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Fertilizers are now offered us abundantly, so by-and-by our 

 agricultural industry should I'evive. Tn the meantime, our exports 

 are next to nothing.' " 



'' Our Copenhagen correspondent, writing under date 5th 

 February, states : — ' Butter is coming very sparingly forward from 

 the dairies, nevertheless we have had some for export, mostly to 

 Sweden. The cows are fed principally on turnips, and the yield 

 of milk is down to about halt" of the normal. Licences for maize 

 and oil-cakes from America have now been obtained, but it is still 

 uncertain when these goods may arrive. Until then, the production 

 of butter cannot be increased.' " 



These reports show that at present the exports from Denmark are 

 next to nothing, and the production of butter in that great dairying 

 country cannot be increased until suitable cattle feed is imported from 

 America. That the yield is down to about one-half of the normal, 

 shows that even in Denmark— the greatest dairying country in the world ^ 

 for its size — large returns from cows cannot be procured without 

 suitable feeding; and, furthermore, that they are unable to pi'ovide all 

 the stock food required by them in their own country. 



Better attention to breeding, selection, feeding, and management 

 of our herds will result in increasing yields and cheapening the cost 

 of production. This will enable the higher rates for labour and all 

 other requirements of the dairy farmer being met. 



Yon — members of this Butter Factories' Association — can do a great 

 deal in inculcating these principles amongst your suppliers. They are 

 the foundation of the industry, and it is your duty to embrace every 

 opportunity to teach them. If the foundation is neglected, the per- 

 manence of the superstructure will be impaired. Our exports of dairy 

 produce will be increased and multiplied if you succeed in inducing 

 dairymen to increase production. In your respective districts you, to 

 same extent, are looked to for guidance, and if you are successful in 

 stimulating those engaged in the actual work of production, the industry 

 will prosper. 



Recently great developments have taken place in Victoria in the making 

 of other products than butter from milk. Not many years ago, efforts 

 were concentrated on the production of butter only; now, slightly more 

 attention is given to cheesemaking than formerly, whilst a considerable 

 pToportion of the milk is manufactured into condensed, concentrated, 

 and dried milk. Some of the dried milk is further treated and made 

 into infants' food. Large quantities of casein are manufactured from 

 skimmed milk and butter-milk, and during the year one company has 

 also started the manufacture of " milk sugar." Most of the milk turned 

 into these products displaces butter and cheesemaking, proving that it 

 has been more profitable to the dairymen to sell to condensories than to 

 butter factories. In other instances, the products supplement butter 

 and cheesemaking, thereby increasing the dairyman's return where such 

 by-products are manufactured. These innovations extend the horizon of 

 the dairy industry, ■ and a divei'sity of outlets for the product of any 

 primary industry means its firmer establishment. 



jSTow, concerning the part in the industry with Avhich you are more 

 directly engaged, . Yon will agree that there is room for improvement 



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