DAIRY FACTORY REPORTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2997, 23 August 1911, Page 18

DAIRY FACTORY REPORTS.

! The output of cheese last season from tho Te Tua Co-operative Dairy Factory, Southland, was 124.2 tons, which was shipped on, ' consignment, and realised a satisfactory price. The price paid for butter-fat was llfd. The milk supply totalled 2,870,4961 b, which works out at 10.311 b of milk to the pound of cheese. The average "test wae 3.70. The amount distributed among suppliers was £5157 3s lOd. I The Wright's Bush Co-operative Dairy Factory, Southland, manufactured 115 tons, which realised per pound f.o.b. on being consigned, enabling Is per pound to be paid for butter-fa£, and permitting of a dividend of 6 per cent, being declared om the paid-up capital. The receipts from cheese sold amounted to £5640 4s 4d. The average price of the season's output of the Ryal Bush Co-operative Dairy Factory, which amounted to .78 tons, was sid per pound on trucks. The payment for butter-fat was Is per pound, and the direej tors recommended a dividend at the rate . of 5 per cent, on paid-up' capital, while : £IOO was distributed amongst milk suppliers ! in the form of paid-up shares pro rata. , The amount received for the cheese was £4087 14s 9d. The output of the Pine Bush Co-operative Dairy Factory Co. was CO tons, which, on being consigned, realised sgd on trucks. ; This enabled the directors to pay 1* yd per pound on butter-fat, to declare a dividend of 5 per cent, on paid-up capital, and to write "off 5 per cent, on building, plant, and machinery. The cheese sales amounted to £4146 2s 7d. i The Dale-field Dairy Company, Wellington, received during the past season 10,704,7461 b of milk yielding 415,463.721 b of butterfat, from which 1,057,941 b, or 472 tons, of cheese were made. The average test was 3.2. The quantity of milk required to make lib of obese was 10.111 b, and each pound of butter-fat made 2.551 b of cheese. The actual cash payment to suppliers is Is 5-16ths of a penny per pound of butter-fat—equal to 5.01 d per gallon of milk of A dividend of 6 per cent, was paid on the paidup capital, and £81.19s 3d set apart for depreciation, i The Featherston Dairy Co. during the season received 9,694,3961 b of milk of an average test of 3.80, yielding 368,7901 b, butter-fat- Suppliers were paid 12.65 d per pound. A substantial amount was expended on buildings and improvements. During the year the Cheltenham Dairy Co., Wellington,, received 7,386,0871 bof milk and—l4B,7B2lb of cream, these yielding 319,433.151 bof butter-fat. The average monthly test was 3.786. The total butter j manufactured was 379,4141 b. The price paid I to suppliers was lid for July and August | and 10ad for the remaining two months. I Owing to the drought the credit balance is only £284. and this amount has been. j written off for depreciation. Out of 12 i entries at winter shows the butter gained ! five first prizes, four seconds., two thirds, and one fourth. i The Kitawa Co-operative Dairy Company, ! Wellington, received during the past season ! 1,562,1471 b of milk yielding 57,755.191 b of j butter-fat, out of which 151,7831 b (672 tons) of cheese were manufactured, which works ■ out at an average of 10.201 b of milk to lib ' of cheese and 2.81 b of cheese to lib of butter-fat, the average test being 3.77 7>er cent. Owing to the abnormally dry season, the milk supply fell off very fast, consequently the output was some 12 "tons short of the previous season's figures. The profit and loss account shows a profit of £144 lis 6d, out of which the directors recommended an additional payment of Id per pound of butter-fat for September supply, and jd per i pound of butter-fat for the rest of the ' season, making a total of per Bound I for the whole season; also a dividend of 6 per cent, on paid-up capital.

AGRICULTURAL SHOWS. At the Agricultural Conference at Wellington Mr Edwin Hall, of Auckland, road a paper which was highly thought of by delegates on agricultural show matters. Complaints were frequently made, said Mr Hall, that agricultural associations had devoted too large a share of their attention to the running of agricultural shows, and that though shows were of great educational value and did much to improve the breeding of stock, the running of them should not be the sole aim of an agricultural But, he added, it was no uncommon thing for officials, when canvassing for new members to receive refusals on the ground that "they take no interest in show matters." Mr Hall proceeded to indicate briefly a few methods of working that had proved very successful in other countries, a.nd wlrch he thought might with advantage be adopted in New Zealand. The speaker laid special stress on what was done in the way of interesting the young people. In America, for instance, successful educational work was carried out by organising grain-growing contests among the schools, and rewarding the meet successful boys by a free short course at the State Agricultural College. Select seeds were distributed to the school children who competed, with special instruction as to care and culture. Last year in Wisconsin sufficient seeds wore sent out to supply about 20,000 comoeti-

tors, and over 6000 exhibits were made by the j-oung people at the winter shows. In each country a cash prize was awarded that was large enough to enable the winner to take the young people's course t the State Agricultural College.