Dairy Factories.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 134, 17 November 1884, Page 3

Dairy Factories.

[Woodville JExantiner.\ ,_.. r * Tbe report by Mr Bowron on Dairy Factories m New Zealand deals somewhat exhaustively with the results achieved by the principal factories during the past season. One settler alone received from the Edenda^ Factory £630 for his milk, wjhile the average paid to farmers supplying ' thiT Factory was £6 lOff 8d per cow, while the same cows were also: required] to ! *rear a number of calves. From a supply ot 134,604 gallons of iuilk, 129,255 lbs of cheese anil 3203 lbs of butter wer€T manufactured. The cheese! was sold locally at s£d, find the butter at Is 3d per 4b. The "Wwhreka Factory has been a great ■success and con tin ed its operations dm ing the winter roonih<«, some of j its cheese bringing, from 62s to 66s per cwt m the London market. The Temuka Factory is the same size as .Hie' Wood ville Factory, and here! the company, have a very convenient means of dealing with the evening's 'milk by running it over a refrigerator „ into the large vats, thus reducing the temperature and preventing undueacidity. The price* paid for milk was ; x r4d, x and a large quantity of the.cheese "I was sold locally at s£<V One of ' "cheese from Aiihburtoh realised as ■ high an 71,8 6d per cwt m the London' market. The cheese ,turiied but at Wanganui brought from 6d to 8d per lb m the local market. ThY Greytown Factory has not been a financial 3UcqeHS, mainly owing to jthe 1 Jfattlly arrangements with the far'meis',' wlio 'snpplied the' iuilk only -when it was plentiful and poor! m . -quality, stopping the suppty, and making butter when that commodity ■was -at a .high price. Mr Bowjion .ppihj^i^tj.'tihißt-.in""^^^; flush of ||astdreytO lbs^will' 'Snly produce 14oz. of chee^e>l- wherpasv m: March «nd April— the very time when the Factory should havu its full supplyj- a 1 /gallon -of milk, will produce 17- vor- 18 jj zlozsVi of , The CrtVtejlon bnd Grey town Factories closed' ten weeks earlier than they should have done. '. "At I 'To Awamutu Factory 'tlie pigs rilbne^ paid 200 per cent. The ;' jljWitei^ngi Factory^ is pui'ely cb-opera-,,''ti^ei .the, farmers having built jlhe ;«, iPkctqry and dividing ; the protits, pro- ■• poitionately at the , end of the year. 1 The Pukokohe Factory? was! built' by • ' iiriVate enterprise for %)\e benefit? of ' ''th^'^yni^-s, the protJrietoir.iinyihg 4d per gajJlon' for ;p»iVk," ;'Durin^ jthe ..cpniitig. season there wilt, be twentyVr tbree.pMbUc and iseyen ; i piivabe.; Factories at work tbroughou t the cojc ivy. -' iijt Mt ' : Bowion recomniends! chsese •pccialiy made for the English market—double Gloucester at .the begin- , ..iiiiig of the sertson which cortld; he .when eight week^.olti, jthe >..t Cheddar for the remaindei^^ weighing ■<>■ from; 6olbs to lOOlbs. ; There i*. ilso a large demand on cheede 'Weighiug "■ J v ta*' IQlbs ! tp 12lbs for ! trojiical ;t " coiin'tries." Mr \Bowron advdeatesithe , pfSStablisTiment of a iraiuihg- Facfeoiy '■'-/$$ the Goverampnt for the purpod? of thoroughly acquainting wich the wjork '. . yourigmen who- would be .willing to • - rfevbte^tKemselves to the industry. Captwin Steels 'estimated 1 the- Wai- ! returns for j his :;;^^^o;andfor : |rr tj (^fttes| at *y-J&s-ii2&;'&il&t''' : ■&■ <lifficuHy sepriii to ••l^xbt m aspertainingthe' exact weight v-?of nrilk required to makeapoundj of - -clieese'i > The Ashburtoh Facloi-y averaged lO^biS to a pound of eijred cheese, but the result of the various show a slight difference more, or leßs. That co-operative dairybe(mad&a succ«*sj,ther3 is "^no dbub^'froini the returns' placed before us and we feel sure that with g^ jgueful. inanagemont the , Woodvillo * yPact^ry will prove a <mbst beneficial industry, especially to the farmeijs m \ the district. -■ /, s > !