Mr Chong's dairy factory is closed for the winter. The co-operative factory is to be stopped to place a new 8 horse power engine and boiler in position. A new separator is also to go in, so that if required butter can be made right through the summer. The directors have, however, rented Mr Chong's factory and will keep on receiving the milk there until the improvements are completed. Tbe suppliers have been paid at the rate of Is per lb for butter fat for morth ending 20th May and lid for month ending 20th June. This has given about 5d per gallon for the milk. This high price gave suppliers very handsome cheques for winter time, especially for the former month when some of the cheques were over £ 50. As a consequence some of the settlers are now declaring that winter dairying will pay and are putting in root crops on a large scale. An impetus has been given to cropping generally by the high price for potatoes and grain, and larger areas are being brought under the plough this year than usual. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 4005, 6 August 1898, Page 4