BIGGER OUTPUT

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 343, 29 August 1933, Page 5

BIGGER OUTPUT

Cardiff Dairy Company

PAY-OUT TO DATE, 9.67 d PER LB. The annual meeting of the Cardiff Dairy Company was held last evening, a large number of suppliers attending. Mr. C. A. Merchant, chairman of directors, presided. The season had been a remarkable one in tho matter of weather, the consequence being a considerable increase in the output, stated the annual report of the chairman. Unfortunately, London prices had been anything but good, though lately they had shown much improvement. Suppliers had received to the date of balance B.7Gd pier lb of butterfat supplied, and since balance date Id per lb from December to July inclusive had been paid. Any further balance would be distributed when available.

Statistics, with figures for the previous season in parcnthes, are: Milk, 13,503,84711) (12,642,1061 b); butterfat, 611,0551 b (565,3881 b); test, 4.43 (4.392); payment for season 1931/32, Is Ojd; cost of manufacture per lb butterfat,. 1.83 d; other expenses per lb butterfat, .72d; total expenses to> f.0.b., per lb butterfat, 2.55 d. Cbeosemaking: Milk, 12,830,7661 b, butterfat, 567,1141 b; cheese (factory weight), 1,424,0891 b (1,375,7941 b).

j Buttennaking: Butterfat for cream- ! cry buttermaking, 42,0461 b; butterfat 1 in whey cream purchased, 61631 b; j whey butter, 51,0921 b (23,5851 b). ; Congratulations upon the continu- | cd expansion of the company were { conveyed by the diairman in moving j the adoption of flic r ;m'l and bal- { ancc sheet. Mr. M..u -a. .• commented j with satisfaction upon me fact tha i the cheese production ot the comj pany had reached ,700 tons, this being j the first season in the 42 years since the company’s inception win n such a j high output had been made. 1 Certain parcels of butter and cheese j were disposed of f.cvb,, Mr. Marchant j said. The directors, after the ex- ! pericnce of the previous year, and i until they could understand the trouj ble, did not take the risk of making 1 coloured cheese.

j Plentiful Water Supply j During the summers of the first I few years the factory had experienced ' a serious shortage of sufficient water, ! and it bccamJe necessary to supplej ment the existing supply. That was done bv means of sinking a boro un- | der the direction of a water diviner j and had proved an unqualified suej cess. A contract had been lot for the planting of the waste ground lying along the water drain I'mm the factory to Waingongoro River, it being felt that, if they served no other ■ purpose, the trees would at any rate j settle the spread of blackberry in the j area planted. The machinery and | buildings had been maintained in | thorough ordier and repair, j A' remit was adopted at the Nai tional Dairy Association conference I asking that' the waxing of cheese be 1 abolished. A regulation had been gaz-

etted, Mr. Marchant said, but was so worded and framed that unless amended would moan that waxing would be in full swing again for the ensuing year. •- In conclusion, Mr. Marcnanf expressed appreciation of the assistance given to the company and himself by his fellow directors and the staffs at the factor; and in the company's office. ~ Grenier demands, he said" had been made upon their services and the work in each department had increased enormously.