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NIREAHA CHEESE FACTORY

!j[ A FLOURISHING-COXCE.RN. Ie r i )C Travellers to tha Forty-Mile Bush s- «rc .struck with the flourishing appear, it anco of the various small settlements in throughout-that district. The farms n- are all small in area—from 50 acres to 200 acres—and all are reclaimed I bush lands. Co-operative dairying is. \ the secret of their success, there be- ' ing very little sheep farming. The cropping that i* done is chiefly for '.V ' the farmer's own requirements; little, '° j if anything, being grown for export. ;Kound about Ekotaliuna are several ,n J cheese factories, and the largest .-is at r- j N.ireaha. This factory was establishled in November, 1904, and opened with t | 1100 gallons for the first day's supply ,_'■ of milk, and the supply has gone on lt increasing in volume ever since, and on December 17th, 1912, it reached its maximum of 4280 gallons. Two vats *• were sufficient for curd-making during the first year, now it takes six vats, and last year they turned out 309 - tons of first-grade cheese. The fac- -■- tory lias never known .what it is to■N have its cheese-branded second-grade. * The making of the cheese is let by ' s contract, Mr H. Adamson, who lias a. Dominion reputation as an export; > cheese maker, being the contractor, is which position he has held for ihe past five years. The directors and '- suppliers are well satisfied witlh this arrangement, as it relieves them: of 3 all trouble and responsibility in sup,v plying labour and carting out their :. produce from railway to slhipping port, d which is no slight thing, where the '• back blocks aro taken into consideration. Last year the Nireaha factory y paid their suppliers Is 3|d per pound v for butter-fat, besides paying 6 per o cent on the paid-tip capital, which is ;- practically all held by suppliers. Only ■ one other factory paid out more, and (1 that just a fraction of a penny. This il should satisfy suppliers that'in let-

', ting tli? manufacture of the cheese by - contract they are on the right lines.

1 In the flush of last season the maximum milk received was 3600 gallons, nu December 24th, so that it "will bo I scon that this year there will be a T considerable increase in the manma*- . ture. There are about eighty sups pliers to the. factory, all within a ra- . diiun of four miles. Improvements , and additions have been made.to the

factory from time to time, as the in- ' creased supply demanded, them, the [latest being ;i new cheese" packingroom, with concrete floor, 3(sft by 32ft, and a timber .storage room, 00ft by lift. The cheese is sent to Messrs Oetzes and Gerriken on consignment; for sale on the London market, from whence it is distributed all over Great Britain. About 800 oases fortnightly arc now being sent away, the cheese being half white and half colI ourcd. Last season the average ])ric« realised on tlio Home market for Nireaha cheese was 71s lOd per cwt. This year the London sales opened at' (50s Gd per cwt, but an advance is looked for. The ' manager employs seven assistants, and they are provided with cottages on the company's property, convenient to their work. Nirealia is only one of a number of eo-operativ,e. cheese factories in tlio Forty-Mile Bush. There are also .several creameries, the N.Z. T)airv Union and the celebrated Ballanoe Company having creameries dotted here and. there all through the district.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 February 1913, Page 4

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NIREAHA CHEESE FACTORY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 February 1913, Page 4

NIREAHA CHEESE FACTORY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 February 1913, Page 4

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