WHEY BUTTER

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13328, 30 July 1915, Page 8

WHEY BUTTER

A VALUABLE, BY-PRODUCT. l \ i IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR, 'DXIRV rAGTOJtUSS. The following lettei and iiccompauymg icpoit'handed'to its foi publication should piovo inteiestmg iii'mcw ot the to 10 establish the Waiaieka cheese factoiy Mi .1 R Scott, SI DA, Duncdin Dear Sn, —I enclose jou eppy of a lepoit on wltej at last night'b meeting oi,dueetoii ot this coinpain The icpoit was consuleied of sufilcient nnpoitnncc to wauant itfe. being rnado public foi tho bcnelit of ilnilMiien gcneiallj, and \ was dacctod to ask that >ou might cuculdiise it ih >oui monthl", lepoit It is, I be hove, the firstleonnected statement of how nlicS buttei plants i\oik out in small oi medium lactones, and maj assist many small factoues to tackle the business The dnectois would like if >ou could make use of it also tlnough tho Otngo papeis , I'eihaps inclination jou have fiom othei soinecs -would help to confinn what T have stated, and thus help fac tones t,o commence at once to saxo a lot of mono at picsent being -wasted -iYouis tilth, JOHN riSITER, Seciotnrj, Jnh fl, 1015 MTtriSnEE'SItEPOnT. Otaiilau, .InlyC, 191.") v The Channnn Olniitnu Coopeialivo Danv J'aelon Company (htd), Otnntnu Dpai Sh,—ln \'in' of the lmpoitant pnil the manufacture of whey bultei is going lo play in the supph of buttci i foi fnmih and lommeicml puiposts in New Zoaland, I hn\e piepated tho foi lowing stnlemenl of Hip iosl of instnl lation of Hip phnl\iml lha lesult of I working it for one ion at a our fac i torv Owing to the moio jitodlnble lesnl's > following the maiuitaetuie of cheese i instead ol but I pi, main bnttet factoues , thioiighout the Dominion aie being con r x ei ted into dieese lad ones This change will spuoush aflcct the qnantitj of buttci that will be available foi ex poit and home ponsnmplion, ind -will 1 tend to ineuMso the cost oi buttci to I he consnmei heie To meet the alteied ponditions Hip h lomedv lies in the installation of whev , butter plants at the ma]onty of clippsc factoues ' u\t tho picsent time these plants arc \ not installed to deal with moie than one third of Hid whey that is producod at the cheese fn< tones in Southland alone, so that a veiy large amount o[ 1 'money is being lost to the fnnneis who ' aie sending milk to tlfrso factories I Without having the exact figuies giv nig the intake ol milk at each inctoiv it is impossible to compile an exact 1 statement ot the loss Hint is being sus tamed,lbut, basing the ligutes upon the s expoit of cheese fiom Blnfl, it mav be 1 safelv compufed that tho Southland 1 cheese.factories would, turn out 500,000 '' lb of.whey butter.if each factory had " its plant. The exporienco. of, those facr toriei, which have installed the plant • is that tile whey-is reduced little, if 0 'nn'y, in value by the proaoss,' and is still available to the farmer for pig and '; calf feed.. .- ' .'''.. -' At Is per lz this output of butter re- - presents £25,000. ■'.-. <. The installation of tho ■ necessary 9 .plants was at'first confined to the throe . or four large factories, and consequent^ ~ ly the.cost to them would be greater, j as nioro elaborate and larger plants s were required. The figures available e so far have therefore not been-.pnrjicu-,r' larly helpful to the'medium.- and small 3 factories.' • Factories- havo: 'thoreforb'' ', ben putting in plants largely in the f dark as to cost. The ■enthusiasm .and v ungrudging services of the Dairy Divi0' sion staff in Southland has been largely h the that 'has operated in (1 rousing factory suppliers'to go for the j plants, and suppliers are under, a deep ~ debt of gratitude to these.gentlemen ~ for what they have done. ,1 The cost of installation is what sticks s many factories from tackling-the pro- „ blem, This largely depends on the 1 construction and room in the factory. ~ In yptir case yoii were hflmpeyed-ior n roqin-for.'carrying qii your -ordinary cheese-making, and consequently the in- „ croaslng of your building:was forced ~ upon you even if in the adding you had ~ not provided for biitter-ninking. n ' In the following:statement'the whole t cost of building additions has been put |! down to,butter■ plant, although a-largo e proportion of it. might justly be charged ~ to'cheese. ( When a factory, however, ' 0 has to erect a room-for butter-making, j. jt probably could not do so much ] ( cheaper even if it did not include in 0 the plan roonufor an additional cheeso 1 vat, as you did, so I have charged tho ut building to butter plant account, -if ir - a factory Is fprtnnnto cnoughtohave ~ room-already in its,cheese factory,, this „ item might almost wholly be saved. " : '■ £ ' s. d,. ( | Cost of building was-., .. 157 0' 0 e Cost. - of separator, churn, . ; butter-worker, weigher, • ][ tanks, shafting, pulleys, j] all plumbing and en■e ginpc'i'ing'wfii'k ti'l 'llP. I plant was startedwas ~; 24(> 14 0 ' s •: .Total-cost!building and n plant ;.., ~ .. ;. £lO3 14 0 lt This plant dealt with 200,000 gallons i 0 of milk, or rather the/whey from-that , e milk, and produced 7300 lb. of and could probably overtake, an inr i. crease of 50 per cent, in the'jupply ip wjtiinuii requiting to be added toS' .' ,1 .- The result of the season's working has ( , 'been:— ■~-. i(> ' ■ : ■ " £ s. d. £ ' s, d, l( l Income from' 7380 n ; lb butter ;„. ..." '■ ■ 35117 G s The expenses w ; erc— i f! -Wages.. .. .. ; 51 1 10 lfi -. Fuel,V material s - ■ and interest on . . ■'■ cost .;-,.-..■ 30 3711 ','■'•■ • — .01 2!) jt ..■' .... -.. 8. -: Surplus .. . £263 14 9

