WAITAKI DAIRY COMPANY

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13170, 7 October 1914, Page 3

WAITAKI DAIRY COMPANY

The following annual tcpoit has been issued to tho cicamsupphois by the Waitaki Dany Company, Ltd.: —- "Wojmvo plenum o in lupttiting Hint the 11)1.11W11 season'!) opoiatioiis pt}i Waitalu Dany Company. Ltd,/ have been siicecsslul ami Biititifuetoiy _ in etoiyiwiy, The cold, wot spiiug was* inoiu tlin 11 compensated foi by,tl|e good autumn, uo the uvoiago lctiiius foi' tho )c.u wciolugli, \

"Tho output foi tho two lactones, (Duiicdiu anil Oamaru), ic.iclied GOO tons—.i ictoid, being, 200 tons nioio tlinn tho picvious )c.u, which speaks well for tlio populanty of tho sjstcm introduced by Waitaki Dany Compau> Wo sold n luige poitioii of om bnttor on the local muikot, and c\poitcd the b.ilnnct. All lipoits on qunlitj—louillj and at Home— uero excellent, and ut ie.iliscd top puces thioiighout. Tlio stnko in tlio cul) pint ot the j tai uuscd a little inioincuionte, .mil uns iippaiontly lesponsiblo foi viuts ot New Zealand pioduco dioppmg to a low hgtuo on the London mmket. "Jn spite of these diawbacks wo paid a recordwiverago prieo for butter-fat, namely 12Jd per lb for tho year, which is a fraction higher than tho proyions year, and the highest avorago' price ever paid in Otago, in comparison '/with price of butter on tho London market.

"A year ago wd doubled'the capa-' city of our Onniani factory, and this year wo wore' obliged to double tho size of tlio Duiicdih factory, to. cope'.with tho continually'growing business. '■' "The prospects for the coining season nro good, We do not expect any dillicultics from the war iir marketing butter, and we anticipate that prices generally will be well maintained. "Large numbers'of new suppliers are starling! or ■have started, and old ones arc mostly increasing. their herds, so that we expect a further large increase in turnover this year."