ELTHAM CO-OP. DAIRY CO.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2551, 27 August 1915, Page 10

ELTHAM CO-OP. DAIRY CO.

■ The twenty-third annual report of the. directors of .the jEltham;' Co-operative , Dairy Factory Company) Limited, : statesV.'Dnring theiyear we received and manufactured t3ie following:—Epr but- .* . tier-making, milk, 2.290,5911b.; butterfat,-, 85,366.191b., average test, 3.72 per' :■ cent; cream,. 56,4331b., butter-fat . 22.314.101b;, average', test 39.54 per cent. Butter 122,3561b., equal to 54 ■ tons,- 12cwt. lqr. ,241b. For cheese- : making,;' 38,501,9141b. ; . butter-fat, - 1,429,394.691b:, average testy \3.70 per . cent.; cheese. 3^88,4471b.—-1735 tons, 18cwt. lqr. 31b. -Cheese to lib. of but-ter-fat, 2.661b.mi1k to lib., of cheese, 9.761b. During the season tHe aver- - age price paid for butter-fat for cheese- : making was 13d., and the average price ' paid for butter-fat for buttor-making ■ was U.lOd. per lb. The balance . on ■ 'band makes it possible for your direc- - tors to make' a further payment of ': 5.81 d., which will bring the'total aver-' • ■ 1 ago up to 18.56 d- per lb. for the sea- '! BOn. ' ' . I ■ . '. Never has tiie demand for clear-headed ] Copstrnctive business been so i : '.urgent as it is right') now. We are llv- 1 .. . ing in a progressive age, and must take advantgae of all; up-to-dalte methods. It -, is in savings from waste of any descrip- . . tion that money is wade to-day. and by • concentrating one's efforts on all . details ■ •of our business we claim to be able to , . ! produce results for our many cream suppliers. We want more cream. C.m you supply us? Further particulars, Wanga nui Fresh Food Co. —A<lvt. ■ ' t So far there has only'been a slight ad- - : vance on the prices of the famous Victor ' "'..'Cheese Vats, and .factories are now or- 1 .. tiering in view;of.a possible further in- 1 crease. Various causes will shortly great-: i . ly increase the cost, but orders, received j . now will'.be delivered in rotation and at j present prices. Albert J. Parton, Carterton.—Ad vt. 1