AUCKLAND'S DAIRY OUTPUT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 128, 2 June 1927, Page 4

AUCKLAND'S DAIRY OUTPUT.

ELEVEN MONTHS' RETURNS. SHOW GREAT INCREASE. IX BUTTER AND CHEESE. During the month of May the quantity of butter and cheese received at the grading stores of the Auckland Farmers' ireezing works showed the usual seasonal reduction as compared with the previous month. The substantial improvement compared with the corresponding period in previous years has, however, been, fully maintain ed. ' The returns for the present season, of which eleven months have now expired, show a gratifying increase in dairy production and this, coupled with improved market conditions should enable the Auckland iarmer to produce a much better balance-sheet at the end of the year than at one time seemed possible. The following tables show the monthly receipts of butter and cheese at the grading stores for the iirst eleven months of the current season and iu» two predecessors:— BUTTER. 1920-27 11)25-20 1024-25 Boxes .Boxes* Boxes July y.sio u,7i>u 14,-tas August . . 45,41i7 43,400 48,500 September 121,U88 October . . M'J.OVI 153.431) 1:05,457 November 255,0t)9 220,050 234,81)1 December .. ::!)0,0a3 203,103 251),207 January .. ~40,152 1i03,1)*7 244,a^4 February .. 208,211 185,450 180,240 Marcn .... 204,810 100,285 102,740 April .... 133,030 10S),07« 111,404 May ... 103.3U5 00,440 51,230 Totals 1,803,13!) 1,551,104 1,642,040 CHEESE. 1920-27 1923-2G 1924-25 • Crates Crates Crates July .... 1,407 ss'j U33 August .. 1,210 1,200 1,030 September 8,010 U. 505 0,544 October .. 18,711 17,048 14,088 November 25 104 20,034 10,831 December 27,51*7 27,157 20.7U2 January .. 22,985 21,881 15,4»l February 21,001 20,152 10,351 March .. 20,834 19,351 14,71)0 April .... 16.15U 13,505 11,013 May .... 12,185 7,742 8,4!)U Totals 170,548 159,184 130,322