Mr Corpe's Stanway Creamery.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 8, 9 July 1896, Page 2

Mr Corpe's Stanway Creamery.

A meeting of dairy farmers met Mr W. W. Corpe on Wednesday eveninp. Mr Corpe said that daring the past season — the six months the creamery worked — 59,089 gallons of milk had been received, irom which 23,8371bs of butter had been made, showing that it took 231bs of milk to the pound of butter— a rather poor quality of milk. Mr. Corpe seated that owing to the cows at Stanway coming in so late and going off their milk bo early, be contemplated shifting of the machinery at Stanway to the corner of Makino and Mackay's line, near Mr Taylor's butchery, believing he would thereby obtain a much larger supply of milk and he hoped the suppliers of Stanway would not find it too far to deliver their milk. Mr Corpe stated there are many drawbacks in connection with Stanway. Ist. During the hot weather there is no cold well water to be obtained for cooling down the cream which is a serious drawback. 2nd The cream having to be otrted to Halcombe to catch the morning tram does not give sufficient time to put the milk through the separator without being hurried beyond the capacity of the separator thereby leaving some cream in the skim milk which may account to some extent for the apparent poor milk. As a splendid supply of good well water is obtainable in the proposed locality he was of opinion that a creamery there would be of a more permanent nature. He trusted, the milk suppliers would favorably consider the matter and meet himin a spirit of fairness. He had made no profit whatever out of the Stanway creamery, which must have been some assistance to the farmers. The meeting seemed willing to meet Mr Corpe in the matter, and it was the impression for the most part that it would prove beneficial to all.