THE WORLD'S SHEEP. TAMAKI DAIRY COMPANY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1501, 25 July 1912, Page 8

THE WORLD'S SHEEP.

TAMAKI DAIRY COMPANY.

.AND THE WORLD'S USERS OP WOOL. Tho following statement of the world's 'sheep and wool-using population in the various sections of the globo is given in "Dalgety's Wool Review." It may lie added that in 1895 the estimates were 522,609,083 sheep and '520,336,225 woolusing people:— Latest Dates. Sheep. Population. Europe- 182,515,920 458,832.099 South America... 109,081,730 47,71 1.839 North-Amcriea... '63,-166,952 107,976,906 Australasia 117,011,651 5,525,915 Africa (wool ' ' using) 50,293,014 14,435,433 Asia. etc.. (wool using) 92,818,787 1,1-10,000 615,851,057 635,525^252 "Thinking well is wise; planning well is wiser; doing well is wisest and best of all." Factory managers who ore convinced' of the superiority of "Victor'' Vats and who mean to instill them had better place-their orders at once. About 70 Vats ; a"e now on order, but no difficulty will bo'experienced in, fulfilling contracts made early. Despite tho strike in England complete arrangements have boeil made for full supplies , of the best materials for "Vi(;tc-r" Vats. Get into ommuuir.alion with the manufacturer today. Albert J. I'urto'n, Carterton.*

A WrXXEK OF CO.M PETITIONS. The Egg-laying Competitions for 1910-11 ami IDII-12 were both won by pens reared cm "A. and P." Chick Kaiser. The first essential for profitablo poultry keeping. Obtainable from all StorckeesciV

ANNUAL REPORT. The report to bo presented at the annual meeting of the T:\lllaki Co-opera-tive Dairy Co., Ltd., gives tile following summary of the past year's work:— Milk received, 5, l 262,Sfiiilb.; butter-fat obtained, 201,061.281b.; output of butter, 235,5331b. One thousand nine bundled and eighty-five boxes, containing 111,100 lb., were sold f.0.b., Wellington, and nine consignments (giving a total of 1C95 boxes containing 9-1,9201b.) were shipped. The highest test was 6.00, and t.lio lowest 3.00 —the average test being 3.82. The quantity of milk used to mako a pound of butter was 22.06. The prices obtained for butter on the local markets ranged from Is. to Is. 4d. per lb., and on the London market from 106s. to 130s. per cwt„ against llld. last year. The average price netted on the London market was 11.035 d., After writing off «£176 l!s. Id. for depreciation of laud, buildings, and plant, and allowing bona-fide shareholders five jier cent.' interest per annum on capit.il paid up, there remains a credit balance of ,£3Bl Is. 4d. (which includes .£SS Gs. 2d., brought forward from last 'T, e . 10 ( '' rec t ors recommend that this balance be dealt with as follows: Payment of a bonus of 7-16tlis of a penny to suppliers, .£367 55.; balance to be carried forward, lfis. 4d. The suppliers have becu advanced lid. per lb. for l>ut-ler-fat throughout the season, as against 9d. for the preceding year.