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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

The Te Tua Dairy Factory

The Te Tua Dairy Factory , which was established in 1897, is the property of the Te Tua Dairy Factory Company, Limited. The chairman, in 1904, was Mr Caleb Small, and the secretary, Mr E. E. Willett, of Riverton. The factory has three cheese vats capable of treating up to 2,000 gallons of milk at a time. In the season of 1904, there were twenty-eight suppliers, who delivered about 1,300 gallons daily. The storeroom of the factory is capable of storing from seventy to eighty tons of cheese. Regular fortnightly shipments of the produce are sent to London, and the output of an ordinary season is about 100 tons. The plant is driven by a steam engine of eight horsepower.