda
tion was to the effect that tlm department
should hold all butter factory man a gem
or butter factory companies (who would
be licensed under the department) respon
sible for the quality of thih* output, and
that only two classes or grades be manu
factured, First-class must grade Oh points
or over} second-class, 80 points or over.
Any factory or manager manufacturing an
article that would not grade up to 80
points would—<m n third cautioning from
the grading department—forfeit their
license to manufacture, and by this means
all would bo placed on nn equal footing
and all subject to the same pains and
penalties.
The result would be .that no manager
or company would dnre to manufacture
bad cream into butter .; and ns stale cream
is the greatest enemy factories have to
fight against, T venture to say the careless
dairyman would quickly he brought into
line with the more progressive, and uni
formity would assuredly be attained. To
my mind there is no reason why Aus
tralian butter could not be raised %d. per
lb. on the entire output, and if lids
result were attained it would not only
mean u handsome profit in the aggregate,
but it would also establish a great reputa
tion for our butters on the markets of the
world.—I am, sir, &i\,
Brisbane, August 24. A. \V. GILDS.
LAND HUNGER
Duringjast week the Lands Department
was advised 'that 104,852 acres had been
taken up as gracing selections. The urea
included 29,000 acres at Aramac, 18,089
acres at Banana, 17,429 acres at Coondi
wmdi, 10,0(10 acres tit Hughenden, 0727
acres nt Jundnh, 0489 acren at Roma,
10,121 acres nt 8t. George, and 2499 acres
nt Townsville, As ngricultunil selection*,
41 farms, of 11,448 acres, were taken up—
7 farms at Bundaberg, 24 fnrmH of f>815
acres at Nannngo, and 7 farms of 2447 ncrcs
nt Roma. As prickly pear *elections, 3
areas of 7370 acrea were secured nt Goon
diwindl, and 4 areas of 0098 acres nt
HERMITAGE STATE FARM,
The number of apprentices nt the Her
mitage State Farm has been increased to
seven. Next year that number will Ire
raised to ton, which will take up all the
accommodation nvnilable. Thereafter three
hoys will retire each year. At the Riggon
den State Farm four boys have been en
gaged ns apprentices.
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