The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1882. THE BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 998, 31 August 1882, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1882. THE BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORY.

The riiit of Mcssr* Guild and Paterson to Edendale lias confirmed us in the opinion which wc have always held that more than three pence per gellon could be given for milk. We -have pointed this out repeatedly, and now we find our words coming true, Messrs Guild and Paterson brought with them the interest*ing information that the men who Were j working the EdcmUle Faetbry arc ready to come to Temuka, take over tlio business of the Company, and give four pence per gallon for milk. If men who want to make it a .speculation can giro four pence per gallon for it wc cannot see why a Coni| any, who do not want more profit than what ■ is absolutely necessary for working, expenses, could not give more. The three ponce per gallon ‘‘-bogus'” is therefore burst, and we hope the matter will be .takfcrUup heartily by farmers. They ought to nuke immediate arrangements for supplying milk. They make a 'great mistake if they think they can do anything.more profitable. At four pence per gallon an average good cow will give them £l4 a year, and we ask them to consider whether there is any other way in which they can make so much out of their land. If they average £7 anacieout of growing wheat it is as much as they can do, and they will find that is not near so profitable as selling milk at fourpenee per; gallon. We hare tried £o obtain from jfArmerg ■

—— some idea of Lott many sheep were equal to a cow or the land, and some hare told us four sheep, others six, others eight, and so oh, but they all agreed that 10s per' year is as- much as a sheep is worth. Say that six sheep are equal to a cow, and they -are worth only 10s a year each, they would yield the farmer £S per year. Compare that with the cow that yields £l4 a year. Is not the difference any inducement ? Will not the £ll difference be sufficient to millf the cow ? Farmers ought to reflect on these things, and compare one thing with another, and if they did so they would know when a project was mooted whether it would be worth supporting or ;uot. Now supposing a farmer kept 100 sheep, what is the income he would derire from them ? Merely £SO a year. The land taken up by these sheep would feed 15 cows at least according to the estimates given to us by farmers, and the revenue from these would be,at fourponce per gallon, £2lO, or £l6O more than the sheep. But supposing we are wrong to the extant of £6O, would not the balance of ,£IOO be good enough ? We think it would, and we hope farmers will do their best to make the factory a success. THE LINSEED INDUSTRY. Now that the Butter, Cheese and BaconCuring Company has started satisfactorily, Mr Pilbrow has brought forward another industry to which he has given many year* of study. We mean the manufacture of European flax. As already published, a preliminary meeting was hold a short time ago in the Wallingford hotel, and a provisional committee appointed to meet Mr Pearc#, of Christchurch, in order to take into consideration the advisability of floating a company in this district to develops the industry. Since then Mr Pearce has been communicated with, and most encouraging letters on the subject have been received from him, together with samples of rope and twine manufactured from the straw sant to him by Mr Pillirow. These samples are on exhibition in Mr Ashwell’s office at present, and anyone can see that the articles are of an undoubted i quality. Mr Pearce a)s>o signified his intention of being present at the next meeting to be hpld in Temuka. This meeting is called for next Tuesday evening, when all farmers should be present. ‘We shall lake, an early opportunity of entering more fully into this subject.