GENERAL FARM NEWS.
;. ; ; Th'o- Post" estimates that on * Jajiuary 20 tho factories' in the' immediate ■ noighbourhood-of-,Stratford banks paid'oiife •: no,less than £21,200 to milk suppliers'. Theso same factories during .'tho '■ height' ,of:, tho [" : ' season pay to thoir employees an aggregate of between £700. and £800 per month for ■ wages.. . , .Mr. T. L. Joll paid out £13,336 2s: iod' ; for : '■ i'the, month of December, being at the rato'of ' ' ■c4i pol ' b " -buttor-fat.- It is stated that'' " if. thero had beeiV a favourable sehson- pay* ' nients would have' been fully 20' per cent. • I more.' Tho payment is claimcd' as a record for any dairy concern in New Zealand except laien l'eninsulai, :Duriedin, and Dairy ' • sociation, Auckland; : <; , • ' ~' /■ The general committeo of the'Feilding. Ai ■ and P. Association ,-will meet next Fridny at (.30 and mako filial arrangements for the snow. * . . Sheep and lambs are reported to be coming to tho freezing works m larger numbers than usual just n'ow, and in poorer quality. Farmers'are-reducing stock on account of the diminution of feed.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080129.2.3.6
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 107, 29 January 1908, Page 2
Word Count
168GENERAL FARM NEWS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 107, 29 January 1908, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in