ROSEVILLE DAIRY FACTORY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8112, 22 February 1888, Page 6 (Supplement)

ROSEVILLE DAIRY FACTORY

A NEW LOCAL INDUSTRY. We aro nh nil times pleased to be able to mark tho progress of new phases in the industrial development ot the colony. Recently a member ul our shift'visited tin: dairy factory at Uosevillo, m-iir .Sawyers' Hay, v.hciv :i very large ■aid commodious building" has been erected for the purpose of converting the milk produced in the dis(riot (which, by the way, is one of the finest in Otago) into cream, butler, and condensed milk. A more convenient site for a creamery could not have been found. It is situated at the bases of a well-wooded hill, and hns an endless supply of thoroughly pure water—the great iksitteratx.n in industries of this nature, whe.ro cleanliness is the great essential. The whole place is in tho most perfect order, and every part of its fittings, eugiues, boilers, &c, &c, with the exception oE tho milk separator (which has been imported), have been made in the colony. The milk is brought to the factory in waggons specially designed for the purpose, and the cans are hoisted up by menus of a lift to the upper stjruy, where the milk is put into a receiving can, ami undergoes the process of weighing. This is done by a beautifully adjusted machine, patented by the Buffalo Company, of New York. There are two of these instruments, and so carefuily are they adjusted that seven dill'erent lota of milk can be weighed at onoo by them, each being capable of weighing half a ton. Adjoining this compartment is the laboratory, where the milk is subjected to tho necessary tests before undergoing the process of condensation. After being weighed the miik is transmitted through tubes to tbi! retiring vats, of which there are two, of a rapacity of GOOgal eaoh. Theao vats are jacketed either for steam or cold water purposes, and in them the milk is very carefully strained, and after p iv>ing through a heater is depo.-ited in what is called a separator, where the cream is extracted and conducted to two cream vats, which are also jacketed for either hot or cold water. After biiug thus treated the cream is deposited in proper vessels, while the skimmed milk is li'fc perfectly svveer.and pure. Tbs wean; ij nei.t conveyed to a churn, which, although very simple in conduction, is most dlwncimts in its results, ar-A turns out buttur in something less than 'tomin in quantities of about ■lewt. Tue butter is then placed cv a patent table, designed by Mr F. 11. Aabury.of Dunedin. Thi< table acts on the rotatory principle, and thoroughly free; ihe butter from any imperfection, s.dt b.ing added at the same time if neces.-ary. After removal from (he drier, the lmttey is put <:n.lo s iio of iiie 0.-dhmry Henry butter-workers, where it is solidified, and then packed in tins for export. In another consi'.u-tmout there aro large vats in which the milk is deposited prior to being condensed. This milk is passed through, a large sieve or strainer covered by six lilys of cloth, so thfit all impurities are thoroughly removed prior to its condensation. This appears to be a very delic.ite operation, and a regular degree of heat must at all times be U-.-pt up. This is supplied by L:e:n:s ot v m-iUv; cf pipes leading from tho boilerhm:s'j. proper nppiiautra i.iv pio/ided for thoroughly clro.nbing the milk cans, butter' cloths, :.;;d Qtl'.sr u!i'»sil.s t aud the whole place is a pirfivr picture of cleanliness, well worthy o! a visit from pi rsor.s rfr.-iruus to see th' 3 industry. Afti-r ii:i: raillt for unndi-n.-ation has beeu in tho 1 Allies lor a cerUiti time it is put into J-"i oblong cms, and th.-^e are plunged into tanks of boil"^ water, which hz< [*;': ::"z;X or at oace drawing oil' thi.- various puies l.i iiio i.-iilk', which k lh-.'ii tootta, r.n.l if'found ail right is pas;cd through nuotlier .itraini-r, cml cuuveved to th.) co:i.!c:i.-in 3 pans, each of v.hich halds hboiit -I.OiJ ;;rdln]is, Thes;; pans are cunstrueleil ot tiiincil uoiiper. and (hated wish hot water. The moisture is finally drawn from the milk by means of au exkaiHi. fan, which is futmd to work remarkably well. After evaporation the milk is conveyed 'n the cooler, u:id finally packed in tins holding lib each. There is at Ihi: rear of t!:i:i eoniparlnnmt anothor large room, sirao 70ft long by :<;):t wi.'e, wliirh will be used for btoci room.-, tinsmith's (•n'jp.-, c". At present ti:e factory is in ii.s infancy, and thi re are only some six persons, with the manager, Mr 11. I). C. Man-, employed, but lh.it gL-ntlt.rnan informs us that he will shortly be in n position to employ at least 25 persons. No'.bing is (slii)w.-tl to go to wast-, aud the nvtrplus of the skimmed milk H conveyed by pipes to a neighbouring farm, the owner of which fattens his pigs upon it; so thai lovers of the porcine animal may be assured they are really eating "dairy-fed pork" if purchased from this person. It should be mentioned that, fully alive to the delicit.; treatment required, Mr Mr.rr has decided in luturefor export purj>oses to pack the butter in pa's of lib weight. These will be in-ck'-'.'d in cl.ith, with a coverini; of thin wood, and a mi:nl>.r of them packed in tin c.isrs so constructed that no waslo space will be found.

Hfioeipts. Expenditure, cent age. Ivawiikawii ,.. £ ;jf)5 7 1 ,C ;ili) 10 2 ijii-ul Wlmnipirei ... 190 9 10 121 ,r> !> iW.S.i Auckland ... 0,8.13 19 7 5,'.li'2 -i 5 78 7(3 Nnpier ... (i,4IU 11 8 2,801 10 0 »!» Wellington ... 7,21115 5 H.lIllOll 72-fin Wangaiml ... 0,(i'>5 11 i -I,:i7(i 0 8 Sll'lM Totala .,,Xi3J,7i,'; 1 a isliifin 0 7 70-3V M1UDLK litiANU, „ Hluft ... £57,519 8 4 £33,7-11 10 1 15733 Grc-vnioulh... 2,132 5) 0 I,;il2 18 3 5S171 ttt-atport ... I.Ufil 10 1 SSD 2 U 50-.')l Nc-luon „. 8f>r> 12 8 fiSl 11 0 S'i\S7 victim ,., 578 .( 3 ;iJo 11 11 107-10 Tolala .,, £112,137 10 10 JB32,lKi 15 0 C7'O3 Grandtotals.,. £f,2,8S0 12 0 £18,279 1 7 7010