Dairying Extraordinary

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 September 1915, Page 2

Dairying Extraordinary

* i' ll'Tl-l'-Ol it i'OU.VJJS OJ.< MILK. tiome idea yl the magnitude of Uio operations carried on by tlie Kaupokonui Co-operative Dairy factory Co., Ltd., is given in the eighteenth annual report, just to -lituid. During the past season the company dealt with no lean than o-1.085,0131 bs ol nulK, and 2.U7-1,-u(Jßlbs ot butter->l'at; the products comprised 107,8001b oi [.act. orv buttei', and -ITfOSSIh of creamej'y butter, and 5.312.10111; oi' cheese. I'lie proportion of cheese to fat was 2.(31'1b, and ot niilk to cheese 10.00-I.lb, and the average test was 3.83. The year has boon a most successful o.nc, in spite of the war. The directors have made payments. from lime to time, of one-half per cent, on the -monthly payment* owards the patriotic and relief funds, amounting in the aggregate' to £000. 'llie store business has shown a steady increase in turnover, and is"a valuable asset to the company. After writing off £1197 Us Od to redemption account, the appropriation account shows a surplus of £40,88-1 12s l Jci,'out of which it t is proposed to pay interest on shares at £0 per cent—£lls4 18s; a further peyment for milk ot -I id per lb of but-ter-fat over the whole season al'Suj'hing £38,900, making the total payment for the season 18.(52 d per lb, and leaving a balance of £82 ( J 1-ls !)d to bo carried forward. The shareholders arc asked to elect three directors, an<l Mr AY. D. Powell, who retires by ballot. All three offer themselves lor re-elec-tion. Mr AV. J. McDonald has .been re-engaged a.s general manager. The report mentions that the cow-tosting has boon continued, and it is remarked that it seems a pity that more of the suppliers do not avail themselves of the service; every two points ill tho average test makes a difference of onetenth of «a penny per pound of fat at the present prices. —N.Z. Times.