MAKETAWA DAIRY FACTORY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 10

MAKETAWA DAIRY FACTORY.

■:.'''t&h% i^aE^BAß'S^WOßK;''.' "; "■ .-' ' v: ':. The annual -report/'presented: to shareholders >-;'.ef;..the : iMakotaw.a'Dairy : Company /stated that; "': : during -the-past season•■.the milk received was' V ; 6,876,2271b.;'and butter ■made 136". tons. lGcwt.' va increase: of ;five ; tons over the ;' preyious.' highest 'year's ■ 'supply. ; The average W weight to lib. 'of butter was 22.i41b., .'/■./and the'; average/'test 3,03;,: A further 7-lOths, /;- of ■'β-penny. dividend >.was" proposed,' arid the' = suppliers'.wouldv then ■have i :receiyed equal toV. 11 l-9d.';iperlb.;for,butter-fat...;;.. ■,-,,;% ;■. .'. . \ ;" . Tho'chairman, Mr. Brown, spoke , of thesuc- ' : cess d /tho factory during'the .past season, and : ;,.the saving' in the.;;amount of fuel'used, .due '';,to,tho , 'using of more' wood and; less coal. •Hβ /reported', that; oh' tho previous Saturday 'tliey • had sold-'tho season's , output to Messrs. Nathan ■ and.-,-Co;,;;-for :107 ; -Sd. : ■: /The suppliers, would. i, : , therefore -''Ret about IOJd. from' ;' the; beginning- '■',:'■ of i September .to. the end of April; :'•■ At present -/"th'oroi.wore"good; prospects.for tho.-jsomipc sea-, !:'- ;, .'e)tij ! .ivAX noH-j'and l in6st\u'p-to-dato conibincd' ■■'. churn'a'nd butterworker had been installed, and I' Vthismparitagrpat saying in time; and labour. ;He nlhido'd to tho.loss ,whicli tho factory had :V;eustaine'd,inclosing,.Mr.',G,.. L.. Johnstone,, but ,'. : ,'Temarked::that'fnpi to' ; Jtho\ present' the ' new; ■'{.■ ;managef..-(Mri Alec/ Johnstone) : had done; very •;'-:'.■: well. s!r. Brown thenstouched on the benefits ■'.; 'which Sthe. factories, ill ad /received through;'; the; ;"'• National ''Dairy: , Association. Tho; cost* oU ini- '..■ porting;-from Great .Britain had/becomo rnueh ■. rless, ,and on i.bastc ■ slag,. for instance, which i :j'-6olno..lbcal farmers imported ;dij-ect, a saving. ;,';,' of-ten shillings per ton resulted/'''Other' farm" .;.';necessaries and machinery: could likewise be '.i obtained- , Vwith. similar,-results. boon :■. j to' the'farmers and: to, the company'itself was' ,:-'-Ithe' butter, box , .:co.mpany.; : Since, its. advent > Or. the ■ cost >of ;vn\ikln*:vb6sc's.'::h'ad' been' -' Teduced' /;/;Beycral;tjence; and, .again,, farmers could, ';-, through its'connection with the dairy factory, ..'./obtain'timber at a.jnuch' : lower price. , :':■. '.Referring , to;, the: previous.. "dairy regula'.'tions,''':M.r'.:?B,rown'i,mebtionedthei, regulation! 'which, are soon , to come-into.force. The eys-:-.:tern: would;.start;from .'.■ the.ifactory.f ';.. 'plier. ■brosight;sßad;milkV'4hb':'.in'sVect6r : "wtnfd' /• /.be., authorised"to visit'the' supplier's farm, in:;;yestigate the/cause of the inferior supply, and ...' if improvements that "would ; ; pure, ...This was sure to. '.i be .amore/.populaf system -'than'lthe previous .■'; ~ o ne> ; -, - ';",: ' .,vjSl'; . , " -''.'■'■■'''■' ■'" ;:; - ■.':;;5. -i'-, . -, ! ;';;/?;:Messrs.':J?Bridgihan' and, were' ;.: re-elected .'''directors,. and. tho -chairman-' .'was ; ;granted':.an?.honorarium of . . '