BUTTER and CHEESE FACTORY FOR MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2692, 5 September 1887, Page 2

BUTTER and CHEESE FACTORY FOR MASTERTON.

At tlio annual meeting of tbo ton Farmers' Club hukl on S.a'tflßiay afternoon, au important discussion arofco over a circular that had been received from the Chairman of tho Manawatu Council, re the export of buttwaud other produce to Great Britain. ; The President thought-tlio oubjee .was one v/ortby the atteutipn of every farmer, nad expressed his hope that members would take some slep3 in the matter. ' . Mr Casclberg said lie.lud.purpoaely attended to Bee what steps members intended io take in this mutter. He was the largest dealer in produce in this district, and had tried no less than five times to open up a market jn London for tlio sale of butter. efforts had mot with iliaustrjus reaulwi He had sent over fully 300.' kegs of butter, which resulted in a loss of botween <£3oo and iMOO to himself, On the last occasion it wus shipped by the Rimutaka, but owing to its being taken as General oargo, arrived in a bad state and only realised 45s to 60i per owt, Nothing being allowed for the kegs and loss of weight, all that the. butter realisod was from 2>i to 2|d perils He had carefully thought the mattiWver, and had decided to either bring the matter betore the Farmers' Club or those directly iutoreslod. It wasimpossible for a private mdivi luil to send butter so that- it could arrive in England in tirsl-clasa order. If that could be done they would do well out of it. At present it arrived- in anything but a satisfactory condition, and it shad been stated by exports that butterine made out of was . worth 50 per cent more at lloiim . New Zealand butter. .They could realise good prices' for' their butter if they were to • dslabliith butUir and cheese factories. Ho 'did not mean by that to simply have cbfeo'. factoriesas they were at present .hut to , combine the two and, ;bo make them more profitable.". They could uati Llio ovoniuga milk for butter and the; 'morning's milk for cksese, Ho suggested thatinitiatory sftipswuld be taken here to start .-a'.Butter uud CHeese Factory without 'borrowing. Tho capilhl required, would Ho very : 'srnailj say from Tho chief difficulty they hail, to ,contend with was'the Supply; of mUb.;* 'To bo a success,,;ifc should ho jjiiireiy' co-opera-tive,arid tho greater Mimber of shares held by thoao who we tbe owners of cows;" The shareholders of the 1 Taratabi Dairy- Fiiptory; were bijly allowed to hold shares. in proportion to the uuniber- of'cows tliey 'owiiiij; He referred to one or two toinorties they would have to contend with. 11l sojie parts of America,''l|)ey : would only take tho cream from; thy! farmers.. It was takeu away.sweet,\j§r means of oream separators,' thtj rich milk still'being left, which was used by the farmers for the purpose of iwing calves, fa. This cours-j is oiiiy pursued by 6oine, others take the whole away, and combino bacon-curing with their Butter and Cheese Faclgta He would liku enquiries to be Mde, so aa to see what support would be likely to get. and they could then issue prospectuses. He felt convinced that the movemout would not be sue ceasful if tho majority of the shares were allotted to business people. They must, endeavor to get the farmers tied to it/ Personally be was prepared to take,up shares to tho extent of'£2oo. He did not like :o move in the matter earlior, as somo people were apt to lopkupon it as an election aflair, but asit.bad now been broached, he was glad to give his support, and piit his hand in his pocket. • Son)'.) three or four years ago, Mr Payton took great interest, through the medium paper, in trying to establish a ButliP •arid Cheese Factory in this district; -but at that timo, a good market was -found in Sydney, and-it suited the farmers better to • send their . produce ■there. This year 'they had- loßttheir market there. He felt convinced if there was uo outlet for their produce, their Bush Settlements must prjßs a failure, Tho first thing tboso j'uwora could raise was produce, and they must find a market. He did ndt' T think it profitable to send cheese to'-England ou account of American composition. If thoy turned out good butter, he believod i.t would tiud a ready -limrkefe in other parts of the Colony. , There was not one farmer out of every ten that could nroke (jriiUta butter. They did uot Eeem to Lave tho idea, and by tho time it was. kegged up It was almost useless, Mr W. H, Beetßam tliftight Mr Caselberg deserved the thanks of the meeting for the valuable information he had given them. What they hadu. to consider was, having made butter how were they to git it Home ? If by combination they could provide chambers in the direot steamers it would bo more profitable thin at present, aud it would undoubtedly be a step in the • right direction, Mr Cagolberg iutiuiated thst some time ago tjjo N.Z. Shipping and .Alton Companies went to cotuideHp - expense iq fitting up separate cooling chambers in their vessels for the expoit of butter from the colony, but owing to the sudden opening of the Sydney market these chambers were never used, consequently they - wet 6 converted for the carriage of general oargo, Mr D. Guild fully contirred with the suggestion ef tho previous speaker as

