BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19332, 9 June 1928, Page 16

BUTTER AND CHEESE.

GRADING FIGURES FOR MAY. [THE IBESS Special Service.] WBLLINSTOU*, June 8. Figures supplied by the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture show that the salted butter graded for May, 1928, totalled 3121 tons, and the tmsalted 80 tons, a total of 3201 tons, compared with 3195 tons salted and 55 tons unsalted, a total of 3250 tons, for May, 1927, a decrease of 1.5 per cent. For the ten months ended May, 1928, the respective quantities were 69,321 tons and 3098 tons, a total of 72,419 tons, compared with 67.450 tons and 2248 tons, a total of 69,706 tons for the corresponding period of the preceding season, an increase of 3.8 per cent. The cheese graded for May, 1928, comprised, white 3212 . tons, coloured 1550 tons, a total of 4760 tons; compared with 2549 tons white and 1 1499 tons coloured, a total of 4048 tons, for May, 1927, an increase of 17.7 per cent. The quantities for the ten months ended May, 1928, were: White 47,903 tons, coloured 25,502 tons, a total of. 73,485 tons, compared with 49,545 tons white and 25,020 tons coloured, a; total of 74,565 tons for the corresponding period of .the preceding season, a decrease of 1.4 per cent. ' Converting these figures into butterfat equivalent, there .is an increase of .2.12 per cent, in butter-fat production for the ten months as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding season. Stocks held in the various grading ports as at May 31st, 1928, were: Butter 4381 tons, cheese 4280 tons; as compared with 8710 tons butter and 9431 tons cheese held>on May 31st, 1927.