DRIED MILK

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 238, 26 June 1918, Page 8

DRIED MILK

\ TWO FACTORIES FOR CAMBRIDGE. i A meeting of shareholders in the Cam-' : ; bridge Co-operation Dairy Company was I held on Saturday to receive a rei. port from the company's manager, Mr, ':■ Petorßon, who has just: returned from a i visit to Am'erica. Mr. Peterson spoke ;!. very favourably in respect to tlie held ' opening up for the dried milk industry. ~ High prices were being obtained for I butterfat supplied to dried milk faci tories. He was of the opinion that the i necessary' machinery for the mauufac- :: tare of dried milk could he secured. The ! report favoured tlie! spray process as ■• against the roller system. . Mr. W. Goodfellow. managing director !' of tno Waikato Co-operative Dairy '■ Company, addressed the meeting, dealing ; mostly with tho financial side, and in s conclusion it was decided to erect two I dried milk factories at the earliest poa- ■\ sible moment. The necessary guarantee : oS 3000 cows was forthcoming in the ' room.

In view of the development of the daily industry andl the wospect ,of Hie erection of a dried milk factory, there was a big attendance nt the auction sale of the Konini flats (says a Press Association telegram from Pahiatnn). ForlyXeigh't acres were sold for £■% per acre, and the remainder of the land at .£lO per acre. . •