HINUERA DAIRY COMPANY

Matamata Record, Volume XX, Issue 1855, 2 August 1937, Page 4

HINUERA DAIRY COMPANY

MANAGER’S REPORT In his annual report Mr. W. L. Hollis, manager, congratulated suppliers to the Hinuera Dairy Company on the fine class of cream sent in during the past season. Any trouble was largely caused by feed flavours resulting from the excellent growth of grass during the season.

There were still a few cases in which more care could be taken in cooling the cream and cleaning the cans. To complete the system for the production of good quality cream it was essential that cans and lids be thoroughly washed and scalded as soon as possible after receipt from the factory. That this was not always done was proved by occasional previous day’s cream dockets being found in the cream. For the coming Season the directors had decided to instal a can-washing machine, and this should help considerably. Nevertheless, the foregoing remarks in re- . gard to scalding the cans on the farm would still apply. As was usual cream tests had dropped during the winter months, due possibily to the addition of hot water to the milk, before separating. When this was done the separator screw should be adjusted to counter-act the addition of water and thereby avoiding the possibility of reducing the test to under 35 per cent, butterfat, for which there was a penalty of Id per lb. After separation, the cream should be. covered in such a way to allow, gases to.escape, but tp prevent the entry of rats and mice. With the present labour laws time meant money in the operation of the factory, and suppliers could help -in a large measure to reduce the extra cost to a minimum by having their cream out ready for collection by the carrier at the specified time. Five minutes wait for each supplier’s cream amounted to a lot in a day’s, run. Suppliers could assist by getv, ting their cream out promptly, pafyt ticularly on Sundays and for which double time was p#d, y ; It was pleasing to “mention feeling existing between directors, aiid'-the 'staff, ’as in his opibioh this excellent team-work wqs in no Small measure the reason why the factory was one of the foremost in New Zealand.

The report was very cordially received by those present.

MANAGER CONGRATULATED

Commenting on the report, which was read by the secretary, the ehair-r rnan, Mr. JV E; West, Said, that Mr; Hollis was at Massey College, where he had been asked to attend as an examiner, which was a distinct feather in his cap. Continuing, Mr. West pointed out to suppliers that successes gained by Mr. Hollis were as followp in competitions open to members of the New Zealand Managers’ Association: Butter Judging; W. L. Hollis first and silver cup valued at £ls 15s. Cheese judging: W. L. Hollis, 97 points, 3. In the competition for the best box of butter, open to all factories in New Zealand, and taken from cold store prior to grading, Hihuera had come third with 94.7 points out of 25 entries. The winner, United, secured 95 points, and Taihape, which was second, 94.8 points.

They were proud, continued Mr. West, of the work done by the manager and staff, which was largely re-* sponsible for the yery fine position the company was in to-day.