WAXING OF CHEESE

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1929, Page 6

WAXING OF CHEESE

A BENEFICIAL OPERATION. DAIRY SCIENTIST GIVES VIEWS. That waxing of cheese was of great benefit if properly carried out, was the opinion expressed iby Mr. P. 0. Veale, scientist at the dairy laboratory, Hawera, in reply to a question asked by Mr. A. B. Muggeridge at the Alanutahi Dairy Company’s annual meeting on Wednesday. It. was necessary, said Mr. Veale, to see that ’ the cheese was of good body, well made, and there was not too much moisture content. Further, the cheese should not be waxed too early. Care should also-he taken that the wax was not used for too long a period, as this caused an accumulation of butter-fat in the bath producing a dirty coating. This coating detracted from the appearance of the cheese, and. had often caused mould to grow on the wax. To an inquiry by Mr. S. E. McDonald as to whether mites could attack waxed cheese, Mr. Veale said that they could not do 'So if the cheese was properly waxed.

RECORD SEASON’S SUPPLY. KAPONGA DAIRY COMPANY. A record .of 'successful operations is described in the report .to be presented by the directors to the shareholders of the Kaponga Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., at the annual meeting on Wednesday. “The quantity of butter-fat handled during the year again reached record figures,” states the report, the increase of 8 per cent, recorded in the previous season having advanced, in the season just concluded, to 23 per cent, in excess of the total for the year ended June 30, 1927. For balance-sheet purposes unsold stocks, comprising six shipments, have been taken into account at the rate of 82s 6d per cwt, and on this basis the amount to the credit of the appropriation account permits, of a payment to suppliers, apart from interest on shares, of Is 7 5-Sd per lb butterfat. The pay-out for 1927-28 was Is Old per lb butter-fat, exclusive of interest on shares. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, on paid up capital is recommended for distribution. “The retiring directors are Messrs A. V. Tait and W. E. Hollard, who offer themselves for re-election.. Mr. H. A. Lennon again offers his services as auditor.”

The statistics for the season are shown as follows:—Total milk received, 192829, 28,031,9151 b, 1927-28, 24,961,9911 b; used for casein making, 220,3461 b, 1,496,2311 b; used for cheese-making, 27,811,5691 b, 23,405,7601 b; butter-fat, 1,180,943 lb, 1,037;5691b; in 86961 b home separated cream, 33841 b, 37661 b, in milk used for casein-making, 96431 b, 76,3061 b; in milk used for cheese-making, 1,167,9161 b, 957,4971 b. Average test, 4.20, 4.15; milk to 11b cheese, 9.261 b, 9.161 b; cheese to 11b butter-fat, 2.571 b, 2.671 b; over-run, 21.45, 19.96; whey butter to 1 ton of cheese, 511 b, 51.31 b; cheese made (grader’s weight), 3,003,1161 b (less 1J per cent, shrinkage, 1320 tons 11 cwt 371 b), 2,'556,6021 b (1124 tons 4 cwt 451 b); whey butter made, 30 tons 7 cwt 541 b, 26 tons 2 cwt 1071 b; creamery butter made, 58 tons 16 cwt 751 b, 56 tons 18 cwt 991 b; casein (green curd) made, 6 tons 3 cwt, 48 tons 17 cwt; total charges (including repairs and depreciation) per lb butter-fat to f.0.b., 3.71 d, 3.96.

APPLICATION REFUSED. MAINTENANCE ORDER CASE. Tho application of Jack Johnstone (Mr. L. A. Taylor) for a rehearing of the case in which he consented on July 3, 1929, to pay £2 10s a week maintenance for his wife and child, costs £5 ss, and £9 for past maintenance, that his wife should no longer be . bound to cohabit with him, and that she should have legal guardianship of the child, was refused by the magistrate, Mr, J. H. 'Salmon, S.M., in the Hawera Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The grounds on which Johnstone bused his application were that he gave consent to the orders when in a state of mental excitement and without sufficient consideration of the effect of the consent; that he had not failed to maintain his wife from the time she left the house, that the wife was responsible for breaking up the home, and that prior to the separation the wife persistently neglected the child. The application was opposed by Mr. A. K. North on behalf of the wife. The magistrate said he could not consider a rehearing, as Johnstone had consented to the order when he had the services of a capable legal adviser.

UNIVERSAL HALF-HOLIDAY. NOT FAVOURED BY FARMERS. Tho proposal for a compulsory halfholiday was discussed at the meeting of the South Taranaki executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday. A motion opposing the universal half-holiday was carried. Mr. Booth: I would like to see one day for the holiday. A voice: That would be Saturday.

Mr. Booth: That is my preference. Mr. Jennings: Wednesday in Hawera .and Thursday in Eltham would suit both places. People have somewhere to go on the other day. Mr. W. T. 'Seed: Where there are saleyards every few miles a compulsory holiday is going to interfere with sale days. Mr. Cocker said Saturday was the only day farmers had to take their children to town to have their clothes fitted. . Mr. Mars expressed, favour with the present arrangement.