KOHI DAIRYING POLICY

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1932, Page 8

KOHI DAIRYING POLICY

DIFFERENTIAL PAYMENT SCHEME. DESIRE TO MAINTAIN QUALITY. To adopt a. differential payment of l-16d per pound butter-fat, no such course to be followed if there are only two second grades in the month, and the resolution not to apply until the factory is receiving milk daily, was a decision reached by shareholders at the annual meeting of the Kohi Co-operative (Dairy Company, Ltd., after some discussion at Waverley yesterday. That differential payments on grading results should be adopted in order to ensure the receipt of the good raw material necessary for the production of quality was an opinion expressed by Mr. F. Nicholson. He said that, if pockets were to suffer, suppliers would soon rectify matters affecting the quality of their milk.

Mr.. T. G. M-agon supported these remarks. ,

The chairman (Mr. C. Oliver) said he believed, that differential payments were only a matter of time; in a year such payments would, he thought, become compulsory. For the coming year he did not think differential payments should bo adopted at Kohi. It would meet the case if the name.of the supplier and details concerning his milk were posted up at the factory after the receipt of the grading returns. Suppliers who found that their milk was not as good as they believed would soon attend to the matter.

Mr. W. Morrison did not think differential payments should be aopted for the’ coming year. The popularity of the factory had to be considered, said Mr.. W. Powell. Nothing should be done that would cause ill-feeling, and he felt that the system of differential payments would cause some discontent. Mr. Nicholson said that the factory would be popular enough if the quality of the output was steadily improved. He believed that differential payments would assist towards betterment of quality. There was nothing wrong with the quality of Kohi cheese, but the high standard had to be maintained. Mr. E. 0. Hone said the quality of the cheese was quite satisfactory taken over the last season. The • consigning, agents had intimated to the last directors’ meeting that the cheese was an excellent article and of just the type desired by the consumer. ■ Asked by Mr. J. Mitchell how he considered the quality of the milk received compared with previous years, the manager (Mr. J. A. McCall) said it varied. In his opinion it was sometimes worse. The adoption of some small differential payment on the grading results would probably bring about a general. improvement. Grading had been introduced and had to be carried out by the manager. It meant additional work for him, and, unless some differential payment were adopted, any improvement that might result would rest only with the suppliers. He would undertake the grading conscientiously. That cleanliness was largely dependent upon finance was the opinion of Mr. Mitchell. Until better prices were re-' ceived, the money necessary for con-, cretihg and other improvements would, in many cases, be lacking. The meeting unanimously carried the motion moved by Mr. Nicholson and seconded by Mr. Magon.