OAKURA DAIRY CO.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 928, 22 September 1910, Page 8

OAKURA DAIRY CO.

■;::;.?i:,^.Y'.MAN:OTA^ .' v, .'.The' annual report ■ of, .-.the : Oakitra ; Co- ■ 'operative ,Uil','; \twelve : monthsy'eMid;:'August'3li ; 1910,-'6y. I .'■■be'Vlaid.';'.before.', the annual, meeting V. or' ; ;:ishareholders;'to:be;held next month states 'that' the quantity-of ;milk received shows .'.an'; increase • 0f;.222,1861b.' ; in .'cdraparisoh ; ;,Tnth ; the previous year. '. The:totalaniount ,',;' of milk received was ,5,''131,7931b."0f butterfat,''and from which-were manufactured- .-' 237,2061b.-of,'butter,'.(los tons'-17cwt:,3qrs... ;'lßlb.),:the,:over:ru'n'being' 11'.29. -.The'.av- / erase...test' was 3.92,, and the' quantity.' of; '■• milk required'' to. make .lib. of - butter was : /22.911b.< .The sum : of; ~£8936' 18s.;lld.;'has- -'■ been 'distributed, amongst /shareholders, 1 '- being-at.an'.ayerage'- : prico. of,lO.OGd. per- '.. 1b.,-of butter-fat; .£179 lis., 2d. hasbeen \. written .off for. depreciation; Yarid i.ii'i'bal'.', ■'■ ance of £d .3s. sd. has been' brought for-' -ward. .The prospects for' next season are. : . rery' satisfactory, and 'the directors* liavo" again sold the output (Septcmber-April),- -'' the price '.received , being ■ ll|d. ■ por -lb.,' 'which, is ah increase of 9-16 th of a penny in /comparison with the^pas't.-year. • Dur'ing',the past year Mr. W; R. Cave, who has. been manager of. the company since its formation,: resigned -his- position. The '. directors appointed Mr. J.•■■■ Keid, late manager of the, Timaru creamery, as -..!■■ manager, of '.the'-:.company in his stead. './:■■ The retiring directors.aro,Mr. : ,W. Honeyfield i and Captain -Mace—the; latter "' 'of' ■ whom does not intend to . offer himself. :for-re-election. . ~

'.The, Minister;, for Agriculture, in .the • course of ; a-, letter acknowledging a communication in which, the Eltham branch of the Farmers' .Union asked him to', endeavour to. prevent the spread of noxi- ; ons.weeds .in the'-Eltham County, said that the Agricultural Department, was, .;■ in a difficulty at : present... In the South 'Island the Department was -accused of. .undue severity,..while;in tho'".-North Island .complaints!-were." made about., care-, lessness. The Minister'promised to do his . best'in. regard to' the "request' of' the branch,: ■ . '':■: