MR. McCALLUMS REPORT ON DAIRY FACTORIES.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —FRKSS ASSOCIATION.] Wellinotox, Wednesday. Mr. McCallum has finished his report on dairy factories in the North Island. He states that their condition is by no means so satisfactory as is desirable. Amongst the causes of financial failure are insufficiency of capital at the commencement of the enterprise, unnecessary expenditure on buildings, and want of management. The principal drawback to the perfect working of the establishments are irregularity of milk supplies, many of the suppliers preferring to make butter on their own account as the season advances and prices rise, and insufficient attention given by dairymen to the cleanliness of utensils and milking sheds. He favours working these factories on co-operative principles. Mr. McCallum recommends the Government to reduce the railway rates on this produce, and have specially-constructed trucks for its conveyance to ports.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9164, 20 September 1888, Page 5
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