THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. MEETING OF BOMBAY SETTLERS. Auckland, August 14th.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 291, 18 August 1888, Page 6

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. MEETING OF BOMBAY SETTLERS. Auckland, August 14th.

Tui, milk pioduccrs of Bombay and tho adjoining districts mot Mr Spragg. of tho New Zealand Dairy Association, in the Bombay Public Hall on Monday night. Mr McKiulay was called to the ehan, a lull leprescntation of the settlors being in attendance. Tho Ciniirman biiofly explained tho object of I/he mooting, which ho wild was to consider the desirability or otherwise of ollering to the Dairy Association inducements to eiect a creamery in thcii midst. >le said that m his opinion thuic would not bo a second thought on tho subject. They all knew tho diiiicultieb which presented thembiMVCs timing bpiiug and bummer time, ot which the rnanulacl uiing of tho butter, troublesome as that w.ih in hot wcathoi, was the loist. lie certainly thought that in the interests ul the district every rca^o.i ihlc lnducenicnL should !)u held out to tlio Association to at otico ebt.ibli.sh a cieamciy. Some step ot this land would ha\e to be taken soonoi O) laterals the quantity ot butter made wa.s nici easing year by year out of all piopoition with the county's consumption, and although buttei m.i King wa.s the best thinrr that many ol them could undeitake, he feared ir was, and would be, a pool business unless taken in hand systematic illy as by such a company n« that which Mr b'piagg represented. He had, howevei, little direct inteiest in the pi opo-al, as his own dany was \oiy .small. The settlers, attei hearing their visitor and getting all the inclination they could Ironi him, would be in a position to decide t lie matter. Mr Spiagg w»ia then in\ ilod to explain his proposals. Alter retelling to tho lustoiy ot tl.c daiiy mtlu-ti^ iluim^ the ias-t tlnce or lour jeais and supplementing tho Chaunuin's lemnrks on the diliicultics expel ionccd in disposing ot butter uj)on the .small local matketb which the city ol Auckland dllorJ*-, the propo-als of the new Company, wine!) uero similar to those already accepted by Pukekohe and Tuakau, weic submitted. A discussion ensued, in which Messrs Cuthbcit, Jiuthcrfoid, Balm, Dr. Rowley, and others took part. The proposals w ere la\ ourably spoken of with theexception of the piieeolloied toi milk, wz., 2UI, which wa^ considered small. Doctor .Rowley said <he price was small, but they must icmember th.it the Daily rWooution asked for their milk only durinir the spiing and .summer, when it was most plentiful and most tioublc-omo. Thu winler milk was left with themselves, to make the most of. They all knew what sending butter to Am klaud in the Hush season meant, and, although it was natuial tor them to withhold the statement of the mi-eniblc're turns which they obtained for butter last year, they would be unwise if they lost sight of that consideration, lie Was certain that in his own dairy tho utmost care and cleanliness was ob'-crved. His cattle weie good and well-foil, mid the fckill employed was equal, at least, to tho aveiage. All this was so well-known that ho did not tccl that his poor ictum for butter last year was at all a rejection upon his dairy. j Dmin^ the spring and suinmci months ho had bomotimes icceived 3d. 4d, and oderd }>er lb, and his expeiienco was not at all singular. Mr Balm said that the lowcot price he had received per lb was nothing at all. Mi Jiutheiloid pointed out that the present good prices obtainable wcic due to the clearance of the maiket by the Buttui Department's export, which had taken away, lie unclcrsto id, ncaily 100 tons of butter during the season. It was worth their while to footer work of that, description. Docloi Kowley moved that " This meeting if. ot opinion that the inUust ot the dusliict would be foi wauled by the establishment ot a cicamcry lioic." Ml Balm .seconded the motion, which was cai 1 iul. Mi .Spragg said (hat the site of the ci earner y would be on the bouth Iload near to Mr Kuthti foi (i's mrl. M-C-sk- Cuthbcit, Si long, and Rutherford were appointed bj tlio mooting to collect giKiiantoes to supply milk. The meeting wa.s bi ought to a close by a vote of thanks to Mr Spragg and the chairman.