PRODUCTION DECLINE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 34, 10 July 1939, Page 7

PRODUCTION DECLINE

DAIRY COMPANY'S FIGURES A decrease in production, amount, ing to 7.96 per cent-was experienced by the New Zealand Co-operative Company, during the dairying season just ended. Daring the season the company's total output . was 65,988 tons, compared with an output of 71,697 tons last season. The output refers to butter, casein, condensed milk and milk powders. In a statement Mr C. J. Parians general manager of the company, said that in line with the general position throughout Hie Dominion his comJ pany had to record a decrease in production during the past season, this being due to weather cond tions coupled with the difficulty in obtaining suitable farm labour. He said that weather condition? varied con. sidcrably within a distance and it appeared that the Thames Vallev area Rotorua and the country in thp vicinity of Auckland were more adversely affected than some other districts. Mr Parlane said it was essential that the farm labour problem should be given immediate attention and thought that if. suitable accommodation were provided on farms to permit of the employment of married men it would be of material assist, ance. FRIESIANS IN ENGLAND | The English Royal Agriculture Society's Show, to be held at Windsor in has allotted no less a sum than £570 as prize money for the pedi gree Friesian Classes. The Mature Bull Class and the Classes for Mature In-.milk Cows and for cows born m 1934 or 1935 have each £58 as prizr moneys. JERSEYS PREDOMINATE The dairy branch of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture re_ cords that of a total of 3309 cows under test this season 935 were Jerseys. The minimum production required under each group for the is. •ue of official certificates is: Junu..' two year old, 2301b butterfat; senior two year old, 250; junior three year old, 270; senior three year 2:)lr junior four year old, 310; senior l'ovu year old, 330; mature cow, 350.