OUR DAIRY FACTORIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 20, 18 October 1907, Page 2

OUR DAIRY FACTORIES.

- . ;THE OFFICIAL LIST. 'Tho' : nbw"list of registered creameries, factories, private' dairies, and packing-houses of New Zealand, issued annually by the Dairy Commissioner, Mr. D. Cuddic, shows the number 'of": these- institutions to be 'as follows:— '■'■ " - /' Trivato Privato • • ■ ■ ' Butter Choose Butter Choose ;". F'ct'r's Fct'r's Dairies Dairies Miles Totnl Auckland ... 51 9 ' 39 1 12 112 Taranaki'".;: 78 23 217 1 G 351 Wellington.. 35 27 2 0 45 109 Ilawkesßay 20 1 5 0 0 2G ■Nelson ... 8 2 13 1 13 37 Marlb'rougli 2 3 0 0 2 7 Westland ... 2 0 0 0 0 0 Canterbury 7 8 ; 0 39 19 73 Otago and hind ... 9 36 15 1 31 92 ...Totals-'...212 109 361 .42 ..." 128 852 How the Industry is Specialised, It will''be observed from this list that the' "Wellington district abounds with mills or packing-houses, and that the Taranaki district' is -particularly, pregnant with private butter "dairies. Canterbury -again has been the province to reap, tho harvest of high cheese'prices, for it has 39 private cheese factories,:'and vory little else —only 34 of all other kinds of factories. Compare : this with Taranaki, the hotbed of dairy activity. They have' 247 registered private dairies, all dovoted to butter —and no private cheese factories.'"How'many of these are now being transformed into cheese centres in view of the high-prices ruling? Taranaki the Hub. Taranaki, however, certainly retains its lead as, the centre of the industry so far as numbers can show, for even after deducting its 247 private butter dairies, it remains with 107 factories of other kinds, as against Auckland's 112, (including 39 private butter dairies); and Wellington's 109. Southland and Otago. lead, for cheese factories with 36. Much more information may, perhaps, bo gleaned from-a, table showing the changes that have taken place in the different districts of recent years,:—' .' ;. . ',■.;,.. AUCKLAND. Previous '~-• .:;■,.■ Record Year. 190 G. 1987 Butter Factories .... 1901, 52 50 51 Cheese Factories .... 1900, 15 9 .9 Private Butter Dairies . 1905, Gl :23 39 Pi ivate, Cheese Dairies . 1905, 1 11 Mi 115..,..;. ...;. ~.. 1905, 19 14 12 .;, v' /■!'•- - ■ TAEANAKI. Butter. .Factories .... 1900, 97 77 78 Cheese Factories .... 1900, 21 13 '. 23 Priv'ate,;B"utter Dairies . ' 1905, 252 22S ' 247 Private' Cheese Dairies . 1903, 2 0 0 Mills ..; ....... ... 1904, 1G G; G 0.-<i'i.',;..;i ,;■»,'■ WELLINGTON. ■' Butter -'Factories ...-./ 1903, '32 :35 35 Cheese Factories .... 1905, 23 19 27 Private' Butter Dairies . 1905, G8 37 42 Private Cheese Dairies . 1901, 5 3*■- ■0> t Mills;. ',';.„,,. 1905, 00 42 45 ''.'";"':' v HAWKES'-BAY. ' Butter,. Factories ..... 1901, 15 20 .20 Cheese.factories .... 189G, 3 1 1 X'hva'tc Butter Dairies . 1903, 5 5 5 Private. Cheese Dairies . —, ' . 1 0 Mills;-.-;: -. ... .. . . 1905, 1 . 8' 0 !;i"'; ;■•'.'. '; /. NELSON.' \ Butter','Factories . ... 1903, 7" ■ l"9 8 Cheese-Factories .. . : 1898, II 2] Pi ivate Butter Dairies . 1905, 19 H 13 •Private Cheese Dairies . 1903, 1 1 : i Mjllh;.,-j,.,. .../.. .1903, .11 13 13 ■""""." '"-' MARLBOROUGH. Butter -Factories .- . .:, IS9G, .1 1 2 CU'eeso'Factories . ■'. .. , 1900,, 3 : -3- ■ 3 Private. Butter Dairies . 1903, 2 2 .■ 0 Private Cheese Dairies . -—, — "— ■ — Mills : .'''.; ....'.., -V" 1903/ 2-" 2' 2 ,-..-"•"•;•• "-,/, WESTLAND.'.,' i '. "■ Butter Factories .... 1900, 3. 2,2 Chee'so'' Factories . . ;'-.■ -—-, —;—. ' _ Private Butter Dairies .-' 1905, 1 ■■■ —. ■, _ Private Cheese Dairies, 1 -' — — _ Mills-.;.:.!-.:;. .. < ~.,-. , _ _ . _ .-,:;,.";,,,;,,",.. CANTERBURY. '.■..-,.' Butter .Factories ... . 1902, 10 8 7 Cheese. Factories,. ... 1901, 11 ,7. • g Private-Butter Dairies . 1904, 2 2 0 Private..Cheese Dairies . 1905, 57 37 39 Mills . ~,,...:,.'. ... - ; 1905, 23 13 10 ;':; ; otago and! southland. Butter Factories .... 1897,, .16 , 9,9 Cheese '. . .'IB9B, 40 29 3G Private'.'Butter Dairies ■. 1905, 92 '31' 15 Private "Cheese- Dairies . 1903, 3 1 1 ■Mil!s"-:|l'."^. .:. .... 1905, 59 .'.42 '31 The General Trend.-; As to the' general trend of the industry, it appears;.that tho number of butter factories is for.tho time stationary;■ tho private cheese dairies'-and mills have reached their lowest level.of the 20th century. ■ Tho'privato butted dairies-of, the North Island increased-by 40, and-'thbso of the extreme South decreased byi 16; while the cheese factories everywhere have conspicuously ! increased. They are at their highest level on record. , Previously they had' never increased in one year by more tlian'S/'but'this yearHhey have increased by 27V"-The biggest increases wero in Taranaki (10); Wellington (8), Southland and Otago fflV'-q,;,,"-. ~' '■ ■•."■■ - ',