AFTER THE BIG PRICES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 631, 7 October 1909, Page 10

AFTER THE BIG PRICES.

IHNGOm AND WINTER DAIRYING. BI'IjENDID RE&UI/TS or PASTEURISING. : ; fty;:,::j -At Jan annual meeting of the' ITangoroi. Corop/rativo.'.Dairy '.Company.. on',;. Monday, - tho • chairman, Mr. A. Morton, remarked upon tho 1 increased, outpat of milk-.which tho bettercaro jvof the 'hords.and'tho/pastures had caused. Not only . had tho supply ot; milk heen .greater, s?■: in '•butter-fat,,.'' tho . ,V : Vi? »Teragd;;tcst sharing,; for .'tho iflrst' Hmo; in .the was a i-j; 'jV'.' furtheiiprbof that'the. suppliers wero imprbv- . jig'; their herds."During.tno .season' tho comxx.; • • pftny-had:'been :enabled,;:by reason of-.tho good- , : . i milt'supply, to keep every one of tho skim-f'>:-;r'7,.Vi4intfv'pfana'fgo&j:^th'o/;wholß:;year . through, Whiqli, of coubt", ''resulted in ; cbnsidbrablo prac- . tioal benoiit.,to tho shareholders. . V .' 'Aa-.thoy were aware, the!season's, butter, had 1 ,/■. been ' sent Komo on open consignment.. Tho ' - outlook .at ; the of' -the '.year. .. had . appearedipa'rticularly. faToiirabloi to ..a consign- .' meht. policy,.'apjl- a' considerable': numbGr .of v!factories; h"ad>beon'led.-:to'' .consign in tho. hope vthat . prices would bo,; in. accordance ' v : with' tho • prices J beiiig.;offered by purchasing Is, , agents.here. Unfortunately the' trade at. Home :. ■, went-.from 'bad .-to worse, and • tho • results . wore ■ . •. not.'as - go'qd'Vas'vhad ' hoped. ■ Still,' tho 'a .■ : : :v-. results in themselves l.woro r very , satisfactory, IS;!V'7; V■; and'.,tho - fact :;that they.-; had. "been : tQ,spay out to suppliors 10 l-Bd. per lb. for. butter-fat: ;®?'Svv' : a bad state. .Turnip Flavour Conquered, ■■/'- ~ "plant ■XX 'recently ;* installed- at m'aiii' factory,. the ; ,; : 7. ';y said, : thflt.; the initiative • came from fx : Mr..:::(!uddie,, thij;Dairy.Commissioner. J,ast -"■■■: Jt ay. '1 Mr,-puddira^k^'ltlltahrcctors'pormis- . '-.' . B;.Qn-.to; use the/fnofoiy ,in.'a\series /of,'.e'xperiKnt?^ts; ; 'aimed; at''tho-elimination of ""tdiriipy" 'IX■' flavour, -singled .'out'/this ! dim- .: • . . . ■nintorrrand-* hß^Tindcr^tood:-thaf ;tli() : company had had:some-trQublo.withv"turnipy"- ' b .ntU;r.-; Tho /directors;|.recognised\th'at::if "this rV/V.V- ! ; B.trdng: : fpo.d fla'v6ur.:;could,\bo, eliminated '■% fr°m! wq!.')}utter,;,it:'Vould .bo a 'vep;. thing , for ;tno-:industry. ;jSo • tho.' experiments were // set ;afo'6t.i, -The.■ DairyCommissioner\ sent two; ;V ,6spertsr4ii'.,pasteurisation, althoughV,they :had, 3iot: ; previ6usly /lirul oxperfence -"in; '.'turnip .flavours.; It was .not until ten-,days, 'j'V-i-,.b : -^®!!- ,^ o 'u^''®® u !tira-'yero,JoTO)rconio, and then X'.' : ' r -the artidlo produced was -a 'lir.st-clas3j one. . It .li' ". : .!thys/established,..that^'.usingproperprer?{"; cautions^thel.snppliers^woul^^owjibo.ab.loito; fral tlifiir milch -cows . on, turnips,: and -supply ; ... some'.v(>ther-"such- root--.crop,-"tho 1 f.;;;..0f :-course, could.not -bo . obtain'cd.j.j.The:, pasteurising mean.t;..not ,-only, ; : this.lt- ;meant ,that'.the. compan^s'stafj-'at: U)ittef '.ofo ah,^'improved^■■'■'lqnauljr,! ; ;ind' , Vibnttdr'; subject j t6;.:thG';sArae:imca-, . euro .o£',-doterioratibnvas'in' the/'ca'sotofi the'fton? pasteurised article./ . j." iV

