FACTORY MANAGERS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 March 1926, Page 14

FACTORY MANAGERS.

\Y AX'O a N l;X CON E Eli EN C K. Referring to the recent couierenee of daily factory managers at Wanganui, the Mamvwatu Standard pays a glowing tribute to tlio managers. Inter alia, tl'.e Standard states: “It is not too much to say that the country generally and the dairy farmer in partrcular do not realise to what extent they are indebted to dairy factory managers for the high standard of butter and cheese made in New Zealand. Theirs is one of the few unions working hand-in-hand with capital with the object of mutual benefit. There is no ‘go slow' policy about the factory managers •'-seven full days a week,’early and late, is their portion throughout' the flush of the season, and particularly in t hristmas week. Their object is not to see how much they can squeeze out of the dairy companies, hut to give a quid pro quo, and) right well they do it. All their deliberations were indicative of loyalty to their employers and pride in their work.” An important point emphasised at the conference was the marked improvement in the quality of the cream <

J now being sent in since the system of farm instruction has been working. In many cases the cream has been raised ! from distinctly second grade to superhue, with a corresponding improvement in the resultant butter, and is very gratifying to the factory manager, as Veil 'as creditable to the farmer and instructor. Rut that there is still room for improvement was stressed by ’.Mr. Hull, president of the association, who remarked that on ,his way to the conference he was disappointed to see some cans of cream standing out on the roadside exposed to the sun and dust. This savours of “spoiling the ship for a- ha’porth of tar”; all the care taken on the farm and in the separating is soon nullified by such carelessness, and those whom “the cap fits” should see to it that not another day passes before they have a proper stand erected which will shield the can from the sun. An ordinary packing case with holes drilled for ventilation and stand ing on four legs will do.