RAHOTU DAIRY CO.

Opunake Times, 1 August 1947, Page 3

RAHOTU DAIRY CO.

ANNUAL MEETING DROP IN PRODUCTION A production decrease with a resultant rise in costs were announced by the chairman, Mr. W. C. Green, at the annual meeting of the Rahotu Co-operat-ive Dairy Company Ltd on Tuesday. Considering the season, the year's working cf the factory was satisfactory. Suppliers should do their ut« most to maintain production, be cause it was obvious that the average costs must increase with less turnover, he said. The decrease was 62 tons of cheese a.nd six tons of whey butter, while dairy butter increased' by 14 tons. Average total payouts with the addition of farm costs allowances were 23.763 d for cheese and 21.914 d for butter. Withoul farm costs they were 18.602 d for cheese and 16.749 d for butter. Messrs. W. C. Green and W. E. Hopkins were re-elected to the directorate Diesel to be installed It was decided to install a diesel engine for the running of plant, probably for trie new season. Mr. T. Wilcox stressed that next year electricity shortages would again prevail, and he suggested that the company should consider his proposal ol installing its own generator. Then the company, in the event of power cuts, could switch over to its own turbine and continue normal production. The chairman, Mr. W. C. Green, said that the directorate of the company had investigated the position and had decided to purchase an engine to drive the factory plant in emergencies. Statistics for the year, with corresponding figures for the 1915-4 C season in parentheses are: Number of suppliers, 73 (72); total costs to f.0.b., 3.753 d (3.532 d). Cheesemaking: Pounds of butterfat, 1,012,503 (1,065,165); average-butterfat test of milk, 4.64. (4.60); cheese made, 2,513,060 (2,653,532); average grade of cheese, 92.375 (92.270); milk grade percentages, first 97.34 (97.60), second 2.66 (2.40). Butteimaking: Pounds of butterfat, 148,793 (121,133); average butterfat test, inilk 5.25 (4.82), cream 38.47 (38.52); butter made 180,118 (147,202); average grade of butter 7 92.487 (92.827). Whey butter: Butterfat recovered from whey expressed as a percentage of the total "butterfat received for cheesemaking, 5.25 (5.84); pounds of Whey butterfat received from Kahui factory, 11,257 (14,087); whey butter made, 76,7761 b (91,5601 b); average grade of butter 88.983 (88.794). /OPUA ROAD DAIRY GO. BUTTERFAT INCREASE A good attendance of shareholders was recorded at the Annual meeting- of the Opua Road Dairy Company, which was held in Mr. A. J. Brennan's offices on Tuesday. The Chairman, Mr. G. Feaver occupied the chair.' In moving a motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late 8. R: Feaver, Mr. T. H. H. Sinclair referred to his work as a director of the company for many years, and the splendid services rendered to individual suppliers and farmers of the district. c 'Dur intake of butterfat for the past year shows an increase of 2 per cent in spite of the unseasonable weather experienced," stated Mr. Feaver in his report. The cheese make increased by 6f- tons, while 3,430 crates were exported as compared with 3,338 last season. Cheese graded finest decreased from 1,518 crates (45 per cent) in the previous season, to 962 (28 per cent). The final payment to suppliers continued the report, would be 18.4073 d per lb. fat, which' together with Farm Cost allowance already received, makes an average payment of 23.5813 d per lb fat for the season. The chairman concluded his report by extending sincere thanks to the Manager and Staff for their good work during the season, and to co-directors for their conscientious attention to the business of the company. Chief items in the statistics were, (last years in parentheses') : lbs milk received, 5,092,675 (5,111,557); lbs of butterfat from milk, 226,349 (221,672); average test 4.44 (4.33); cheese made, 247 tons 16cwt Iqtr (241 t 0c 0q); average grade of cheese, 94.58 (97.63); milk grade percentages, first: 94.58 (97.63), second: 5.41 (2.36). /(Continued foot of next column)

The . directors were re-elected as follows: Messrs. G. Feaver (Chairman), T. H. H. Sinclair, H. McCann, J. R. Feaver, and R. B. Bowman. Mr. E. K. Cameron was also re-appointed Auditor for the ensuing year.