. < .* * j j >.A «'•: 'The \\hov„ from <each ,100 gallons of milk piodiuteil 2 84qb/of t kfter v ; j Tlio Biittoi Wns'solfl ni/bulk qii trucks at factoi Riding, -'anil ty supplipty done IP "i J/lb'.it |U -The demand appeals; to v f ho piuoticallyMmlufiitod, «, ,>S > ' * f, The Vet per lb flu, buttei in 296 d, tulctoi 3d. •• Supplied aie v as cage* to v get then quota of wliej back a£ter it lias had the but tei extiaCtcd from ibas befoie the plant was put dovnjaud flieso supplier asseit tint while the \vhc3 Whist its "Small pciecntage ot buttei'fjlt, and may theio ioie not be such a "good food, it has impfo\ed in othci dncctions by> its tieatmcut, and itself a healtliioi pioduct to' givo to stock; it is v much less liable to Foi the siuplus wlicy ovei and above what the supplieis take home with them the (ompanj has lecelved the same amount pei imnim as befoie it was sepainted » Duung the last si\ jears at least prac ticalh all faetoncß have, been built to a Government iceognised plan, with a two on thi co \at capacity Most of these factories have loom enough in them sehes foi holding the whey butter plant, and would theietoio not have to build It would theiefore appeal judicious foi all factones with an output of, saj, 41 tons upwaids of cheeso poi annum to senouslj considei the'meeting of whey buttei plants, , ,' , With an nmangoment lo supply then supplieis wjth butt'ci'nt ls'pci lb tho factones would matoimlly incicaso their intake of milk and piopoitiounloly 111 eicase then unite of cheese Supplieis would then delivei all then milk tinoughout the season instead of as at piesimt, holding back'sumVieut to make then own supph of butter at' home The buttei fat pajment lecencd from the faoloucs, which tins xeni has pro bablj auiaged at least Is 1 2d per lb, and dining next uar may bo confi death expected to be not jess than Is 3d, will be of moio value to tho farmer than holding back Ids milk and making Ins own buttei The increased supply of milk will reduce tho latlo of cost of manufactuie at (he factoiy, and will add to the quantity of,whey butter pto duped 11 would appeai that a factoiy turn mg out 011K r )0 tons of cheese might piofilablv add a whey buttei plant. If its building is laige enough without ad ditions such a facton would install a plant suflicienth large to cope with double ils piesont cipaeity of whey butlei foi C 230 at tlio most, and miglit expiet to pioduce 3700 lb of buttei at a cost nol exceed nig did pei lb So tint ox on so small a factoiy as I have named should make somefhingiike £l5O pei annum out of a product it 1 at pre sent is getting nothing out of. ' As the intuest shown in this problem among those dplpgntes who made a motol hip thiough Southland nl the ipconl Dam fonfeiencp was \eiy keen, I think that the lesult of \oui factory's e\peiionen might bo made generally known factones through the me ilium ot the South {lsland Dairy As,so nation's cnculai, and pei haps thiough the pi ess as well I 1 Tho fiims specialising in this class of business in Southland are Messis J. ' Manson and Sons, R B. Spoils, Wilkms 1 (Ltd), and J M MacEvren and Co, 1 (Ltd), and xoiu plant was installed b\ the two flist named funis Ti listing tins 111 foi Inatioii mav be of mteicst to >ou—Yoius tiulj, [ ' JOTIN riSIIER, Secietan