CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY COMPANY.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13250, 19 October 1908, Page 8

CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY COMPANY.

ANNUAL JIEETING. Tho annual meeting of shareholders ofthe Central Co-operative Dairy Company was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday afternoon. Mr J. Barnett presided, and there was a good attendance. In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, particulars of which have already been published, the Chairman said bo was very pleased to see so

many present, and he congratulated* the shareholders upon the successful -_&£ season just passed through. •■-Present'-_J* .indications pointed io tho-met that coming season would bo a vory pros-iJiS S porous one. Last season was a very *.% trying one for the company and all en. *-ttfgaged in the farming indu_trv. The dry J &-' weather affected Hie cows, and natural result was that thero was &' RSshortage of butter during the winter '"-ivV This was trying on the directors, and V"' equally trying on those who had milk during the- winter. Seeing the amount of. butter the company manu- '*#"• faetured during June, July, and August.' it was a very difficult task for the 'd£ '""V** rectors to give tho price which u 0 doubt suppliers felt they should haT© '£■'< received. There was a suggestion made that tho company should give up tha-'-'V local trade, and that they should form" S*themselves into an export company pura *- antl simple. This matter, he thought *,"'. would not be seriously considered. ! was perfectly satisfied that when company paid KK-1 throughout the sum- -;' mor it" would be impossible to pay a** - ' profitable price during tho winter.- U" X was impossible to realise profitably in *-'"- the winter when they paid lOd durinn *-."" the summer. The compaiiy had it£A duoed the mortgage during the Tear •."""" and had made some additions to their -. : - factory, which were much needed in, interests of the company. They had de- '*''/- cided this season to ship their output ""■' on their own account, and it would divided equally between London GUsgow. This, he thought, would gh-a M 1 *" them a bettor idea of the market. l u ,%t> regard to the Dairy Inspection Act, ho' had met a representative of tho Got-"* c ~ eminent and pointed,out to him if tho Government brought in any I ", stringent and harassing regulations iV.*" would upset the dairy industry alto. >' gether. He thought that tho Govern-"', •' ment did not want to deal harshly with •"- dairymen. If any inspection wasneces." - sary, it would havo to bo very modor- c ate. * y-< The report and balance-sheet were. & adopted. -„, Mr Evans moved that tho director!'*'.. take into consideration the auestion of J *- supplying tho town with butter dunne" r "' the winter. Tho motion was carried ti On tho motion of Mr J. Rennio, the *-'•- directors were recommended to ta_o'A'« into consideration tho question of pas- - r * tcurising skim-milk. Messrs A. McGregor, Jas. Spence. A;* *'!■,. E. Harris, C. Craighead. John Parkm- V > J'* son, John Nairn, and H. T. Chapmaa'; ',: wc-tp elocted to fill the vacancies on thu -t ** directorate. x ' ~ Votes of thanks wero accorded th» >*■ directors and staff for their work during tho year. ' '■;-