DRIED MILK MANUFACTURE

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 398, 6 August 1918, Page 4

DRIED MILK MANUFACTURE

| CONFERENCE OF DAIRY ' FARMERS. i | As the outcome, of a meeting held j some few weeks back at Pukekohe, i further consideration to the matter of I the proposed manufacture of dried milk was given at a conference of dairy farmers that took plaice at Tuakau la«t Saturday, Mr. J. B. Sim (Tuakan) presiding. Other delegates present were: Messrs. Morrison (Pukekawa), Pjggot and Melville (Buckland). D. R. Hamilton and Mootc (Pukekohe), Pendorgast (Maungafawhiri Valley), O'Leary (Pokeno Valley). Leathern (Pokeno), Barnaby. Black and Reid-Clark (Hnrrisville), Lan? and Fulton (Whanrjavata), MeFarland. Craig and T.awson (Tuakan - ). Waikato Cort.ipany's Views. Mr. Goodfellow (Managing Direct-t of the Waikato Dairy Company) was first interviewed, and after explaining matters in detail, answered i|uosfions as follows :- To Mr. Pigcof: Tim lorries required. would cost from tI.OOO to £1,200. To Mr. Fulton: The <li3trict was suitable, provided Oin or lOin lyres were used in transportation, and the pace not too fast. To Mr. Hamilton: A railway siding was preferable fo a site on the river bank. To Mr. Hamilton: Although trains at present might be running to suit Pukekohe, Bsckland, Tuakan, and Mercer, both for morning and night deliveries, they not be able to get any satisfactory guarantee from (he Department, but perhaps the Department, mi'jbt. wake up fo the necessity of making n special feature of milk transport.. To Mr McFarland: Conditions were so altered that there was not, and there would not. he for seme time, nny analogy between prices and pre-war prices. European herds bad been so depleted that for five years there would he no appreciable difference in supplies of milk. To Mr. T.awson: The joint, and several guarantee would not apply to those suppliers who paid up their share capital in full. To Mr. Hamilton: Six miles by road was probably a far enough ran.ae for transport to ensure satisfactory condition on arrival at factory. To Mr. Sim: Recoverable solids out of skim milk were 81 per cent., and rut of whole milk 13 per Cent. To Mr. Piggot: Each district "paying its own cartace was preferable to the cartage being pooled by all suppliers. To Mr. Sim: There was absolutely no foundation for the rumour that he was to receive one per eonl. of (ho total profits. No salary bad been suggested so far. To Mr. Fulton: The £25,000 eslimate did not, include butter making machinery. To Mr. Pk'got: His company pro posed to make skim milk powder foi a star!, so as to be en the safe side whilst insulated space was doubtful. On the motion of Mr. McFarland, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. (loodfellow. for his attendance and for his efforts lo elucidate the matter. Dairy Association's Contentions. Later, Mr. Kirknian, representing (he New Zealand Daily Association, attended the meeting. In reference to the cost of a factory, he slated that the Ohaupo proposition for 4,000 c wwa.> £50,000. inclusive of cottages and drainage, but not including the lorries. Thivepence per lb on butterfat would produce £IO,OOO a year, and would wipe off the ,-haie ,- '■!!■■ in h\.jears, and would liberate lie joinlr and several bonds necessary b. the erection of a factory. Mr. Kirknian answered questions jis follows :-■■ To Mr. Sim: Cottages would be leased to the factory bands, and would probably pa\ tin- iid'!e~l on lien construction. To Mr. Hamilton: A separate butter factory in their ease would not, be re- i quired, as the dried milk factories j would sell (heir excess butler-fat I" j (lie Association just as any other sup- j pliers. . ; To Mr. McFarland: The cost of a ; f!,000 cow plant, inclusive of cottages and new site, would he between £25.000 and £40,000. To Mr. Melville: There would be n« call other than the deduction of fie 3d. per lb on a 2001b butter-fat bask To Mr. Hamilton: "Glaxo" was tie safest proposition of any form of drh d milk at the present tine, owing lo Ihe market foi it being already established. To Mr. Sim: There was no justification for certain high prices quoted. The U.S.A. quote was 20 cents; and j Mr. UuddockV Canadian quotation was: Cheese 2/3, condensed milk 'Jr. butler 2/0, dried milk 2/7*. To Mr. Fulton: His Association could guarantee a 0 good a figure aothers, because lle-y were in the bu.-j ness, and could handle it as well a anyone else. At the same time. hj;. Directors were not altogelhei' in hiv-oj of the change. I To Mr. McFariand: Two dried null; I I'aclorie.s in Victoria, wlm-e contract- i expired on December 12, 1013, were ; paying out 1 10. less hi f,,r carlagc, and Id less h.r those v.11.• m-iuml i ~ agreement for supply. To Mr. Hamilton : lie ha I no id- • iiow much it would cosl to bin lb-' ira<le nam. ' ( il.tXo.'' Eiioriiiou sum | had he.-n expended in advcrli-h I: ■ j name. ; To Mr. Sim: The • 0.-l of (node; io " (ila.Xo " was a private slbii;, an ' could no( be aii-wered. To Mi. Morrinoii: It was ,pi,-li,,n | able if the Association e-.uld pay Jper It- for dried mill; sold und, i ■< m ... j name. j Mr. Melville proposed a heaily v>h \ of thanks to Mr. Kirknian for hi • in | rttruclivi: address and for hi- caieioi 1 i oiisideration of questions, pul lo him. and tbe same was carried euro applause. j Delegates' Conclusions. Alter a lunch adjournment. the .J, I yates came to tbe following < "in hisjojis: (J) That dried milk as a pn>. |

