Northland Dairying News; Bay of Islands Company Meets

Northern Advocate, 27 July 1938, Page 11

Northland Dairying News; Bay of Islands Company Meets

rpHERE WAS AN ATTENDANCE OF OVER 80 SUPPLIERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS CO-OP. DAIRY COMPANY. HELD AT OHAEAWAI YESTERDAY. MR S, W. SMITH PRESIDED. A notice of motion dividing the company’s area into three districts—northern, southern and central —for the purposes of representation on the board of directors, was carried overwhelmingly. Each ward will be entitled I to elect two members, who, together with an appointee of the Maori # race. | will form the directorate. All suppliers will have the vote, but candidates j nominated must reside within the boundary of the ward for which they are j nominated. The present constitution of the directorate is in accordance with that principle of geographical representation, which it is desired to retain. An amendment moved yesterday, that voting be confined to the shareholders in each ward, was defeated.

Smaller Output,

I Stock disease and loss due to the I adjustment of cream-collecting boun- | daides were mainly responsible for the I reduced output of the company, stated the chairman. "The year’s output ended with a fall jof 41 tons, when compared with the preceding season,” said Mr Smith, "This was, of course, affected by the [ adjustment of ■ boundaries, which came into operation on June 1, 1937. Under this, we lost about 29 tons of butter. Our make, however, up to the end of January was just about equal to that of the 1936-37 season. But from February onward the falling-off was very noticeable, owing, in a largo measure, to the stock disease. i j H i£h Quality For Local Market. j “In quality we did well. A larger 1 amount of the finest butter was taken for local sales, but, despite this, our average grade of export butter rose 13 points. “In the 1936-37 season we had 540 suppliers, with an average production of 4653 lbs. butterfat. During the past season we had 588 supplier's, with an average production of 4144 lbs. butterfat—a drop of 509 lbs. per supplier. The effect of this larger number of suppliers tends to increase working costs.” Bobby Calf Pool. The chairman went thoroughly into the question of bobby calf collection and disposal, and, after a'full discussion, the directorate was asked to proceed with the formation, of a pool. This j will be handled by the director's, and j calves will be sold on the hooks to the best advantage. A scheme similar to this was outlined previously by circular, but the response then received was insufficient to justify the directorate in taking the necessary steps. Freezing and Price. The chairman of directors of the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company, Mr S. G. Worsp, was present, and his remarks regarding the necessity for farmers supporting their own cooperative works were fully endorsed by the suppliers. A recommendation that the board contribute 6d. for each ton of butter manufactured towards the funds of the compensated price campaign was carried, after Mr A. E. Robinson had addressed the meeting.