THE BUTTER-FAT BONUS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 797, 21 April 1910, Page 8

THE BUTTER-FAT BONUS.

'A TAEAN-Aia COMPLAINT.

A,corresp^hdent ; Tri-ihcs, 'o.a Taranaki eaper .taking'. exception to. the 'delayed ucnus' payments for; butter-fat' made "by many of the dairy factories 'after' the close of the season.-, Wo find', he. says, factories iiloatinj; ovet th« large "bonus" i they pay out at the en'd of the season:. •Do they *ver pause and tliink ¥ tli:it the "bonns" is only part of-.pcoi.Dick, Tom, and Harry's earnings, kept, back? Per-, haps the line of heifer calves had to be sold and may.be sacrificed .to-pay!a debt. Is it. noi possible; for up-to-date payments to be made at■ least every,-three'or four months? The cost of manufacture .- i? easily, arrived at by looking ill) the dah of past seasons : Tho dairying leaseholder is' an: the increase, 'holdings are getting imaUer,' and. r'edts aro beconiing' higher. This means :that-there is interest to be paid on money, mDro human: souls- to clothe and feed, and alt earnings are needed. Of. what benefit is-it to the poor :man to havi' his factory paying a large "bonus" When the 'rinter : is-over? Bo starts supplying milk, we" will say,. on September-1, and stops on May 1, and is paid a .total of for' butter-fat' at lOd. per lb. (tenpenco). His factory has in haad in the, spring several thousands of, pounds,..and.intends paying another, lid. per lb. for bntfcr-fat. Ibis would entitle himi to-.£37 10s.. more. • Now can this type of dairy, farmer. (and .there are many) afford to wait; thisllehgth.'of/time: for! thisamount? Ho hasimahy calls, and vory "likely ha!) had to borrow in the meantime "or jell tomething -he should have kept... ... ■'■ : - ■