DAIRY COMPANY MEETINGS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 881, 29 July 1910, Page 8

DAIRY COMPANY MEETINGS.

PIHAMA. 'The following particulars are extracts from the annual'report and balance-sheet of tho Pihama (laranaki) Co-operative ■Dairy Company, Ltd.: — .'•'■■. :'.... ■, During the period ended,Junel 30; 1910, 15,364,4Mb5. of milk' were' received, and from this fi62,G3Clbs. of '.commercial butter have been manufactured, giving the result of lib. butter to 23.181b5. ' milk. The average test was 3.748, and tho overnin 15.04. ' ... The average payment for butter-fat for the season was IWlld., and there now remains a' surplus of c<52315.(i5. 3d. to be dealt with, which, with the amount already paid, represents a value for but-ter-fat for the whole year of 10.97 d. ■ TheTeceipts were:—]>jttermilk, J233 6s. Bd.; butter sales, £28,092 Is. 3d.; butter iin transit, J219 125.; butter in store, ',£1756 135.; and butter on hand, .£34 13s. STRATFORD. " The report, presented at the annual meeting of shareholders of tho Stratford Dairy Company showed that during the (jear ending' May'3l,' 1910, 50,556,3221b5. •of milk had been received from 221 suppliers at an average test of 3.83. From that 1,343,2221b5. (about COO tons) of butter had been manufactured. • It took 22.741b.. of milk to made lib. .of butter, the overrun being 14.7. The figures for the previous season -were:-28,053,9731b5. of milk from 222' suppliers, ab an average test of 3.87, and 1,261,7471b5. (about 559 tons) of butter were manufactured; 22.231b. of milk produced lib. of butter, tho overrun beiug [IG.I. .■ •' ■ The butter sold for the season ]Uot Ended realised .£08,913 18s. 1 The balance-sheet ■ showed a credit- of '.£4650 2s. Id. in the working account, ■which would bring the average paid for bntter : fat up to 11.46 d. per lb..