FIFTY YEARS AGO Thursday November 9, 1967

Record year for Kintyre Farmers

KINTYRE Farmers Limited, Campbeltown’s second largest employer, had a sales increase of £60,000 last year.

This was reported by an auditor for the firm, Mr R. H. Craig, at the company’s recent annual general meeting.

Mr Craig told the meeting of officials and 75 members that the total sales amounted to £440,000 - a record.

All the company’s departments contributed to this amount with the exception of the showroom and egg department.

The losses here were £183 and £4,000 respectively.

The reason given for the alarming drop in egg sales was that local farmers were no longer interested in poultry.

In his remarks, the chairman, Col. James Taylor, referred to the directors’ report with the financial accounts and emphasised that the increase in turnover, as with the success of the society, was due to the loyalty of members.