duct c.u<?ht to receive seriou- consideration in New Zealand; (2) drier! milk, by dividino the markcl of our dairy produce, was a necessary adjunct to butter and cheese; (3) dried milk may help to safeguard our markets not only in the immediate future, but for ensuinc generations; (4) it is possible to pit."* and maintain a factory in the neighbourhood; <o) that (be co : f of upkeep of road? docs no: prohibit the industry locally; (6) thai Ihe Dairj \s«ooiation's present view of flio proposition is thai if is not belter than butter: (7) that the Waikr.to Company's view of the business is that it is preferable to butter at (•recent; (10) Hud Ibe capital must bo raised under j«<in( nnl -overal uar.inlee; and (11) Ui d (be capifal could no! be leni bv supplier? hrrfcid of ■be banks. At *!■!- Mv„, it was r-r.nsidercd ad-ii.-ahl, lo adjourn Ihe meetim.- If) n day in Nb.vr-mhor, lo C fixed.by ihe chairman and -''orotnry. A hearty ,ole ~f (hanks « is tendfred to (he chairman for bis elTorf- on behalf of 'be committee.

DRIED MILK PROSPFGTS CANADIAN EXPERT'S VIEWS. With a view to obtaining lh< most reliable and up-to-date in formation rosp-eting tbe trade in and manufacture of, dried mil! in Canada and (he United States Mr. Harold Beam-hump, chair man of tbe, Hank of New Zealand, recently cabled to Mr. .1 A. Roddick, formerly well known in this Dominion as Government Dairy Expert, and last, week received a letter from (hat

gentleman confirming a cabled reply lie sent to Mr. Beauehamp. Mr. Ruddick occupies a high position in the Department of Agriculture in Canada now, and is recognised to be one of the leading authorities on dairying matters, both in (hat country and the United Stales, and his letter is all the more interesting from the fact j that the pressure process, to which he i particularly refers, is the one that is j proposed by Mr. Goodfellow for adopi tion in the. Lower Waikato. Writing j to Mr. Beauehamp on June 26, Mr. | Ruddick says:— i ''Your cable of (be 24th instant on tie subject of rnilk powder was duly r- ceived. I enclose confirmation of my reply. There has been a consid u'able extension of the milk-powder business in Canada and the United Slates since the outbreak of war, and tie same thing applies (o condensed milk. The Canadian Milk Product: i i.mpany, the only manufacturers of milk powder in Canada, began operations about twenty years ago, and for a time they operated in a very small vay and under many discouragei icnfs. They first mod what is known a the ,lust-Hatmaker process, in which the milk is dried on the surface o hot rollers. Powder made l,y this p.ocess is used only by chocolate, biscuit, and confectionery manufacturer, ice cream manufacturers, etc. " Within the-last two or three years a new process, controlled by the Mern 11-Soule Company, of Syracuse, New York, lias been introduced. Ibe mil!; i- first, passed through a continuous c-ondenser and reduced about four to one. It is then sprayed under a pressure of about 3000 pounds through a very line noz/.le into a chamber through which a current of healed air i- passing. The moisture is taken up almost instantly, and tbe solids fall to the bottom >.i Ihe chamber ii the form of a line powder. Thipi wder dissolves very .readily and •i- ,-s u.,| na\e as much m (he cooke'd fl; \otir as powder made by (ho other process. The skim milk powder v, Ui k- ep almost indefinitely. They mak-' a whi )e milk powder, and even a er-vmi powder, by (his process, but th-so, on account of llie fat conlaim 1 Herein, do not keep any better than better does, and (he ia! bceoiui s rancid very sm.-n unless Co! in cold storage. The Canadian Milk Pro. di ei.s ( omuany ha\ e -o far found a j marlo i. in I 'ana, la ;',a i h-ur tofal i t:l----p whi' h am.iiud ; !•• ah ail 1.u00.00u pi unds per ye;,,- of tic diied pow-h r. " Willi the improved powder iyc-i [• iy ]mt on Ihe mark '. '• <• ' '■< ado,-, Milk IVnouels (■-.nipany are now u-1- \ ■ caling ihe leeai-i i'tiijn , i nii'!. I'm ordinary ouri ■-. Th-; mix '■' ■ .-.kirn milk i"-v i'-r an ! v /- 1 r. '■■■■■'■ ii prooiicl i'.ll. heal |, j,:i-(. -i i ■'■■>•■ (cmquaiilily of bullcr |o make ,•■ i.e., milk. At' l ' r thoroti'jh ndxiu-j i 1 i-pa-we,l through an v |B breaks up the fl m yet ■ into H it is being used some in lie- >■ Spates t<> -uppiy mill; for :e fl flj i flj and ■ , this -MB ■ - milk. ■ not been ibe fl fl H fl ~t fl ' ■ fl hut flj ! fl I «■ mill; p-'Wd, r ; n !' • (■■■ . ai d I b Ii - ■., .■ i: i i d\ in'.'' Very • i -,it ; --fai - lion, and I am im b-l !■• Monk fhat .Kim ' ' ow.l-r will replace ~.„ ,ien--e,l •!■:'■', lo some ev|, ~( j,, II- , n.-ar fulniv. It sc-ms b.me quite ~,,-sibl.' thai He maikel , , ,y he ov--,l,„ie aHi ,' (be ear. a ■ Ihe du i'c.i l|„. pro liieti. n ~•' P. lb i , n-b :,- ! milk and milk t- ■■•..!, ■ ha: ! n ■, ■■..■ lar e duriu-' !h- pa I four y nie. I hi,].!' Hiat litis m-e ,•, j| '„.,,; ,!,, || he "lad lo b-ar ir"iu vmi :■■■ ■ ia if y,-e think ! can ! ' aev ■, i lan, ' ■ j