DAIRY FACTORIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 24, 27 December 1883, Page 2

DAIRY FACTORIES.

( f o the Editor Wanfeanui CWonlcfe.) Sir,— As one that has ha\l considerable experience m dairy foctdries I have ventured to send you the followlug remarks thereon. I observe injour issue of'^uguat 6, 1883, under the heading of « Dairy. Factories," that the Government have appointed an inspector of dairy produce, which I should say was certainly a step 'm the »ight direction, as cheese and butter maW t is certain to become of the leadino- industries of the co%;\ Although I have never risited" JSev Zealand I have for many years been of opinion that it was the finest country m the world for gaeh : eatablishm'ents as cheese and butter factories, but never had an Opportunity until reconlly/. of hearing the opinion of tiny New Zealauder on the subject. During the present month i I received a. visit from aMr^DerreU to inspect our facto^, a gentleman well? known m the colony, r.o doub', havinJ been ouc there over 30 years. *■'<&'' was through his kindness 1 that I received yourpaper, 4 Prom tire conversation I had with him he quite odfafirme^ mv ' opinion that both* the soil aikF climate were much more suitable than our own, with its sudden changes of temperature, for the production of both butter and cheese. Your milk costs about half thei price ; of oai-s; we are paying G£d for sijf raontha, TM for three month*, and B|d for,thvAe nion'tfe : Corn for pig fattening nSust be mndt' cheaper labour, I suppose, is dearer: buLthe factory system is the-TonlC- wkJ to economise, that. : .| was ''for 'seven years manager of the' largest m England, where we manufactured ov?r 3000 gdlons of. milk -per day , {l maldn* ' A about 240 tons LofcHeese during, a season, at a cost of less thatf- 3s per C wt ! including everything. I Mye had about .years experience, ; having entexed the. first factory that was erected m England, an d. perhaps^ ffevv oi the following, rejharksfmay be iisefullQ factory builders. ( Mib t -be >weo ybu - obtain a never-failing au pp l 7 o f D Ure | cold water, 1 the oolder the better • next 3iiikl your factory as)^entraranoT a.* near a railway station, cana?^ o^i river ,as possible for the .convey&no^ yoti^ manufactures. See. that yottr^ tlraitia^ is perfect, and (plentyi; of ventilation^ also, that your su(?r.sWw. W e»anidi with plenty of-slope. Do not on any account allows tfraias for receiving the whty &c, be inside $® buildihg. •AM whey -J tanks and piggeries to.be btitltfriol less than 600 yards disfe4»t. I have know^ m several cases where piggeries at©' built too near, the milk to 4>e afieofced thereby. Do. npt:.Jiavet yoxiv boilerhouse attached to the iaotoiy, as >ii \ a m mast cases, tkeyeoA? 'keeping \m the temperature of th.c making room, which cannot he kept too cold for the eveniq«>, milk. I have made cheese' on many different sjstem% American u Q( | English, but find nope to, compete t^itft. the Cheddar, as made ittjSoitteraotshirev.. ■?. I am at the present time manager of • the Berkeley .Vale Shorthorn Dairy. '. Company, Gloucestershire, which open- ' ed last April; ; but should I hear: os any thing. in Ne;w Zealand worth comj ingoritfor, I troylcl willingly under- ; take it. I can. give the highest testimonials as, a cheese^iakerj and could ■■■■■ undertakp the erjeotion of a factory or the superintendence, of the manufacture of the necessary, plants :and everything belonging thereto. Thanking you, Mr Editor, for kindly inserting this; iuo your i>aper.— J am, youi> obediently. • ■ T, Twiqq, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Oct. 29, 1883.