MATAWHERO DAIRY FACTORY.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 225, 22 November 1888, Page 2

MATAWHERO DAIRY FACTORY.

Is connection with the allusions made above to the subject of dairy farming, we must not omit to refer to the local opportunities which may well be taken advantage of. The Matawhero Dairy Factory was re-opened yesterday morning, under the superintendence of Mr Caldwell, whose excellent reputation is well known in the district. The success of the factory now depends solely on the milk suppliers themselves, and they should, in their own interest, make a strong effort to keep the factory going. The factory has secured an unlimited market for its cheese, and with a full supply of milk will be able to turn out over £2O worth of produce a day, or from £l2O to £l5O worth a week. With a splendid grass season, and general scarcity of cash, the settlers would be guilty of worse than neglect if they did not do their best to have the factory well supplied with milk. The milk suppliers are to be paid monthly, the proprietor taaing all the risk of success with the cheese. The prices per gallon are—--10 per cent., 211; 9 per cent., 21,'i; 8 per cent., 2|l. Under the previous system of working the cheese was kept in stock four months before it was exported, whereas it has now been discovered that six weeks is a sufficiently long period, thus requiring only about fourteen weeks from the time of manufacture until the cheese is placed in the Home market. From Canada it requires only five weeks, but there they have the disadvantage of a shorter season. The proprietor of the Matawhero factory offers as high a price as possible for the milk, and it will be the settlers’ own fault if they do not make the best of the advantage.