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Waikato Argus, Volume X, Issue 947, 16 May 1901, Page 4

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Milk Business.—Mr Wesley Spragg lr.et the suppliers to his creamery in the Public Library on Tuesday morning. There were present: Messrs Teasdale, Hollier, Bruce, Stewart, Pollard, Bryant, Goodwin and Armstroug. Mr Teasdale was voted to the chair. Mr Spragg spoke on similar lines as at the Pukekura meeting, a'report of which appeared in Tuesday's AKUtrs. Circulars were handed to each of the suppliers which showed thac the average weekly supply for the past eight months to April 30th was 11.409 gallons or 4,3121 b of butter fat. The averane test for the season (Aluy not included) was 3'618. There would be a bonus of §d per lb for the schsoii Some discussion took place with r-gard to the testiug. Mr Spragg read an extract from The Australian Farm and Home)" by Professor Haeeker, of the Minnesota Experimental Station, where tho cows were kept with the utmost care, but in a week the variation had been aa much as 25 per cent. To the speaker's mind the cows was an aggravating and wonderful machine. Messrs Bruce, Bryant and Pollard spoke with some dissatisfaction with regard to the low test of their milk during the season. Their neighbours, who only lived across the road supplied to Messrs Ambury and English, and leceived far belter testt. Mr Spragg said he had no information to give, und assured them that the testing was done by a competent man. Mr Bruce suggested that the Association send a man around to the differet supp iers and have th» testing done at home. Mr Spragg said that he »vould be only too pleased to follow out the suggestion and have a competent mini sent up. The The price for next season would be Bjd, an increase of £d over last season. Should the supply reach 4,750 gallons they would get 9d per lb. Mr Spragg was accorded a vote of thanks, and in return thanked the suppliers for their attendance. At the close f.f th« meeting the Cliawirian (Mr Teasdale) said that they only represented a small creamery (Mr Spraet! : " It will be larger "), and he himself was perhaps a small supplier, but nevertheless wis very well satisfied with his season's result. There was some talk of co-operation at one of , the recent Farmei.s'Club meetings, aud it appeared to him that those men who wcreagitatirgforeo operation weiesimply playing into the hands of the opposition firm to get the suppliers to bind themselves for another three years. With regard to the committee appointed with a view of placing the dairy industry on a co-operative !;asis he did not think thac one of that, committee was sincere with 'the exception i-f the Kihikihi man, perhaps.—(Oun Correspondent).