DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20352, 5 September 1929, Page 11

DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

THE SUNNY PARK COMPANY.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

BUTTER FACTORY TO BE ERECTED [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] MATAMATA, Wednesday. The annual meeting of the Sunny Park Co-operativo Dairy Company, Limited, Te Poi, was held yesterday. During the past season the output was 611 tons of cheese, 33£ tons of butter, 14J tons of whey butter, while 33,0361b. of butter-fat in cream was sold.. Payments made during the year to suppliers for butter averaged Is 4.76dJ irrespective of grade, and for cheese Is 5.94 d. The balances yet available for bonuses represent 1.36 d per lb. for butter and 1.88 for cheese. A dividend of 5 per cent, was also paid on paid-up shares. In reviewing the season, Mr. C. A. Stopford pointed out that in 1926 the sum of £6123 was owing to the bank, to which £354 was paid in interest. This year there was a credit balance of £1316 and only £42 had been paid in interest. The chairman suggested that the time had como to erect a . butter factory apart from, the cheese factory. This could bo done by'taking in the present machinery at its book value of £1250, crediting this amount to ■ the cheese side arid charging it' to butter costs. A new building to house the plant was estimated to cost £ISOO and additional machinery and repairs at £347. After a lengthy discussion, the proposal to erect a new butter factory was adopted with only three dissentientu. It was stated during the meeting that standardised cheese had proved a great success and that the company's policy of waxing the cjheese was also most profitable anrl did not affect sfiles. Through waxing cheese tlie shrinkage had been reduced from 3 per cent, or 4 per cent, to about 1 per cent., and so long as the wax was applied tliinly and carefully there were no complaints. The chairman remarked that without waging the company could not have held its cheese a3 long as .it.had done in London. A bonus of £SO was granted tho manager, Mr. Madsen.

PRODUCTION IN NORTH. WHANGAREI AND EODNEY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN COI.RESPONDENT. ] WHANGAREI, Wednesday. The output of tho Whangarei. Co-opera-tive Dairy Company for August this year was 60 tons 19c\vt. 3qrs,, against 56 ton 3 2cwt. lqr. for August, 19i!8. The Rodney Co-operative Dairy Company's output for August was 10 tons 18cwt., compared with 6 tons 17cwt. in" August, 1928. The total output for the season to August 31 has reached 17 tons 2cwt., an increase exceeding 50 per cent; over tho figures for. the corresponding period last year.

POET ALBERT FACTORY. GOOD START FOR SEASON. [BY, TELEGRAPH.—OWN , CORRESPONDENT.] .. PORT-ALBERT, Wednesday. An. excellent start for the season has been made by. the Port Albert Co-opera-tive Dairy Company. Duri:.ig August 13£ tons of butter were made, compared with 11$ tons in August, 1928. For the three months ended August 31 21£ tons were made, an increase of about four tons over the same period of last yoar. Conditions have riot been favourable this winter for dairying, tliere having been a good deal of cold, windy and rainy weather. Fortunately a large amount of hay and ensilage was madu last summer and in most cases the cows have como in in good condition. < As is usual at this tim* of the year there is a scarcity of. store and wearier pigs and a number of dairymen have had to throw their skim milk away. Prices have been payable for porkers and baconers during the latter , part of the season, and any farmers who have been able to carry their pigs through the winter have done well.

TOKOROA CHEESE FACTORY. PREVIOUS OUTPUTS EXCEEDED. Another record year for production is disclosed in tho tenth annual report of the Tokoroa Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Tho output of cheese for the year ended July 31 was 295 tons, an increase of 66 tons. Quality was well maintained and of the 3631 crates graded for export 71£- per cent, had been graded as finest, 25 per cent, as first and 3£ per cent, as second.

Owing to two good f.0.b., sales having been made covering the whole of the season's export output (August-November, 9£d, and December-June, {ld), the sales figures made a good showing. The average advance payment mado to suppliers for the season amounted to Is 6.71 d per lb. butter-fat. As export stocks at July 31 had since been realised and mediums were taken in at a conservative amount it was possible to make a final payment on the season's butter-fat of l£-d per lb., bringing the total up to Is 8.21 d, compared with Is last year. Extensive alterations made to the factory and plant had increased the capacity of the factory from three to. five vats, which should tend toward the more economical working of future milk supply. The statistics incorporated in the bal-ance-sheet showed that the company bad 25 suppliers with approximately 1200 cows, the average quantity of butter-fat supplied per cow being 2001b. The average test was 2.71. Sales of cheese, together with the value of ;that in store, amounted to £24.891 7s 6d, and those of cream ,and whey cream to £BBS 19s Bd. A balance of £1696 15s B<l weis carried forward to the appropriation account. Tho retiring directors are Mr. A. B. Walker and Mr, F. F. Flavall, who aro eligible for re-election, and Mr. L. G. Hamilton, who is not seeking re-election, having left the district. Mr. T. J. Ryan is again offering his services as auditor.