Campbelltown Butter Factory.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 14, 17 July 1894, Page 2

Campbelltown Butter Factory.

I A meeting of niilk suppliers to Mr W. W. Corpe's butter factory at Campbelltown was held in the Temperance Hall last evening, to consider the advisability, or otherwise, of forming a Company to take over the factory from Mr Corpe. The attendance was very good, about sixty persons being present. Mr V. C. Ranson was voted to the chair, and after explaining the objects of the meeting called on Mr Corpe, who remarked that the last time they met there was some eighteen months ago and was to ascertain what support would be forthcoming should he erect a butter factory there. They commenced operations on September 7th last, and since then, within ten months, 265,730 gallons of milk had been received at the factory. For this quantity of ; milk he paid £3473 7s 9d. By the ! end of the year, no doubt, there would be 300,000 gallons of milk supplied. For 199,883 gallons, at 3d per gallon, he paid £2498 10s 9d and for 66,847 gallons at 3£ £974 17s, making a total of £3473 7s od. He commenced fco pay 3£d in April and would continue to do so until Sep- 1 tember. There were few districts in New Zealand which could show such a record on an average for the year, as 881 gallons per day, including Sundays when milk was not received, had been sent to the factory. At the end of the twelve months close on £4000 would be circulated in the district. Some of the milk received was poor, and some rich. Mr Corpe said that if he carried on the factory on his own responsibility he wished to impress on suppliers the necessity for keeping the milk in good order as it was impossible to make good butter out of bad milk. It was of the greatest importance that farmers should have the best stock and best pasture. He had met a gentleman from England who had informed him (Mr Corpe) that New Zealand butter was not considered so good at Home as Australian. The reason assigned was that a great deal of tbe New Zealand article was " fishy," and also that such small quantities of each brand are placed on the market that | retailers are never certain of being able to procure tbe same brand. The I best breed of dairy cows was the Alderney. After good pasture and cows, it was necessary to have clean stock yards, so tbat the cows did not have to wade up to the teats in mud. Milk should never be left in the stock yard, but should be cooled down at once, otherwise there was a certain amount of taint. There was nothing like aerating the milk with a proper cooler. Another thing was that cans should not be left in the rain all night without a lid on, and that traps were not provided with a covering in very hot weather. The fairest way was to pay for milk by the test, as some milk was better worth 4d than other milk 2d per gallon. He was not going to back out of any arrangements, but if he carried on tbe factory he was going to have good milk and would reject all that was faulty. He had been approached by several persons on the question of forming a co-operative dairy company. He would sell the factory at cost price and give them easy terras. It might suit them to join the Dairy Union, as this company turns ont large quantities of butfcter of the same brand, which was a great advantage as shown by Mr Lowes, .the Government dairy expert, in a report on the New Zealand product. The prices at Home were below the value owing to the difference in quality and the small number of boxes of each brand. The report states that a more uniform extension of the factory system was desirable, hence the advantage of joining the Dairy Union, whose shares were £2 10s each. Mr Corpe said that the reason he wished to sell was that he was getting on in life and he did not see why he should shorten his days by keeping on such a large concern. It took a lot of money to run a factory like this, as, for instance, he ! had £1000 worth of butter in the cool chambers at Home waiting till the sea I son would commence again. When he started he did not anticipate such j a large supply as he was getting. | In reply to Mr Hanabey, Mr Corpe eaid he presumed the Dairy Union would pay a price equal to what he (Mr Corpe) was paying* He offered the factory at a reasonable price and it was for the suppliers to say whether they would take it oyer or not. He would givo three years to pay the money in. Milk suppliers must be shareholders in the Union. Mr C. Anderson was of opinion that they would have to come to terms sooner or later with Mr Corpe for the purchase of the factory. They could not go back to the old dairy system as they would not be able to make it pay. The Dairy Union commanded a large sale of butter and they would greatly benefit by joining. He would pro- : pose, That this meeting adjourn till uext Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock, when a final decision might be arrived at. Mr Tompkins seconded this motion, and on being put to the meeting it was carried. On the suggestion of Mr Hanabey Mr Corpe agreed to leave his terms with Mr Raneon, who would submit them to the meeting on Saturday night. In reply to Mr Tucker, Mr Corpe said that according to the churn test it took in October and November 271ba of milk to make alb of butter, 261 bs in December, 25lbe in January, 24} to 21 Jibs in February, 21ilbs in March, 2lslbs in April. It took, up to January, a pound more milk to make a pound of batter at Campbelltown than Makino. Mr Drake (manager of the Campbelltown factory) said they have had a test which showed that a pound of butter was made from 201bs of milk. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the meeting.

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