DAIRY COMPANIES' REPORTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1917, Page 2

DAIRY COMPANIES' REPORTS.

CAPE EGMOXT. The annual report of the Capo Egmont Dairy Company shows that milk received at the. faetorv was !)O78.0!)01b, butter-fat ,"3",7f>11b. cheese made SSS.BOS lb; lbs of milk to lb of cheese 10.2. lbs of cheese to lb of butter-fat 2.02, test .1.7. Milk received at butter factory 833.r>SOIb. butter-fat 33.1671b; butter made 4il,a")llb, lbs of milk to lb of butter 20.3. over-run .23 per cent., average test 3.07. Whey butter to the value of Cll>2l 2s Sd was niado during the cheese-making period. An average payment of losilhl was made to suppliers during the year, ami there now remains a surplus of C7S2O 17s 2d. A payment of 3d per lb on all butter-fat tor the year, absorbing £4620 14s U<l, together with 5 per cent, interest on fully-paid-up shares is now proposed to ■be' made. The business of the store department shows a surplus of £3OO 2s 7d. Messrs 10. Ayhvard and J. Rutherford am the retiring directors aiul are . eligible for re-election.

ELTHAM. Tlio annual meeting of the Eltham Dairy Company is to 'be held on Saturday, when the following report will be i submitted to tl)3 shareholders:—During the year we received for Imttcr-makin": Milk 4,!17-t,KI.-)H>, butter-fat '210,0i)3.32ib, average test 4.22. cream 33,00111), butfccrfat 33.3!)5.1(>ib. average test 40.20, butter made 21i3,G301b. For cheese-making: Milk 36,304,24511), butler-fat 1,370,210.77 lb. average test 3.77; cheese made I :i,(i]7,22(111); cheese to lib of butter-fat I (London weight) 2.571b, milk to lib of cheese 10.031b. During the season the average price paid for butter-fat for . cheese-making was ISd, and the-.average I price paid for butter-I'at for butter - ! making was, for July and August ISd, i September-April 17d. May and June ! 14d. The balance on band makes it I possible for the directors to make a furj ther payment of 3.24 J. You will be I asked to elect three directors in place of Messrs Knuekey, Carter, and Phillips, who retire in rotation, but are eligible for re-election; also an auditor. Mr. W. J. Tristram lias signilied his willingness to again act in that capacity. The balance-sheet shows receipts to have amounted to £Ki.i,454 lis lid. the principal items being cheese sales £114,1(H) 3s fid, butter .e-20,C54 Ss 4d, casein £503 17s Sd. The working, account showed that manufacturing charges totalled X 14.-C72 .10s Od (ofwhich wages were £7212 5s 4d), trade expenses-£s-174 11 3 9d (butter-fat levy being .0474!) 4s Sd), export charges £2IOO !)s lid, general charges £3254 lfia 2d, depreciation £2OOO. £118,752 0s Id had; been paid out for milk, and there-Avaa a ; balance of £20,431 1b 3d.

MAKETAWA. The following is the twenty-second'an-* mial report of the Makctawa Dairy Fac-, tory, to be submitted at the annual'' meeting on Thursday:—The quantity' I of butter made was 117 tons IScwts. lor.' j The surplus amounts to,. £4OOO '7s lid,' . which will allow of, a paynient to factory' | suppliers of 4.3d, and to, creamery sup- : : pliers of 4.2d : ..per''.lb of. butter-fat, j amounting to .£2llO ls.J'd and £1875 jlSjSd respectively, leaving'a balance of | £75 5s 2d, which the directors propose Ito carry forward. '■' '. j The making of casein, curd was commenced in February, and, when the final! distribution has, been wade, suppliers will have received '2% d per lb of butter-fat, .under this head, over, the, period February to May. ' ', '-".., | Two directors are required in place of ; Messrs Drown and Dombrnski, who re-. ; tire by rotation and are eligible for reelection. j Statistics are given as follow:—Milk received 5,332.1it01b, casein 10,2171b, ! butter-fat 225 3031b, butter made 204,124 lb, butter to lib butter-fat 1.1721b, aver- j , age test of milk 4.14, average test of j cream 4'0.05. Advances paid equal 15d • per lb of butter-fat. Total payments, j including bonus: Factory supplier's 10.4 d, j creamery suppliers 11).3d, casein suppliers |2.25d (February to May, inclusive).'