STANDARDISED CHEESE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 105, 6 May 1929, Page 9

STANDARDISED CHEESE.

FULL PRICES RECEIVED. SOUTH TARANAKI PRODUCT. ■ C A FAVOURABLE SEASON. (By Telegraph.—Special to " Star.") HAWERA, this day. The current dairying se-ason is a most favourable one in South Taranaki. An increase of 3 per cent in the butteifat produced this season to the end of April is shown by returns supplied by the chief grader of'the produce handled by the Patea. grading store, compared with the returns for the same period of the previous season. Last month 3704 boxes of butter were received into the stores compared with 3014 boxes in April last year. Of cheese, 18,509 crates were received this season, against 19.910 crates in the corresponding period last year. The increase in butter is due in some measure to the manufacture of standardised cheese, entailing the part skimming of milk. This phase will be still more evident next season if the manufacture of standardised cheese continues. Gradings for April show a decrease of 7.2 per cent on a butterfat basis, compared with the gradings for April, 1928, and comprise 4965 crates of full cream cheese, 13,546 crates of standardised cheese and 3704 boxes of creamery butter. This means that in April 8581 more crates of standardised than full cream cheese were received into the stores. The manufacture of standardised cheese is greatly increasing. The quality of the standardised article is very good, and reports just to hand state that the first shipments which reached London brought prices at full market value on the day. The quality was regarded as very satisfactory. This means that the price realised was equal to that for full cream cheese. Although it is early to form a definite opinion the report has been received with gratification. During the past month, 1462 crates of full cream and 15,866 crates of standardised cheese were shipped from Patea. No butter was dispatchcd. Owing to the fairly good prices ruling for cheese many dairymen are sending their milk to the cheese factories rather than separating the milk and forwarding the cream to butter factories, so that many cheese factories are showing an increase. The decrease in production shown for last month, compared with April of last year, is explained by rains coming earlier in 1928. It is anticipated that the output may recover a little this month.