Dairy Factories.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 249, 22 September 1883, Page 2

Dairy Factories.

(To the Editor; Bay of Plenty Times.) . ' Sib,-~ will . jou fallow ! me» v through the colums of your paper, ; to [try ta impress, on; a few of aLj neighbOur'farmers, who are at present, shy , of j joining our Factory Association, the benefit. thej will derive from full ■ co-operation.' Firstly, everyone knows that butter will beat the highest this season' la perftj (retail), which means 9d par, lb to the farmers.. -Ho,w„. many, .jo_»jKJ^_J_f.«_iSLil!c does it take to make a pound of butter? 12 to 14 ;. tak c, the average 13, then you will get Is Id instead of 9d per lb, " without the trouble and loss. of time, which is endless when' trying to make butter m the hot summer months, -46 beet a most inferior aruclei" 'it will ba urged t^a^the loss of calves is&erir ous. Have a 'few cqws^and make eacH cow. rear ( t^b caiyes' ; which can easily be managed with a little trouble before-^ hand. Can farming^ ever pay aniens .you do take trouble.?, Xoo,„ace i amplw repaid for your Bkim-miik if you uk© up shares m the factory; for' everyone allows bacon-curing &cy, is if carried dn, pn ; a large scale the most prbfiUbie part of , the undertaking.^ The' shares are placed on sdch easy' terms,' that the poorest farmer can 4 take up largely and will ba^ able, to pay li.e'.oaiis' on bis shares out of the money' he gets each month for; his milk, aj>. he really keepf his own pigs without the tr,oijible of attending., them. Secondly, 1 the farmers will experience the pleasant sensation of being able to count on a little, ready mdney,,the beginning-j)f each, month,; and will not be obliged to take' but V» kind* thb 'pricb^of his butter the storekeepers,;,,, .and not only r that but these benevolent citiz3nß, make it quite a compliment to .take, . the Jtarmeri', prodace no matter what description at their own prices; afterwards making about. 100 par cent on oar hard eariied Übbura^. even then they seem to import' ever*-. rtking, because they can get a fetir months** tick themSelvesl j - ihirdly, '^if isitlw-tln-., tention of the Directors to procare one of cream separatdrs^iand iqitK a gooS refngeratOri^hejcreami being free> from 'aXldtmosphend influeme&the factory butter will be hard and good ; with, all the freshness and aroma so eagerly sought after in' fresh butter i .: ; not a soft, sqashy article fair of baiter-milk and water, which most of the local butter contains during the hot weather. So. all other dairies will be driven out of t_e%arket, fitfd^he factory-butter will b.ave.the monopoly; and then it will bet to ; the storekeepers' advantage, to mak& sure of. a regular supply, or they will find their' customers going wjiere i^oan be'procured. Why the faotory sytem must be a success m New Zealand is thit •' passing over bur local and the Australian markets 1 ' we can land oar butter'anid oheese m the hjvne;: market when' there is almost none to be] had* Denmark is ait c present makinjj butter m her severe winter, plimate* ..and, vxs porting it to London, getting ; 160a per cwt';- How much easier ; , for New Zealand with her summer weather, and abundance of grass to export largely now that' ;the free_ing- apparatus ,ij ; j f n fall swing. ( Great v britaia ; aud.lrela^ are 'how' paying* _>44 > QpOiOOo> / ,(i4>.njillion Sterling) par annum v or;£3B,GP^ v daily

for fcrei^butter; It rtow Only rViii^inS for those interested m the Tanranga Factory to put their photfdersi to the wheel and to take pride m the local industry. What the farmers nanst learn ia that to succeed, they *mußt cooperate. Last year a gentleman "who was a large wheat grower m Canterbury" told me that 14 yeais ago they nsed to give up to 8s 6d per bushel for Tauranga wheat, it was so mnch better than theyicbnld procure elsewhere ; why should Tanranga not crow it now? Simply because' the farmers -do not join • and procure ithe best machinery^and' iiso? abolish excessive wages which prevents ; crops being lucrative. The thanks ol the farmers; are dob to Mr R. Home and Capt Bsrolaf ,' for the trouble they htfve^ taken m getting our Cheese factory bq neatly «l (awjqmplished fact.— l am ** '' U "..,.'.. H.t |R.. lAßltKtt., ..-■ Gardenhufst, B^tem3er42 t 1883,

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