ANOTHER USE FOR SKIM MILK.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1053, 16 February 1911, Page 8

ANOTHER USE FOR SKIM MILK.

,' PROPOSAL TO DAIRYMEN. IBy Telegraph—Special Cornwpondentl '...'■ Feildtng. February 15.-. . A meeting of the suppliers to the; Glen" Oroua. butter factory wns held'to .discuss an offer made on behalf of a now\£rnv for.the purchase of their skim milk. , A representative of the firm was present, nnd stated it was proposed to use.the; skim-milk for tho purpose of tstractinfT baspiu from it. After a long discussion the" meeting decided to recommend -the directors,'subject to tho approval of. absent suppliers, to offer to the,firm's representative 75 'per cent, of the skim' milk for four years at -lid. per Vα. The Value of the whey from the casein vats saetnod to bo tho chief stnmblin'<» block, but a letter from the Agricultural Department placed this on the basis of half the value of skim'milk for feeriin/j purposes. Farmers can still keep their piss and calves, feeding them on whey, yrains and roots, and tho suppliers were'.inform: ed'th»y would set in addition about 355. per cow from the sale of the casein contents of their skim milk.

The director? of the Rnngotea Dairy Company did not favourably receive the offer to purchase the s!rim milk. ,

A, very flno CisnTay of Hutton's seeds wnt made at tho "lfa«tcrton Show. The well-known firm exhibited .examples- -of what' could be crown from their wed. Th?;farmers took sy great:deal of interest in this stand, and the attendants were kept fairly busy throughout the day.