BALLANCE DARIY COMPANY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 901, 22 August 1910, Page 10

BALLANCE DARIY COMPANY.

THE DIRECTORS' REPORT. , £ In sharoliolders, :iho diftct-ors of'st]jo!|Baliinco Co-opera-tive Dairy ''C 0.,.' that tho year has been .satisfactory and prosperous. Tho report continues as follows:— The larger portion of our output during the shipping season was sent : Home ..on opan,.cO!isifiiimen±.4Uid realis- : the 1M45&- market. Tho output has exceeded that of- any previous year, and reached a total. of. 560 tons.. Tho quality of the. butter madei-'.has ■ bceii;.excelle.ni,.,igrade'd well, 'arid ; been'"well reporfed"!6ri'by Homo agents. -The staff merit the thanks of the shareholders for their, efforts to maintain tho reputation of the company.—Advances on butter-fat supplied have been made,-at the rates of lOd. from November to, March inclusive, 9d. September, IOJd. April, July and Au.gust,; and'<lld. ; May,---June, and October. The directors' propose from the surplus to distribute., a. ..further pe nu s' per lb.Vto'sliarehbldefs' '6rK ; 'butter-fat supplied and .to,write^the balance off for .depreciation? 77 ■ having, been heavily.-written do\vii' last year, a'ndi'b'ei'rig'TioifialHgoßdoTillue, the directors do not recommend that a largo Writing this occa-,| sion'.' Sliortly after'tlie season opened •a 'plant,was...installed r at,,the Konini factory for the'pasteurisation of the' bream,,and. this has ,becn > so successful that.' a similari plant /has! justVbebn put in. at the Ballance factory also, ready i.foi tbe;'co'n\''uigV'f'e!|S I (i}}.'T,yt l i s system had proved, so successful in Denmark l ahd.'wJiei'cveriintrqduced..,that i to ;be u'p-tc-date' it "is 'iipw- a iiece'ssity. '_A large new. churn,.has, also .been, put in at Konini and further- additions to the separating plants, by way of new .bowls;and heaters;/liava:been: introduced. At Scarborough, with a view to possiblo • future needs, ; the : icompany has acquired at an advantageous'price the section hdjoiniug.ithe creamery, .with the cottage thereon.'. For. the coming season ,the prospects appear bright, and there are indications that prices will again .be-.satisfactory.' The directors to retire by rotation'are; Messrs. .A. M'Farlane and /J. Dawson, who again offer themselves;:for reflection. ■.