THE WESTLAND CENTRAL DAIRY FACTORY.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1924, Page 2

THE WESTLAND CENTRAL DAIRY FACTORY.

NOTHING SUCCEEDS LI K 1 SUCCESS.”

MARKKT FOR WKSTLAXD PORK

Not until 11 10 establishment ot the Central l-’aetory does there appear to have been much headway made respecting (leveloptnent of dormant assets posses>od lIVI IV piaetieallv every dairy tanner in Westland. Although till* question ol the necessity lor a hncon factorv lias licen mooted occasionally over a period of years past, the dairy farmers have lioen forced. t*v circumstances. to contentment of merely the pinduction of Initterlal for liutter and chcc'se. It is well known hv farmers ol experience in other parts, that successful and profitable dairying: cannot lie conducted without the assistance ol the pie. Notwithstanding there are about ten dairy factories operating on the Coast, some of lengthy establishment. it has remained lot oiir lucid factory, which it is worthy of recording only commenced operations late this season, to lake the initiative steps lor further development in the dairying industry ol Westland. Mr 11. T. I’any (Managing Director of the Hokitika Central factory i who has just returned Irum a business trip to Christchuri h, reported to his Directorate at yesterday's meeting, having made vorv satisfactory arrangements for the disposal ol large quantities ot pork and further extensions ol the Company’s operations in that oily. In an interview with our representative, M.r I’arry said lie had secured substantial offers from no less than live large linns desirous of purchasing pork from his Company delivered in a cldl'ed or frozen condition on heck- at Christchurch staiini* ueie gi’.en 111- assurance that -itch accomplishment praeticaliy means that in the future, and for some years to come, all the pork produced in Westland can now find a ready and profitable market. This fact, said Mr Parry, forecasts a new era ol prosperity lor the Westland dairy farmer. It is the intention nf the Company, at periodical times, to collect the pigs, killed on the larm. and convey same to the laclory tor inspection, classification etc., preparatory for transport in insulated waggons to Christchurch. Continuing, Mr Parry said the class of pig to breed for successful business was a very important matter indeed. and Inline;-; should give special attention in this direction. I-or quick returns, ami weight- up to lOlllhs fos which he had received inquiries for .10 to 70 carcase's weekly, the lterashire or Yorkshire or a cross was recommended, for bacon types, of which there scented a very large demand, the Berkshire or Yorkshire. Tamworth or the Largo White would be the more profitable, ’file ideal nig for export as recommended by Mr Corringo, the wellknown (lovornnient Kxport, is a cio>s with the Berkshire or Yorkshire with the Tamworth ami then the* oilspring ero-ed back with the Yorkshire or lk,‘rk>hiro.

Mr Barry said that from the Tercma.tau to Wataroa approximately It I , ii\vs w ere milked for dairy purposes. This number, allowing tor the Usual calves reared, could produce l.iiffl pigs, which at the average or C:i pm- head would return L'12,000 annually. but of course increasingly. Denmark exports in nork yearly to England about C 1 7.000.0011. or nearly as lunch as the whole of the dairy produce from our Dominion, whilst New Zealand has not exported anything worth refolding. Ibis tact is men tinned merely to show the gteut possibilities we have in this direction, and the markets with the aid of the Central Faetorv can now he reached li-lit from our own hack door. ( halting of the past season's returns in hutterfat payouts, Mr Parry mentioned that hi- Company's payment' had compared more than lavottrafdv with Canterbury factories which Usually top the highest in New Zealand. He expressed his opinion that (innl hutterfat. prices would he ahollt the -;une a- last, for the ensuing -cnutlocik for th.* next six mouths in the export market was very bright. >,) • Westward Ho." with it' cheap areas of land eminently suitable tor dnirving. can still present advantages net expected cl'cwhcre in the Dominion. Ret us hop** that all concerned will put their hand to the* plough lor the advancement of the distric t. Then the days of the golden era of Westland, when she threw out totes of gold to the value of 1M0.000.1100. from her richly lined pockets for the old diggers aml pioneers, will he repeated in tens of golden butter, pork, baton, egg- and other product* o! the dairy, for which nature has given abundant encouragement by copious raintalls and most brilliant sunshine. What has already been accomplished in other parts tan easily he repeated in Westland.