BUTTER-MAKING AT THE WAIKATO FACTORY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2008, 21 May 1885, Page 2

BUTTER-MAKING AT THE WAIKATO FACTORY.

Thk new centiifugal ciiMin sop.n «it< >i eiec Ud f.,i the W.uLato Choi>M> .iiul Bumi F.ictoiy Company, .it the facfmy neai Hamilton, was set in motion and it--, capabilities thoioughly tested on Monday List, m the piesence of Cipt Kuncimau, managing direjtor, and tlio manage), Mr T. S [liinunii.m. The maelnneiy isnnplicity itself, consisting of a cast iuut.il drum, the BO|>.watoi l>eui£ drnen by the engine attached to the f.ictoiy. About 20 gallons of milk was put tlnough and the cream and n ilk weie srpaiated in an am.t/mgly nhorfc space <»f tmio. The capacity of the machine, when in full woikj ing order u 00 gallons an hoiir. On Tuesday, KM galloni of milk weio operated upon, and vettterday 1(13 gallons were separated m about two hours. The separator makes 7,.")00 revolutions pel iiunuto, but the hpui'd may be increased up to 7,^00 resolutions. Choese-making operations at the factory have been suspended f"i the season, and the energies of the stalf will now lie devoted to the inauuf.ictuie of butter. For this puipo-e it is piobable tlut .in .ueiage nt about 150 gallons of milk, pei day will besti[iplied to the factmy through the winter. It is anticipated th.it lOltis of buttui will bo tinned outdail>, and as the quality will of couise be unifoiai, | theaiticlo will be eminently well adapted foi e\poit. The machiueiy, winch is the most pei feet of its kind m tho colonies, is likely to revolutionise the buttei -making mdustrv, and it is not too much to expect that in the futine pi i\ ate dames will be al most entirely snpeisederl. The dnectois aie highly ple.t-.ed with the niannei in which Mr Craw fold has c.vied out his contiact.