FARMERS' CAMPAIGN AGAINST LOSS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 22, 18 August 1932, Page 8

FARMERS' CAMPAIGN AGAINST LOSS

NEW DOCTRINE ADVANCED j IN AUSTRALIA Some interesting sidelights on the dairy industry in Australia are pro vicie'd jn the following remarks of Mr. Hartley, manager of the- South Burnett. Co-operative Dairy Assyria. lion, who, in emphasising the neeesuiy Lor tanners preventing avoidable i< dsos, said: "i consider thnf kinder effective organisation and the willing help of dairyman it should not bo dilticult t 0 increase quality values by an avk.iage i is P<?v box of butter, there. ! ...'.• providing an increased income o • approximately i,GSS,UKfi boxes manu factured at Is per box, >vhieli equals £82,934 9s. When it is considered New ZeaJ land values are generally 2s per box above Australian, and Ausi tralian first-grade a margin of i 'is per box below choice, and 2s per box less for seconds than for I first, it will be seen that a fer_ tile field exists to work on. I

| Under the competition between fae- | tories that now exists any one factory j attempting to improve quality is se. I verely handicap!)'.;!, but effective coir I trol would work wonders. | ■•!; is pleasing to be able to con- ; gvatulate the millers on the substan. tial reduction in box costs duo to the I introduction of the veneer boxes. II j universally adopted, i'ne saving in box .(.sis will average over £41,000 per annum. '•Further avoidable losses could b< turned info gain by incorporating one per cent, more moisture en the aver -.jgo in Queensland bufitr. As Queenshind received. £5,789,010 for her butter for 12 months ending June 30, 'J9.11, an increase of one per cent. | would yield £57,890. ! "We use an oil separator for se, I paratiiig the carbon cut of the used ! oil Iron) crankcase of 250 h.p. crude oil engine. We are indebted to the [school of applied chemistry of the Queensland University for information which enables us (.0 Keep the ivI claimed oil at. the standard required, j and thus secure substantial saving: I in oil, and greater efficiency of en. I giue.

"It is a peculiar fact that cream carted by motor vans arrives in much better condition than by raii, probably due to the fact that once the motor is loaded few stop, pages occur, and a draught of cool air continually circulates around the cream, as compared with many stops by rail transit, and although this association has repeatedly acked for better ventila. tion in railway waggons conveying cream, it has not yet mater, ialised. Any less that occurs daily must be regarded as heavy when taken in relation to several years' work, "Low_icsf, cream is a source ol avoidable loss to the farmer and the factory. Investigating this matter recently, I estimated that a sum of al least. £13,370 is lost by the industry each year owing to cream tests railin,;- below 3S per cent., and the tact that eartago and freight is paid on the unnecessary water contained therein, and labour, refrigeration and other costs incurred handling this volume." Much is to be gained by the dairy. mg industry if it takes to heart the advice incorporated in Mr. Hartley'!: address, and realises the truth of this statement: "Let us now establish thai, a loss may be something which the industry lias failed to gain. .11 money is capable of being earned, and wrong or negative measures result in something less lb an the possible total being received, then clearly a loss has been sustained."