THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 243, 14 October 1929, Page 4

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

LESS SUPPLY THIS YEAR. WELLINGTON, this day. There is a 10 per cent drop in production of dairy produce so far this season, according to a leading produce broker who has just concluded a tour ot the country. "One dairy factory told me that they had had 1000 cows in a fortnight earlier than last year, and 1000 new cows," said this broker. "Yet they were four or five boxes a day behind last year's output. This is due to the cold, late spring and arrested growth. Of course, a few more fine days will make a wonderful difference. But we naturally cannot hope for production to rise .at the rate of 8 or 10 per cent every year. Last year showed an average return of about 1/5 to the factories, and the year before was about 1/4% to 1/4%. If we touch those figures this year it looks as though we shall do well.

"One hopeful sign for New Zealand at any rate is the fact that Australia is in much the. same position. There is no exportable surplus at all in New Scuth Wales, a small one in Victoria, and while Queensland's is good most of that will be absorbed in supplying New South Wales."