FEATHERSTON CO-OP, DAIRY CO.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2854, 19 August 1916, Page 12

FEATHERSTON CO-OP, DAIRY CO.

f\- ■ : : directors' report of' the Feather- :-':,,.!. l ßton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., for .;•, -,'tbe past, year states that, the factory -: -,-■■ '<: has'not been closed as usual" this seaf'. : :, 6on, but cheese making ceasecl at the < V:''\ end of: May, and since then the milk j;..; received has been, and still is, goin"-- .: ; ,. to the military camp. .For the cheese 'I-]', ><\ making period, suppliers KaVe received '&:■'-: ,20d. per-lb, butter-fat-to.-tho end of E*.\: and 23d. for April and May :,;t-.-' supply, , and there.remains a'credit of ;-:■•../-■ ;:£912.'95, 2d. ia the profit and loss ac- ';'#>. w, " cll is equal to a further pav- >-': • nio^ t of id. per lb. ; over the whole : : t*-V : period, making-an average of 20.7 M. %;<£ 3 - P|r- jfc gutter-fat for tho' wholo cheese ei:/ 1 /: '• --• nialangpericid'.'""Since JuheT advances' a.h'y;,. '' have been made to suppliers at per £-;.■%'. "gallon. As, required by requisition; the ?i' : '--';HV-/ company supplied 163 tons of .cheese |!.:VV-..-,",for. the use of the Imperial-■ Govcrnment, at 7jd.'per lb. Wellington, which !v.':'> : '. Price, was,"in round"'figures,; £19 per Pp. ; ;:.-'..tpn. less than the'remaining; two-thirds yi,X : s';Of the output realised. -The directors 5 ■) written. 5. per cent, off'-factory £A"■'.:£. '.WMings, 10 per cent. off. plant, and !y"^,j'-;- : .;.'2o'per cent, off cost'of butter room and (. ' ; /:; plant—a total sum of £579 4s.' 6d., jnl: ~ •. which has-been paid into No. 2 account, •; :vV':-'-.J malcing-the-total credit of that account' ;\.V:;,-- ■£102m95.,.11d. Bart- of the factory '%■: /'-' >roof 'is now being removed and replaced

with new iron at a cost of £200. Mr. W; M'Keown, the manager, has again carried out his duties'in a highly satisfactory manner, and remains with the company. Messrs. G. E. Yule, H. J. Hutchmgs, and-Thomas. Benton retirefrom the directorate, but arc eligible and offer themselves for re-election.