PATERANGI.

Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3346, 7 December 1893, Page 8

PATERANGI.

Greameries.—Now that 1 the turmoil of the election is, ; oveiy:AVe naturally turn into the old grooves, anil ooeiof ,tho most. important matters ; which) concerns dairy-; roeu is the : .;testing of the •Ba.bcock. machine, which, as far;'as, ( results at this creamery' go,' is disapppintiugand far fromsatisfactory. When the prices for'milk were agreed on in the,spring at the meeting : in 'Hami.ltqh'J' 'suppliers, did not expect that their milklwould show) as low a'B'seven' ; per cent/ of'butter 1 fat-'; but such has beenthe ; case, and of' course a deduction of'fromifd' to |d per gallon. The suppliers here were so miichUlissatis-. ficd witlrthis-that they sent a sample of milk;wto.Mr Pond { for, analysis, showed butter? fat 3 81,* or equal to! 12 per cent, of cream, A sample of the same milk .was tested, here and showed only eight'per cent .cream. ' According to the present plan 'of testing, ; a J 'small portion of milk is'kept'' each \ mo'rriiiig' f aricV put intoa bottle sufficiciitly'large to hold the milk for one week, and to this is; added some chemical preparation 1 >to"< keep the milk sweet. At the end* of;the week a ample is taken iifrom ithis ibottle to be' tested., j i.Whether keeping) it so long 'has aiiythhig to dow.ith the'i.lowi .test; I;,am not prepared.tq say, but for the, w.eejc-,oh which the .above;mentioned sample was sent' to Mr Pond tlie 'whole of. the milk : tested very lowj'the. majority only seven per' and' none above nine. On the following' Monday 1 Captain Pitt and' Mr Farley were'.'herG, and a few of the suppliers met with them a complaint. They' at once decided to test the samples of that! morning's milk, in the : presence, of the suppliers,* with: the result that the test showed from, nine, to twelve per cent;, and manyofi.those. who only, had seven on the Saturday,chowed from ten to twelve'per cent. Besides this proof, we had Mr Pond's letter to show, which'. must have b'fic-n convincing to Mr. Parley, for lie agreed to pay all millc'for October at full rates, find for November at the same "fate u'p : , to thVthen date., This would be satisfactory in ' : one'serise, but if we have to go to the fame trouble each month to get our own, it plane's a different aspect on the question. .'.lt is not pleasant to have, to feel -that: you are,nqt getting 1 justice done, and be compelled, to complain,. In, justice, to Mr Bell, I must say that the suppliers have, porfect confidence in him,and_do not blame him in' any way, It appears to mV that keeping the milk for a week must ' interfere; with the tefitiiii,', : If fjern ia no'improvement in this respect t'wpuld uiggest that the suppliers obtain a supply of abidy -and test frequently themselves; Has any supplier from any other creamery, anything better to suggest I As,;,there-; appears., to be. ; do end ,of grumbling,.J -|ruat. that Messrs Reynolds and Go, will.be able to arrange a system which,will prove more satisfactory than 'at present,, ' : : ; '