DAIRY COMPANIES REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 7 July 1926, Page 4

DAIRY COMPANIES REPORTS.

RUAWAi. !!.r Tele^raj.li.— Own CDARGAVILLK. Tuesday. The annual report and balance-sheet nf the Ruawai Co-operative Dairy rompany, Ltd.. to be presented at the annual mt-et-ing on Monday, July 26, shows that the company made further progress during- the year ended May 31. During the year 467 fresh shares were allotted, making- a total of 9018. The advances to suppliers were:—Juno, 1/4; July to October, 1/5; November to May, 1/3. A sum or £1534 0/6 is available for distribution, which represents an interim dividend or id per lb on buuerfat supplied during- the months from November to May inclusive. A large portion or the output is still unsold. The output or the company continues to increase. A" total of 451 j tons or butter was manufactured during- the year, an increase of 22* tons over the previous year. The average grade was 92.2556. The number or suppliers was 123, nine less than the previous year. The increase in output should about compensate Tor the slightly reduced pay-out. The retiring- directors are Messrs. T. Wallace, \V. Mockert. F. Sterling and T. C. Pennell, all or whom offer themselves Tor re-election. mORRINSVILLE. At a meeting or directors of the Morrinsville Co-operative Dairy Company, it was decided to pay a interim bonus or Id per lb butterfat over the whole or the season's supply. The bonus will be made available next Friday, when £-5500 will be distributed. Thi advance payment Tor July was llxcd at 1/51. The secretary. Mr. J. L. Faulkner, and Mr. Forbes W'pst were appointed to attend the .National Dairy Association Conference at Wellington m-xt week. The results ol the herd-resting carried out by the MorrinsvllUe Dairy Company Tor the past season are a? follow:— Average for all ruw.-. 101.601b or butterTa: in 200 daj>, highest herd average. -Cs.Tsib in 233 days; lowest herd average. 113.311) in li: d3vs; highest yield for a cow. 540.3 41b in 250 days; lowest cow, in days. The cow which gave the hta-hpsl yield was an eight-vear-ojd Shortaorn. PORT ALBERT. The report to be presented at the annual meetinz jf shareholders or the Port Albert Co-operative Dairy Company. Ltd., at Port Albert on Saturday. July 24. states that 150 tons of butter were made during the yi-ar, an increase or seven tons over the previous season. Bearing m in.nd the generally unseasonable weather during the srreater part ol the year, ihu increase in output is very satisfactory. There was a rurthei substantial improvement m the qualm- of the butter manufactured and in the cream supplied. rue high average grade or f>3.15 points wa.- tamed, and only l per cent or second grade butter was made I a tlnai paymen; or ijd a ib on the sea"- - °.n,--. 5 -- supply win be made on July 2u .T^iJi 1 ", ,otal ***s>B l and larger boiler is being installed at an approximaie com of fioo r Two dirtctor... Messrs. p. c. G-jbb and .. E. TUompson, retire by rotation. The lorrner offers himself for re-election I The number or supplier;, hTTea;.--d rrom PI to on during the rear