ROUND THE CREAMERIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 8

ROUND THE CREAMERIES.

SPMEINTEKESTING; OBSERVATIONS." ■ ' Tho creamery managed by ?th'e" Dairy Union at .Newman ■. (says our ' Ekbtohuna correspondent).'has.put' through a much -larger'total this;season.than, in any previbus.'year',: and'the supply is being well ■maintained. The 'season, started, much, earlier 'this year, than hitherto; and,' from /preserit;;indicatious,-;it 'should .last longerthan■■ariiother."years.-'. Tho .'supply 'at the' creamery.i'is -now. CIOOO .gallons per day,;: :deliTercd ; l 'by:2o" : suppliers...;;,;.'. ;, ■._■.■ .--''■• The .'HamiiaV; creamery,, owned by ' the Ballancp .Co-operative. , Dairy'Company,has. so; farihad-a .record .supplyi the 'now-received "per .day"being 2400 gallons. On ..Saturday; last'the.sum lot >EI2OO was .divided among-:the'3l suppliers,' the payment- being:', at, the;! rate of lOd! per ■ lb. for;butter-fat:,.The;tests,.as well asithe supply,;.areisurprisinglyr good;,'the.-.high-: est--being.;4..l ; :iiid . : the'loweset: 3.6^■-.■■'The' ■'cpiiceri"!iii i mani'ged:.ty_}Mr./E:' : O^en,.Vhp 1 ; ,!talfes;t!ie;'greatratVpride\ l ih'...£M.oharge/'V,' ■ /Like/his' European;■ Brother■■ the,. Maori' i .4elights''iu.'.£a^g.'''av'higli'^te^t >> '.agauist. .his';name/'ati the'•;crear.iery./ "•■ At Hamua, there or/. three/Maorisuppliersto'-. the creamery;, arid; they' have; partibularly "good/:herd3,/which. are; wellycaredior..: One.''of, the'; Natives has' a;.4.l;test, ,and;.fpf;th'e past -three months, has main- , tairied : insubstantial' lead' at "the oreamery.-: ;,;:jTherej;is: /ai great ,'div«rsityj: of' opinion'•- .■ as'to;-:.TfJjich':- ; pays' ;;■ the/bette^rbntte'r;. vbr ■ cheese. dairyman,'empHatic-'; t allyrdecsares' m','faypur' of •butter, as. he milk-can be -utilised' itb greate.r':'advantage', than',whey, arid that. it■^m'ore;;'thari■^bmpe c n■Eates'-^■for ; half-pence.less-received-for butter-fat.' He :t6ldi th^iVrtiterV,r^cently.,,that!r:hehad; (Us-, . posed;'ofi of .his^;weaner: cilves ■aV..'.3os. :, (per-ihead;-'an<l received.iiotiairig;.bn't'*slcininiedvmilK" His .'cheque' ,for..vcalyes: totalled £5A.:'. Hβihas now:: .purchasSlj'a'quantity ■of pigs,vand, -.-before!. : tho'" seasba -ends.^he' anticipates; ■'; making'; niore-than ifiSO.'profit.."out.-of-.these.'.-.,His' .advancei ai;the"-.factqry, for! butter-fat JastJ month,wasVlOd.;per;lb., arid,'ns.he:exe-. E.fJcts- a;fair.,bonus .on this :suppliesVat; the end ■'of;the: : year, , -., he; is satisfied:, that hi's. profits will than a,;siipplier to! any.;cheese.lactbry.'.i■ >: 0' ■' .. : ';: V".-.' , •'. ,':