DAIRY PRODUCE.
GRADINGS IN DECEMBER. WELLINGTON, January 12. During December the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture graded 11,997 tons of salted' and 618 tons of unsalted butter, compared with 11,012 tons of salted and 617 tons of unsalted in December, 1926, an increase of 8.4 per cent. For the five months ended December 39,230 tons of salted and 2258 tons of unsalted butter were graded, compared with 34,5.57 and 1058 tons respectively in the corresponding period a vear ago. Cheese graded in the month'just ended totalled 8261 tons white and 4271 tons coloured, a decrease of 2.6 per cent, on December, 1926, when the quantities were 8551 and 4324 tons. The quantities for the five months just past were 22,888 tons white, 12,221 tons coloured, against 22,616 and 11,223 tons respectively in 1926. Converting these figures into butterfat equivalent, there is an increase of 12.6'per cent, in production for the five months compared with the 1926-27 season. Stocks held in the various grading ports at December 31, 1927, were: — Butter 7255 tons, cheese 9058 tons, compared with 10,747 tons of butter and 10,045 tons of cheese on December 31, 1926.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 79, 13 January 1928, Page 7
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