CAPE EGMONT DAIRY FACTORY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 569, 26 July 1909, Page 10

CAPE EGMONT DAIRY FACTORY.

;t Tho ..twelfth: annual report-of ! tho 'Cape' Egmont Co-operafive- Daia'y r -Company ''(of v. J Juch Mr.-11.'''Fleming is cb'airman,'Sir. ;AV. T) Guild manager, and Mr: W.'H. Keosberiy secrotaiy) states that tttio'amount'of'milk' ■received for nine, months .mas' ,7,179,6391b.,' 'being 161,3921b. , more- than-in- tho'previbus twelve . moni'hs. Shareholders received: "an a-yerago of 12.56 d. ■ per lb. butter-fat. delivered ..it the cheeso factoid, ,o-r l an , ayGrago,'of 12.45 d. for- butter-fatX,delivered at.'.,bath cheeso and butter factories, boi-ng t J;22d; rinore than: in the previous season,; a.nd,.the, highest price on record in-the factory in his-; t-ory. The. report gives the rfolloraig particulars of quantities 'and averages:— , Milk received at cheese factory ..'. ■ G,635,i721b. Milk received at butter factory' ' ..'. 544,1671b. Butter-fat total (cheeso aiid butter ; , y >"■ factories) ■..:' :'.:.'•':!.' y\.['' 278;8531b. Average test ... .„' ... ..- ■ , 3.88 Cheese made (factory weights). ' ... .654,0271b. Selling weights' (shrinkage de- ' . ! ducted) ... .... ... ... 634,4501b: or 283 tons.4cwt. 2qrs. 2Glb. Butter made ... .... ...,!;.... 23,4G51b. -, An average of -2.531b. cheese (factory weights), or ,2.431b. (selling weights), were made from lib. butter-fat.-. , . .-■;..•■• Cost of manufacture of cheese; at fnc- ■ . ■'• tory, packed, selling weights ~.'. ,686 d. Cost of manufacture, of cheese, and • placed f.o.b. ~ ..';'. , ... '-. ... ...:.... .859 d.' Average pripe of, cheese received f.o.b. ■ 6.025(1. Net prico for clioese received -. , S.IGGd. Average price paid per lb. butter-fat • (cheese factory) ... ... ... ... 12.5Gd. Average price paid per lb.; britter-fat. ~ (butter and cheese factories)...' ... 12.45 d. . After paying "advances on milk ."■ received,, tilwr-i remains a gross balance to credit of £891 -3s. 6d., of which, after deducting £193. 2s. 6d. for, depreciation, £605 19s. Id. Cred-it-ed to aliareholders as final advances, and 5 per oent. dividend on paid-up shares,(£66 os. 7d.), .ttiere remains a-credit balance of £26 ]s. 4d. to bo carried forw-ard. : During tho past nine months 743 jiow shares weTe allotted. An'"alteration of the articles of association/reducing the amount of butter-fat, per sh.iro enabled tW financial position to bo strengthened by the allotment- of a largo, number of shares. Mr. James Rutherford is tho retiring, director'. ' '.' ■ -■ • AT LOGGERHEADS. EXPERTS AND A SMALL INSECT. .Mr. Compere,, the. .Stat-o. Entomologist of Western Australia, is. well-known ''as an exceedingly keen, believer iu tho usefubiess of "the natural .enemy" as a cure for. insect pests. It was ho who dug up into prominenco tho peculiar little'black ichneumon fly, which we.ha-vo lately had liberated.jn Now Zealand orchards by the Goveninient, to help ua combat the codlin-moth.', But, ou the

other liiiiid, Jfr. I'Voggntt, Stale Kntomologist of New Smith \Yalcn; is 1111 equally keen buliovor in lliu utter liscle.'isnmis of all Mr. Compere's theories. A sort of word-warfnru hasbeen going on between Ihoso two for over a year punt, and, in the course of llio battles, a sjwar-prick Imih at lust renched our friend Air. liouoher,< poniulogist to tho Nortli Island of Now Zealand. Mr. J'W gatt, itappears-, lately Loured llio worm, partly in' , tho footsteps of Mr. Compere, investigating liih goings-on. In one of his reports recently. issued, written in Amorica,

