DRIED MILK AND SUGAR OF MILK.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1918, Page 5

DRIED MILK AND SUGAR OF MILK.

VIEWS OF MR. J. B MaßDOCft''jr^W The question of the manufactuf»' dried milk and sugar of milk was bnefevaM touched on by Mx. J. B Mmdoch, at the annual meeting of, BU PPh$?Jw| of the T. L. Joll Company yeßtwdfeyiSffl Ihe committee appointed by the 4qj&ijß companies were awaiting the return' ofcHfH one of the gentlemen who had gone tWiJSH America, so as to obtain all In connection with dried milk. $ they had not sufficient place before dairy companies •fhigat yJBJfIB milk appealed to them nioia, aijij 'sC*9 men who had gone to America <l}<l'JtHraH know much about this Xt had " >e * l J,.*«| ascertained that the raach.nery lor #s!&J|M was mado in Australia, but cult to obtain just now The <W»«A%|3 question to solve was marketing. 4lp|j9| present sugar of milk was 1 worth £Jy§;lla| and dried milk (for nhole milk) %3tc||h trior to the war, the price for su W , yj|fiH milk was £4O, and for dried milk «S|SB to £7O. They were endeavoring to>|nW«SM a contract for four 01 five years At *nM assured price to permit of paying i&VISH the whole plant- H they could thpy must go in for it, but so had not been able to Dried lniiik quired an'expensive plant and eno^ fuel consumption. The factory «rpgs«|P|H at Matangi had cost £67,000, and require 1«0. tons of fuel weekly wkfia ifa|S full swing. A factory could be at Kapuni, where 240,0001b of milk opt|s|S| "dp concentrated in the flush of tine »ea*R» so 3, embracing all thenar eastern' aqpj| II ply and west as far as Otakeho, aJul sss« 9 Ksupokonui supply to Waiokntra, H far north as Kaponga. Buck a H was worth spending £ "SO.OOO to to cope with, and* if assured of price for four or five years, hesitate to ajik tW shareholders port the proposal. . H!s