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were received from London, and, under such circumstances, would be compelled 
to shut down. All agents consider the Government brand a guarantee for 
good quality. ; f 
In concluding, I maintain that until the factory managers insist upon 
receiving nothing but a good quality of cream, and exercise more care in 
ripening the. cream, we shall always have mixed grades of butter in every 
shipment. 
QUEENSLAND BUTTRR. 
Tue dairying industry is steadily advancing in this colony. Every year sees 
an improvement in the dairy herd, and the time is close at hand when the cow 
which at its best yielded six quarts of milk a day will be amongst the things that 
have been. Most farmers are now clear on the point that it is better to pay £10 
for a cow which will yield twelve quarts of rich milk than 30s. for an animal 
which will yield only four or six quarts. They are also becoming alive to the 
necessity of careful feeding and housing and of cleanliness in the dairy. What 
they are, however, not sufliciently alive to is the necessity for co-operation, to 
ensure a proper return to the milk-producers as well as to the factory 
proprietors. Jn all trades there are certain to be unscrupulous men. Such 
things as the blending of inferior butters and selling the blend as first-class 
factory butter have been heard of in some countries, thus depreciating what 
should be one of the most valuable articles of export. Qucensland factories 
are gaining a good reputation for turning out a first-class article, and we 
are assured by Mr. Mahon, who examined and branded the butter despatched 
to London on the 1st December by the s.s. “ Gulf of Taranto,” that the whole 
of it was of most excellent quality and would command a high price in the 
English market. Denmark is our great rival in the trade. With only a few 
days’ sea-voyage against forty days from Queensland, their butter must com- 
mand a higher price, as butter which is kept for a protracted period loses some 
of its rich creamy flavour. We shall await with interest the result of the 
present shipment, which consists of the best samples yet forwarded from the 
colony. 
ma) EXPORT OF BUTTER, 
The following are the details of the export of butter during the month of 
November, under the provisions of the Meat and Dairy Produce Encourage- 
ment Act, to ports outside of Australasia :— 
Net Weight. 
1897, Ib. 
Boxes. 
Noy. 10—Lowood Creamery Factory Company .., Sore LOD Reet! O75 2, 
Noy. 16—Happy Valley Butter Factory... es --- 280 .., 15,680 
Lowood Creamery. Factory Company ..; on 2UUL oy TLL HIG 
Nov. 26—Silyerwood Butter Factory Company pees | (ieee 1 O00) 
Noy. 80—South Brisbane Butter Factory 
Donald Bros. wee ate eee ors mt 
Queensland Model Dairy F.F. and 1.0.8. Com- 
a ans Ge a BID 
61 ... 3,416 
pany, Limited - 601 ... 33,656 
North Ipswich Butter factory... 9... 260... 14,560 
Silverwood Butter Factory Company .. 850 ... 47,600 
Central Downs Dairy Company ... a cor UBT) a, = BEKO) 
Lowood. Creamery Factory Company .. ... 297 ... 16,632 
Happy Valley Butter Factory .. =... =, 998 ... 16,688 
3,264... 182,924 
Tons cwt. Ib. 
Or, say 81 13 28 
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