FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1919, Page 9

FARM AND DAIRY.

DRIED MILK. DISCUSSED BY NGAERB SUPPLIERS. At the annual meeting of the Ngaero Cooperative Dairy Factory Company on Tuesday the chairman of directors, Mr W. Morrison, In referring to the inquiries concerning dried milk, said that some of the suppliers, becoming impatient with the "go-slow" policy of Hie directors had held a meeting of which Mr Harrison was appointed chairman. Tho meeting had passed a resolution calling upon the directors to put things in order at once. They would notice on the balance-sheet an Item of SOU, expenses of Hie delegate who had gone to seek the Information required. The directors would, not he In a position to give the suppliers. any information till the delegates' return. At the meeting of suppliers held In connection with tho matter a committee was set up to get the information. They seemed to think that the Information could be obtained at the back door. A supplier: The committee did not have the company'! cheque book at the back of them. L A number of the conuaittej refected w »M

the committee was not set up to Ret the Information The committee was to make an appeal to tlic directors asking them to move In the mailer The Chairman: You arc wrong there. The cruinilttee was called upon to so! the. Information, call a big meeting and form a now company The supplier said that they -waited upon tho directors and asked them to obtain the information. Another supplier said that the directors wore to call a meeting and had never done so. Mr Ilennett said the committee, had been set. \il> to try and father information about dried mill; and siijar of milk They went to ICuponga and got as much information from the secretary there and more than the dirneUth had The committee wanted to go further with the matter but found thnt they had not. power to call a meeting of share'ioldera. A supplier: Any five members can call a mpetlng. Jlr Bennett said it was the directors place to do that. Who, he aslted, would pay Iho expenses If It was done by private shareholders 1 Mr Maxwell said he was very much In favor of the company making drlod milk, and irony oilier shareholders were of the same opinion. After dealing with the markets tor the extensive* sale of glaxo and dried milk, he said that when these were sold by mnny storekeepers In Tarnnakl they could understand how limitless the demand would be; In countries like India, South Africa, Ifcypt and Britain. Could anyone say that dried milk was going to he overdone f There was a very big district in the Walkato vihere the h.nd was poor and greatly Inferior to Tarnnakl land, so that the people had to make the most of their opportunities They obtained information about dried mill; which was qulle good enough for them to start In the industry. The factory as a result had paid 2s lid per lb for butter-fat, while Is would be paid out for the present month at Ngaere In the former case tho suppliers were credited with 2s\6d, but 6d was kept back for share capital. A deduction was made at Ngaore also, so that tho nett pay-out would be 2s Walkato and 11 W for Ngaere. Tills convinced him that they should go In for dried milk. They would delay so long that when they did Anally place an order for the plant It would he found that there would bo 7(10 or 890 applications before theirs. The application should now bo In. He pointed out that Jt'gaere was very favorably situated. Tho.y were now drawing suppliers from the boundaries of Stratford and Eltham. If Stratford should go in for dried milk they would lose a large number of suppliers who would lie attracted hy tho higher price paid. No better site than that at Ngaere for a factory could ho found, and he was sure that If they decided to go in for the manufacture of dried milk land would Immediately go up In value just as It bad in Walkato. Mr Coleman asked what factory It waa that paid 2s 6d per lb for butter-fat. Mr Maxwell said he did not know the exact name. Mr Coleman said he had a brother In the Walkato district who was supplying milk for the manufacture of dried milk, and In a.letter written within the last fortnight he had stated that tho price ho had received was U 5.1 per lb. In his letter he had stated that the milk had to be taken to the factory and put through the cooler twice a day. A supplier would not know when he would have a visit from an Inspector, as so much care had to he .exercised. This man had 156 acres and from tho tone of the letter he was not very on dried milk. ■ At one factory 2s 4d had been paid last year. Mr Coleman said he was continually looking for Information, and If there was anything In the dried milk he was ono to get it. A supplier said that If the cheese had not been commandeered a better price would have been paid for It. > Mr. Maxwell said that the £O3 paid as exp»nses of the delegate who had -gone to make Inquiries wos money well spent. The chairman: We all agree with that. A supplier asked 1f the advice was that In order to make dried milk pay thoy would require tho suppliers of the Lowgarth and Cardiff factory as well as their own. The chairman said that things had altered since that advice was given. To make It pay It was estimated that 10,000 tons were needed. . Later those standing for the directorate were asked to express their Ylm, bn dtlsd aUk ud cthii atthm. |

Mr Maxwell said that while a peat twlln In dried milk be Would do nothing to •poll a manufacture of chifdse. He favored tellli rlie output after ilic co:nmande»r, H Uut a suppliers would receive without delay u ne»f] in possible the full anuunt that the fouttti fit Is north. In replr lit At Themes, he «*] ho would nut favor a i.restnt taking up shul In u pIR-raising concern . S Mr Feniiiugton said he nun not In fxTor i dried milk. Before sturfinjr lliey would hM t'i spend £30,000 on a tie v factory, ad M fore dr. : tie thirt they would want to oc «B) that dried milk wan coing to pay them MM than I'heeio Ab for the plr. lnduttrv he HI nun Inst it. and f\e was lot In a position j •expre-a an op'.nlorli oil sutiir <of mils Mr \V'il;,er said ho ihouzht! It was a lltt too soon 10 go In Sor dried milk or sugar.< milk They should w.)lt till they were Ml of their eround '1