THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 47, 25 February 1929, Page 4

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

MORRINSVILLE RETURNS. j I'Hl-IMiMI'IN'AL IN<KHASES. i ■ 11"• •■ I •■• :;ra;ei—1 o.vg ijnrrespondenf 1 MOIvRINSVILLL. tins day. I \ ■■cii-.e,, ~yb,e r.dv.an, e .n produi.-tion I and payouto to eupplier.? in the Morrind.".i.e da-'t;-;ct ;> revealed ;u rue monthly :-.-t,ir:i.- fr-.ui m,-te.-h-s. The huuics appear p:ie.i,,mei:, l A'i-en .1 comparison .5 ui nie with bist yt.ar. leit it v, ,11 be recalled that .u -January, K'2 v; . rue droujr.it was at its and product.on v. m~ at a low XeverthtdefeS. uew- -ecords been estaoa.shed. md the payments made to -upplieii ale higher tiiau :oi a:iv due '...la. ij utertdl receiv.-d dui~:"i|Z • Januai." t: tr,e Morrindviile, L'aiua .rid Norfu.k 1 Mijtumaoiio 1 fact-ones amounted D.j 444.3fj1.b. compared with 312.111.b for January . I'J2B. an increase <■: 132.27i»!b. Of t,r- Morriubvilie contribute.i 2»8.Slolb • lS2.S\3."u 1, Tatua lU2.66Sib 150,3721b), ,iu.i Norfolk 32.5y8.b i43.N?7lbi. A correts-poii-\:ng advance :s indicated in cash pay- >.:>. which f...tailed £32.1'.)7. compared with £2u.f>W) last vear. the increase beini; x 11/117 ;'..-■ tiie I.ion'.l. "l'tie ti.L'urer. f.jr the season to date are even more arrest.r._'. and snow au increase in payout of i' 4.3.700 17 3. For the period • June 1 to January 31. the amount paid to suppliers totalled £ 184,.7.)2. compared with ii 138.891 for tiie same period in 1'.)28. The totals c,'. ::i,; individual tac tones ;.»r tiie citht uiotitiis' period are as follow, last year's azures being given 111 parf nt lies,-s: -- Mornnsviile. £ 1 17.233 1 t"BO.W.)i Tatua. £43.230 (£37.364!. Norfolk. £24.137 1 £20.1)171. These figures do nnor, ::n iude the N.Z.C.D.C. factories at Morrmsv.lle. Te Puninga, and Kiwitain. the returns of wdncli are not available. January returns for Morrmevuie factories are as follow, figures for January, 11)28. beinT given :n parentheses: —

Morrmsville.— Pouuds butten'at. •288,815 (182.8831; payout, (clear of cartage i. 1 o\i (1.3.i: total. £'20.750 12 7 (£11,427 Stii. Tatua.—Pounds huik. 2.545.412 i*212,012-J> ; pounds butten'at. 1.026.683 (85,3721: payout 16 I I si. Distribution, £7700 i £6<)47i. A penny bonus waa paid, winch brings "he payout to December to I 7 per ib. Norfolk i Mutuniaoko).—Hounds milk, 1.270..385 (1,078,938): test. 4.16 (4.00>; pounds butten'at. 52.505.4 (43.557.1 i: payout, 1 5(1 51; distribution. £3746 (£3lOOl. Sunny Park iTc Poi) .—Cheese: Pounds milk, 1.950,2()5 i 1.250.0481: test, 3.83 (3.77' i; pounds butten'at. 75.133.4 (47.244.6): payout. 16 tl 4i: distribution. £5635 I £3149>. Butler: Pounds cream, 17,650 (56.273 i: test 41.9 (38.3); pounds butterfat 7404.7 (21,559.7); ;>ayoiu I (1/2); distribution £354 (£1257'.

BAY OF ISLANDS. On February 20 the Bay of i.-i.utds Co-op. Dairy Company, Ltd.. paid out the sum of £10,000 for butterfat received during the month of .January. the advance being at the rate of 1/4 and l/4i per lb. The make of butter for January j?bow3 an increase of 20 tons over January last year, equal to 34 per cent increase for the month. The total make for the season to toe end of January, shows an increase of 62 tone over the same period of last season. KAIKOHE. With the oTijert o* rormirig a co-opera-tive dairy factory at Kaikohe, a meeting of dairymen from Taheke, Mataraua. Waiinate North, Remuera Estate, and Kaikohe was hpld In the Oddfellows' Hall. Kaikohe. Mr. H. F. CJ-uy, who presided, outlined the steps taken by the provisional directors to organise the suppliers in the area proposed to be served by the company, over "2000 cows being guaranteed. He also made a statement as to arrangements made bv the directors for their requirements pending the passing of the necessary forma! resolutions. Several questions were asked and safusfaetnrily answered, after which the resolution that a co-operative dairy company, limited, be formed with headquarters at Kaikohe was carried. The directors decided to put the erection of the factory in hand forthwith. Plan* and specifications are to be reoiy in three weeks, so that a contract can bs let and the factory ready to e tart with the new season on first of August next. Jt is the eorLsendu* of ojpinion that a suc.ee jsiul future is assured for the new project. Wihen the Bay of Inlands chaiisc? their headquarters from Ohaeawai—«ix miles away—to Moerewa—l9 miles away— on the east, the nearest factory —Motukaraka —on the weat will be 30 miles awa\ .