MOA FARMERS' DAIRY CO.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 63, 3 August 1914, Page 7

MOA FARMERS' DAIRY CO.

ANNUAL MEETING. At the ;!ll!!!la -.-.U'ti'MT of tllO Mo,l la.-niers' C'--n|i l. i: . Daily Compfin;, Ltd., Mr. W. .Tonus ueairiuan of dire. - tors) on y presided .. ver u j;iiu', attendance of tliaivJioJcJcrs. DISCUSSION ON REPORT. -In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet (as previously published) Mr. J ..lies remarked that, the sale of butter on open consignment had been badly aliened by the .strike, which cost the com; a:.-, fr,, m £.}o<j t 0 fjoyo. On the whole, i:u; year had been satisfactory in the circumstances. Outright Bale would, as it turned out, have been a better proposition than open con signment, but the directors had acted as they thought for the best. It had been decided to discontinue the company's connection with the National Dairy Association, and shares had been taken up instead in the. New Zealand Farmers' Organisation Society, which, itwas thought, was a better proposition. He was p.easod to say that the creameries had been run more economically and were in every way in a more satisfactory state. According to resolution, the eompa.vy had paid some £3B for c .. ig home separated cream from supp. e: over a certain distance away. The c.-.-t of manufacture had decreased, and 4J tons more butter had been manufactured. There was reason for expecting a still further increase.

Mr. Henwood, in seconding the motion, congratulated the directors on the report made. In reply to questions: the chairman said that the company received a dividend of £B2 from the Freezing Work, and £4B from the Box Company. Mr. J. Tuck asked if the handling of home separated cream had lowered the gr;»de of the butter. The manager said that it had not The grade was now 93.66. He did not know what it was in 1911, when cream was first taken in. THE STORE CRITICISED.

! -Mr. 11. Curtis questioned the, advis , ability of cstab.ishing the store in the first place, and the wisdom of its management since. Mr. Curtis expressed dissatisfaction with this, and contended that no interest (or insufficient interest) was charged to store .account for the overdraft, otherwise, the store could not have been made to show a profit He further stated that the store did not sell gods cheaper than outside traders. This the chairman, secretary, and several members vigorously denied. Mr. Williams said that some people had questioned the company's right to start a store, simply because it cut into their own profits. Turning to Mr. Curtis, he said, "You know better, and you know, too, that if there is any loss on the store, or if any of the share capital of the company wen? used in it, the directors are responsible directly. You are only using that as a handle" to turn others to your view. (Laughter.) .SUNDRY QUESTIONS. Iteplying to questions ;' said that certain people had sent in trcam to the creameries who were not shareholders, but s-hare allocation had linen deducted fran their cheques. Mr. .1.0. Taylor asked if any arrangement had been eomc to with the Kainiata suppliers. The chairman replied in the negative. They had been under the false impression that :f they came in they would not be allowed to trade at the store. It- would be pointed out to them that they could do so for cash, or on the understanding th;it (lie :ir-o U nt of their account would lie deducted from their factory cheques. Eventually the motion wa.s carried unanimously. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. The following were nominated for the election of directors:'—Messrs T. S. Bowler. G. dough, D. F. Edgar, J. W. Henwood senr.. H. Hine. W. Jones, M. UcMahon, J. StachuTski. D. Ford, and R. T. Williams.

The following wore elected:—Mes-sn Bowler (5.33), Clougli (297), Edgar. (415), Jones (572), McMahon (3SO), Staehurski (451) and Wiliiams (434). Mr. M. Hopson was re-elected auditor at a remuneration of £l2 12s. PAYMENT BY GRADE. Mr. Weston moved that it be a rctommendation to the directors to pay tor butter-fat by grade. Mr. Curtis seconded. Mr. Dean, favored giving the managei power to send back bad milk. The motion was withdrawn. A motion was then carried giving Die manager power to reject l*ad milk or eream. TURNIPY MILK. This led to a brief and casual discussion on the subject of feeding on turnips. A shareholder asked if -:>pp]iers were allowed to turn their cows on to turnips. The chairman said it was a question of use and abuse. Turnip-flavored milk Troujd be rejected during ilie export season. Mr. H. Thomson thought that too muck power was given ;.o creamery managers. He had had milk rejected when lis cows were fed on green oat*and grass. There should at least be some test besides that of smell. The manager said that on the occasion in question Mr. Thomson's milk smelt as if it were tainted, but the i cream was found to be good. He ! thought Mr. Thomson shou'd be paid for ' the milk returned. i The discussion then hipsel