THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 162, 11 July 1928, Page 4

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

BAY OF ISLANDS.

The twenty-eeventh annual report and balance-sheet of the Bay of Islands Cooperative E)airy Co. states that the season's, make.* of butter constitutes a record for fhe company, the output having exceeded the previous best by 18% tone. The balance to credit of profit and loss account is £4821. A progress payment to suppliers of l%d per lb of butterfat will be made on July 20, which will make the average pay-out to date (excluding cream cartage) 16.37 d per lb. There are eighteen shipments of butter, excluding butter in freezer!, for which account sales are not yet to hand, and as these are arriving ,in London to a good market, there should be a substantial final payment, bringing the company's average to a satisfactory figured The retiring directors, Messrs. Jas. Mackeretb, H. S. Robinson, and H. Holt, are standing for re-election, and Mr. G. L. Ferguson has also nominated.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

(By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.")

DARGAVILLE, this clay

The Northern Wairoa Herd Testing j Association has concluded another success- 1 ful season, both financially and in the; number of cows testing. .Herd averages under both the group and the individual systems were lower than last season, the decrease being due to the very dry autumn. The total cows tested were 6731, compared with 325P last, season. The highest herd averaged 320.831b for 267 days. The same herd supplied the highest cow, 585.531b in 315 days. She is stillbeing milked and should exceed 0001b. On the basis of 17d this represents a return of £41 8/9, whilst the lowest cow produced 60.671b in 211 days at a value of £4 10/9. The highest herd of 35 cows produced 320.831b fat in 267 days, equal to a return of 17d of £795. The make of the Hokianga Dairy Co.'s factory at Motukaraka last month was 28 tons, an increase of two tons on the previous June. The output of the present season is 635 tons, an increase of eight tons. The payout for May at 1/3% is £3384, against £2443 at 1/0% for the same month of 1927. For the present season the distribution amounted to £73,857, compared with £61,806 paid out the previous season.

NEXT SEASON'S PROSPECTS.

The New Zealand Dairy Produce Ex-* porters' Association has been advised that butter prospects will depend upon Euro- j pean production during the next few ] months. In order to assist producers ad- j vances of 1/6 per lb for butter and lOd for cheese will be made on August 1 grad- j ings.