HOT WATER FROM FACTORY.

Putaruru Press, Volume VIII, Issue 352, 21 August 1930, Page 1

HOT WATER FROM FACTORY.

FOR CLEANING CANS. Discussion at Tatuamii. “ I tMnk that eventually the issue of hot water from the factory will have to be discontinued, but I do not think this is the right time to discontinue it,” said Mr. W. Darrall, chairman of directors of the Tatua Dairy Company, Tatuanui, during a discussion at the annual meeting of .V suppliers last week on the issue of hot water to cheese factory sup- % pliers. The question was raised by Mr. N. Dey, who asked whether the supply of hot water at dairy factories was to be withdrawn this season in view of the fact that it had been condemned by officials of the Dairy Division. If so, now was the time for suppliers to instal water heaters in their sheds. The Chairman : Personally I do not think the hot water issued at the factory is any good except for washing the outsides of cans. It is not hot enough for washing the insides of the cans. Perhaps I am something of a fanatic about hot water. These litr tie 15-gallon water heaters are no ( good at all. A farmer uses a little for washing teats and a little for mixing calf food, and when he comes to wash his cans he is lucky if he has any hot water left. The elimination of issuing hot water at the factory would be a step in the right direction. Mr. C. Lynch : Do you not think carrying whey in. cans is, worse? The Chairman : I think it is one of the features of the cheese industry. I do not know what to do the whey. We cannot leave it '"at the factory. Carrying whey home inrthe cans creates a cycle of organises from the whey tank to the suppliers’ cans to the vats and back again. You may have noticed that when the factory is running every other day the whey is much stronger. If we can arrive at some system of manufacturing whey paste it will become an important industry and will he a very fine thing for the Cheese V industry. Mr. J. Hart : I do not think there is any necessity to stop the supply of hot water. What we want is some system of sterilising cans at home. Experiments with chemicals for sterilising cans' have been carried out in America and at Massey College. The Chairman : I am quite satisfied the present condition is not right. I do not know what we can do to remedy it at present. Within the next year there may be some new way of sterilising cans and plant. With the possibility of electric power being cut off I do not think this is the time to press for electric heaters on all farms. Mr. J. M. Allen, a member of the * Thames Valley Electric Power Board, said the board was not demonstrator' ing new water heaters at present owing'to the uncertainty of the supply of power. The board could not allow water heaters to be operated A at the same time as milking motors, as the board’s peak load, and consequently its expenses, would be increased. Had Arapuni kept going there would have been a prospect of cheap power, which might have permitted the removal of restrictions on the use of water heaters. Mr. H. L. Wilton gave particulars of a new water heater he had installed in his shed and which gave great satisfaction. The discussion then turned to other matters.