- to the advisability ol starting a factory,, not only for the benefit of Master toti but for the bush settlements as a wholes J?rom tlie circular read he understood it'to meah -that the- farmers in the district wanted llieir _ ' W-operation in sending their.-,produce 1 Houjtf It would .be I luuch easier for .■ .th?rn-;t6.eojfl!}i!ie itijd. foftn '(Sportcompany board . . tha'diwcVearn eraio stow . v Hfl ft l.ly' wiit&ta ctj«g . v&.factoryiwd .then coiiibiijiiig'-iogMffei' ' t'o_ export' their-fatiif produce* •'■' »..«► .. Mr .G.;, iijpu'glit.tb.ijitltter • showld'iier' J tal;ba\ "Up* cit " a •.d&jjnmUtee-ya-ppointed-'to-.'umke; en- \ tjike ste|j9 to iform-,B.coi|i-panw., • He'f«i!y;enaoHidv.tfiiS!jtfmarks 6i Mr CaSelbefg referring to -the bash settlements. He felt'convinced wiili.out these factories the settlements Would "not be a success. As a share holder of one of tho' freezing and expotting companies ho could aesuro j&thmi that the directors would bo only too glail to render them all the assistance they could •in exporting their produce. Mr Casolberg's actiou in this direotion was dtjaerving of great praise. Mr Elkins in ' establishing a factory of this kind, what -limy had to consider was, where they would erect the factory, and bo'v tn Ihe milk there, Mr Caielberg: As far as Mast'ertnri was concerned they could erect the factory near tho railway station. It " would then be' convenient to the. .Upper Plain farmers, and tbe milk • from the' Mauriceville and oilmbush settlements could 1 bo brought down by train. The Greytown i'ac- ! ■ tory collected thoir milk from a far larger radius than in and around Mas- " tertou. ■ Later on, similar factories could be established at Ekelaliunaand Pahiatua, There was no reason why they alio lid coulino their, labors .in the one place. -To start the factory they would want at least enough milk to turn out 100 lbs of butter ut day. It could then be. arranged to have : A the bucttr sent down to the cooling Tpbambers at Wellington to await shipment. The most they could expect to receive net for their biittsr nfc Hoine would be from Gil io 8d per lb. " Mr Guild then moved that the next . monthly meeting of tho Farmets Club be set apart solely lor tho purpose of dieousaing tliis matter. Mr,Hogg, iu seconding/the proposition. quite agreed with what Mr Caselberg had said. ■ It was -essential-they should have good .dairies so 'that they, could carry on operations all the year round. He had no doubt, by. the establishment of factories ol this.diseriptiuO, thoie was a good future, not only in store for Musterlon, but the whole of the Forty-mile Bush. Moro attention should be devoted to create industries in their uiidst, and thereby • increase the population. The resolution . was carried uiianifmously. 1b replying to a further question Jlr Casel berg stated that it was not usual to keep butter and cheese factories going all the year round. Farmers found it morn profitable to dispose of their own batter in winter, and consequently they kept the milk for ..tbecd'selves. 'ln thestimm'er'wlieiithere wa? a surplus Vre,it was hard to get batter vat Home. That matter would, be one ' for tbern to.go .into,latci on, .... '' On tbe.m.otion of Mr- G. Beetham, 88#ided by. the President, tho follow-" " .ing Committee were appointed to obtaiu all heoessaiy information' for the starting of a facfory, and also the ' amount of pnbable support the dairy farmers would accord the movement: —Messrs A. Johnston (president), M. Caselberg, D. Guild, W. H, Baetlmm, D. Carman, J. Hessey, T. E, Chamberlain, and H. W, Jackson. A vote of thanks to Mr Caselberg and the Presideut terminated the pro -iceedinga.