TE AKAU DAIRY MEETING

Waikato Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5158, 15 November 1912, Page 2

TE AKAU DAIRY MEETING

On Saturday last a meeting of the settlers of Wairnai, Te Akau and Waingaro was held at Mr Rose’s homestead, Te Akau, for the purpose of meeting Mr Win. Goodfellow, of the Waikato Co-operative Dairy Company, Hamilton. Mr Rose was voted to the chair, by some 30 farmers present.

After Mr Goodfellow had addressed the meeting it was unanimously decided to go in for home separation, and to send the cream from the combined districts to the Waikato company at Hamilton, and cartage contracts will be let by the company for the conveyance of cream from Te Anau and Waimai to Ngaruawahia, some 27 miles. On behalf of his directors Mr Goodfellow heartily thanked those present for their decision. The company, he said, was purely a co-operative one, and offered equal opportunities to all suppliers. The directors were all large dairy farmers and men of unquestioned integrity and standing in Waikato. The output of butter this season so far showed an increase of over 70 per cant, on last season’s make for a similar period. This remarkable growth, in spite of most unfair opposition, was largely due to the fact that the company was working in the true interest of the suppliers, and had done its utmost to give universal satisfaction by acting fairly and squarely with all. The company were specialising in the home separation systems, and were certainly in a far better position in every way to turn out a high grade butter for their product than any competitor. By introducing nome separation the company had already saved the farmers of Waikato many thousands of pounds. The meeting was one of the moat enthusiastic ever held in this district, many of the settlers realising their land had gone up several pounds per acre with the advent of home separation.