RECORD OF PROGRESS

Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1930, Page 13

RECORD OF PROGRESS

MAKETAWA DAIRY COMPANY. OUTPUT AND PAYMENTS. Some interesting figures showing the remarkable increase in production that has taken place in tho district since the Maketawa Dairy Company was established in- 1896, also the way the payments to suppliers have generally increased, were submitted by Mr. J. Brown, chairman of directors, at the annual meeting of the company yesterday. The figures showed that the output has increased more than 760 per cent., whilst the payment per found of butterfat last year, despite the low values ruling, was nearly 250 per cent, greater than in the first year, when it was 7%d. It was not until the factory had been established 17 years that the payment reached Is per pound fat. The chairman remarked that suppliers then thought they’ were “made.” Mr. Brown has been continuously chairman, with the exception of the first year. The figures submitted were; —

Year. Output tons. Payment. s. \1. 1896 44 74 1897 56 8 1-5 ' 18;.r9 71 ' 8‘/> 1501 89 190-2 99 10.1 1903 96 9 9-10 190-1 112 9 3-5 1905 114 9 2-5 1906 116 10 1-5 1907 131. 10 2-5 1908 107 10 1-3 1909 136 Il 1-10 1910 148 11 1911 133 11 1.912 119 1 1913 U6 1. 1914 1.18 1 1915 124 1 1 9-10 1916 142 1 3 8-10 1917* 117 I 1 7% 1918 ' 131 ■61 1919 118 1 7 3-10 1920 136 I 9 7-10 1921 151 -2 10 1922 193 1 5 4-5 1923 221 1 7 9-10 1924 228 I S'A 1925 242 1 7% 1926 254 1 7i 1927 255 1 6 1928 2-57 1 7j 1929 285 1 8 1930 316 about 1 6 * The first year casein tured. was inanufac