Moisturo. 'i : ''; ; -;;?hi3 > ) ;brpught'him i'V-J, BivdJmoisture;,'contenttt'4: l: butter,i'"jvhie)i ; ."had' wnscfl ■;factory;.;directors 'arid '/■: : Vc : a 'good i' dealof - thought.lt. h?'d foujiii. vthttt .i^aiigh, moisthfo.;c'diiten't :.imif6llowed -by, - '-. • quick, deterioration -did' vnot.' apply^toi' : -pasteurised.; butter,.';Witli>-'ivhi'cJi iamouht;tpt : ;iwaier.' Tnis v.inforraatioii '.waa,'iiot abased hicreiy^pon. V*-',^ e - theGoyerjirrient espcr.ts^bvit '^P^- t "^'^>' 0 ! ;leadin^ v 4 : tho..vtv?te\\iis\ns-s^stern- The'neV f t2iis; coinpanjr j xras that it would now ;j; ( be /.possible *to . run every ( bit .of . plant: from .s- ; .fceptember #1 to Augiist (Appla-asel). AViritcr.assured,' provided tlie . suppliers V; - ; vrould L'exercise; 1 reasonable in the -^Cfecding^'of-root u crpps ;to'-their^berds.. ; Foryears - past the • suppliefs-,had ;.been • ; allowed,-.to. feed their cows on turnips,, though fv results. Now v-there ; ,snpuld '.be no. , difficulty - in 'bringing in : ; v f; : and .supplying /milk'.eatly. in -the ;•season;- .^tbs,staff edtild' 1 r',^}_■ tut©: V ; jTeaUy.'titst-class; article. Ship Your Wmtcc fiuttcr. , tion was efpen asked of this butter "Will it l':.v: v"^ 1 " lczi o any Teason to suppose that . v..« this, butter \vcro frozen, and. defrosted again •.n.;. a*, coupb ■of months.;later,, it...wonld turn, out' ' v ,;WdlP Thene jiad .been*.no .trace of. J^;')^A Q, iiPutter,\^according ; ;to'Vtiie opinions ;of : I ; y > ; v Uovern.ment . graders./ and -experts,' and ; ; 6thera y&f *?, - T e l^ ut ter had Op' a baturjlay, lasthe 'had taken>'advantage of' the^I NewPlymouth'-'to ,• .have'.- the - Department's " sis ..boxes ' opened at' ;;;the'- Moturoa. Freezing Works.- ; ItVopenedMip . iye.il. • It .had . not.vthen been defrosted, but •that had now been done, and ifr. Cuddio had -:;Bentshim the ..following telegratn ■; that^■'»'morn"Experimental butter examined this ' morning... .Ccrsider.- it' has v kept., very- well. , \v'v :V Am,- : satisficd Awith" resuifs- of -our work at •>;. • Mangorei jl'actory.—Onddid/'; ; - . -vThat' - butter,'- continued Mr.' Morton,' had ' been v submitted s to .the; same;.conditions; ,'as if, it', had.' • . reckbricd one -box ..was .quite a good .as /Danish., They •• .would;-sec;« vtheii/vthatif the. local market J-iiled (it :H6ino, tho cdnlpany colild ship': Jts winter butter ,-to . .^the/'English' market. • : The combined, 'churns vand.butter, workers in the, factory wero'dofrig :. .. B"3d work, and had increased thd'.canacitv of ■v, 'the. .stall anipplaht.},. v--.■ ; v . . Glcdhill They're condemned in England, aren't they' i i .. '• ' ''31r.. Jiortqii replied that Mr.' Newtiih King ■P had.)given,,them; of a Tooiey 'Street' i'butter merchant. :.lint -that opinion' was meroly '- : v..; - i "the.-Okaip .and Punilio Company ... . had jusbinstalled one,.arid >!r;'Newton Kino v was chairnian of, directors;-yln tho.,whole: of JJeiim,ark .:they •>.-would: not: 6i'd : a" singlo -box ;.H:. .ichnrmv : : ...Idi. -Pucke'ridgo : advocated closing down- all " i; '■-S r fft™fWS'/i«j;sooh- as' their..Vldily; milk supply . ..iell .below-1C01b... ... . ,:, ~ -:■ l " 1 • : said no- c?eamcry had - been , ; ;: ; -Deiow - that.;,last .year..'.i..-'':-;;;-j v.. :Mr..RbWiirid^,cpß<eid'cd^tliiat--ih"'oriicr ,: '■'X;* ?^y o- '^- ;;p^'lb;^;butter - f At,'thb'e6mpahy s";:*: .liadjcontracted^aribaiik;::liability of ?-l\e VpointeaNoutvthat ,at the"com: &-s9'.Toar:;t.be - overdraft had .stood ®t. -£2900.N0w,',it "was" -X?. 000.' - : " f':', •(./«: -f'•-Ko.wlaiids. replied '..that; this, company was ' 4 :• h;: an expensively > worked• one, a -remark: that drew plaudits from. tho. honse. ~ Ho. thought tho :i, :.directors ;had. cotaniitted (,'ari'error-of-jlidgmeht . v', / in- consigning tho 'output.:.-: ■' V- - : ttS'SiWTyy i B PM :&*■ ,the - : - ■ ■ I1 ? oIv ? s -had stoqdj-.foc:, consignments - :■< r^'-V^^ 4 nA?'';aa<J;'j'Mttrsh '-were 1 , elected-