FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 227, 30 October 1909, Page 2

FARM AND DAIRY.

TAIERI AXIJ PENINSULA DAIRY „ . rO-MI'ANV. By Telegraph.—l'rcss Associat'on. ~ Uunedin, Last Night. At the annual meeting of the Taleri ,! I ' L ' nills,lla Jll 'k Supply Companv the directors reports the prolit for the'vear 1 r! ,nil '!;., f, ' 0n ' ,ast . VCl "'>' "as l/Jlli Js Od. I hey recommended the payment of a dividend at the rain or 0 per cent., and of allowances on butter Shipped to South Africa (returns not jet to ■hand), estimated at about. £SOO balance to lie carried forward. Milk purchased amounted to H1),107,728 lbs. containing .17,51/5,508 lbs of butter-fat. The quantity of butter" manufactured was 1/11 tons, and of cheese .182 tons In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, the chairman (Mr. Mahoney) said the results had not been so good as in previous years. The volume of business had been as large as in previous' years, if „ot larger, and if things had turned out as the directors anticipated a handsome return would have resuited. There had been a considerable shrinkage in supplies to store butter to supply requirements, chiefly of the South African trade; but when the time eainc to use the butler thus stored in cool chambers, something unaccountable had developed in it, and the butter failed to reach requirements for export to south Africa, and what was svat forward did not "stand up" 1)roviolls ots. 1 lie directors left no stone tinturned to discover the catihe of the trouble, which ha,l been the first, experienced by the company. A new buttermaker had been secured. The company liad been pasteurising all the cream with the object of corrcctiwr the undesirable flavor. The outlook for tiie coming year, as far an supplies were concerned, was' excellent ami prices satisfactory, thouglVvliftt up to expectations, The report and hnlanc(S-s]iect were adopted, and the retiring, directors (William Vlnlnil.n. ml T .VAUKaSk . -