lio says: "In Air. liouclior's report, on his return to New Zealand with the colony of parasites (of tho codlin-moth), it is stated, a 'number of parasites were liberated in an "'orchard in Sonoma County last season, This orchard Imd not been ijnrayod for. some lime, and tlio moth was rilo —in fact, I wan informed that the percentage of clean fruit was nil; yet during tho Benson following Uin-lib-eration of tli<i parasites there, was an appreciable percentage of fruit freo from themoth. .This season it was reported to. the State Board of Horticulture that the parasites wcro present nr the, orchard in largo numbers, and investigation' proved that, the rojiort was'correct.'. "Now , l.was in California a year later than Mr. Boucher's report, but none' of , Ihc olficors of tho State Board of Horticulture could tell me anything about this orchard, or show me parasites in tho..orchards in any part of Calilornia. Mr. Boucher's informs-, tion. was evidently second-hand. I can , unhesitatingly state that'-no- parasite, of the sizo of this parasite is of any commercial value to the orchardist in checking codlinmotli. It is so. big that every insectivorous bird can capture it;, and so , slow that it gives; the birds allj.-kirids .of chances j and, lastly, it has dono no. good in its'native European homo," .•'■■' Mr. Boucher will no doubt havo a ready answer for Mr. Froggatt. • .■ .'■'■■,■ '•'.;■

...- SUCCESS WITH THE-PIC-■. Next to the cow (says a' practical farmer) no livestock has done to much during tho past: teh, years. to .lift- the farmers of Australasia out of-their financial' difficulties as the pig. In all sorts of conditions, in good •seasons and bad seasons, there has always been money'in pigs. It. requires hut'little capital to make a start in an industry that begins-to pay dividends in a'fey/ months.. From .0110 to four sows will be a. good start, considering'the'rapid jncreasb'of'this animal, and their progeny will bo ready to sell as suckors when-four to six weeks old, and as porkers when four to five months old. But .wo. must admit-that allmen .cannot become successful pig-breeders' any m'oro than all men can become creat artists. -This is well, because'if they could, pigs would soon be :too.numorous to be profitable. It has been said,-.'and comes near being, strictly. !tr'ue, that tho true; pig-breeder is. born, not made.■'. Lfp hire,a-good, man to look after 'pigs is, ;next to impossible, and: to teach .one.' is. so; "difficult' that--.it borders at least upon the ini--possible. . Tho interest 'arid-., incentive . of , ownership ..seems, to bo-necessary ;to' . the. making of a .successful swine-grower... Self-, .interest- may teach, him .habits of observation that ho will learn aro absolutely neces-: sary to' success.. But it may bo said in this, connection, that it is doubtful if a. man will, study pigs, watch them, and'be-as mindful of : . tljem all the "time as maximum success, with them'. demands,' unless ho likes the business . of" pig-rearing, and has a certain ■ admiration and regard for .these, animals. The, matter, of observation is a-,'very important one. Through it the breeder knows ■whether the kind'.and quality; of food gjyenis producing tho best results, .or is. not producing bad Jesuits; ho kriows whether or. 1 not a constipated-condition, is leading to! ultimate sickness, "-'and''possibly-death j and the considerate feeder will'quickly sec that clean-\ and well-ventilated-. houses are conducive to thrift and Consequent cheapness 'of production. . In 'conclusion, it may be: said, that .-invariably-; a'.'jjian- ylio "sticks, by t'ho'pig", in' all respects,', sticks by. it ..daily as lyollas from soason.\to : ( cqason. or ;year by year,, finds nothing : t6/regret',in-the: long run, ■ but, on' the: contrary,': finds a-..fiiio, ?redit balr'a'rico" in' the-•pig'!si'fa,voui ; : pa-the farm ledger.

" FARMERS' UNION CONFERENCE. .....This year's annual'conference of.the.New 'Zealand Farmers' Union will begin at Wel-■lington'to-morrow. An,extensive list of subjects, outlined in The Dominion on July-3,' will bo dealt with during the several days of the conference.' .' ■ •• ■" . . : -