WAREA BUTTER FACTORY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81848, 15 September 1906, Page 3

WAREA BUTTER FACTORY.

The Warea Co operative Dairy Companv's factory wa> visited the other morning by a News representa:i\e, who was ,-diown over the |in'niise> by Mr V. Robinson, the manager. The factory is pleasanlly situated oil I he river bank, in a glade of native trees. Siarting a< the leceiving stage we wi'ie shown Mi Gowan's patent and the Triumph skim-milk weighing machine, which automatically regulates the amount of skiin-imlk for each supplier. The skimming plant consists of two A : fa-I aval separatms, dealing at present with 1:00 gallons of milk dailv or about hall a~ much milk a-, was'put through in tie- height of last season, and about twice as much as tame forward at this time in 1905. A Humble Refrigerator keeps down (he lenipeiatup'. and power i~ obtained from a 15 h.p. turbine, with a b h.p. Tangye engine as a stand-by ill case of jc< idem . All the machinery, including a <1 h.p. Tangye pump, and a big new Topliss churn, is driven by ilie \vjt;T tuibine. but, ol course.

•-'(Mill ill usi be kept I'jJ f"i lii■ ;iim J.purposes. A spacious irfrifceratinu; ro i,m. Ji.iiKMd" I In- lniU«-r-\v.»U'i>K department, is ri«ht up-to-date. Tli'' •. < inpaii> ha- su< c solved the problem of preventing <ib!- etioiiable odours arising from the n< ijthbouihood of lli<- .-kini-milk tank. A con- , dish eMemls jiulu under the tank. and acr.«* the cart roadway at this point, whilst the coin iete is io\-H-rd with xvcod-bluckin.i; just v.liep the carls -tand 11"' ivc ill' 1 null,. B v ihis nivalis cvi-iyihiiiK l ' ;in l,r washed down. and kept rl.-an and -wet. m marked eonlt asi t < ;he ■'laic of affairs some tune ago. wll*■ 11 ii was nrc'-ssary to keep all doers and windows raised on rliat ■ id'- "f :li" factory to keep out the si'-m ii lii nil die stand. Ike butt'-i milk tank is aso of concrete. The f.t, i.,rv is now turning out eleven bnx-

•« fit" hull' 1 !' dail». a<? f< ;it tin' < «i- p<'i i°d nh last ycai. and tin- September bntfr iias Ixt-n sr.ld at nd ]) ( 'r H), and 'b'- ri inaindri nf 111 <■ output a' joid p(M* !b. I h<* (oinpany is forinnaM* in having S|,( '' Ul vd a- V. Robinson, formerly manner uf own Nf-w.dl mad fivanmy. v.hi'h by thr way lik»ly i<» r< f|uiiv \\v of a now >q;.jrato:' th■ i a-on. on account of the