DAIRYING IN THE WAIKATO.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1322, 28 December 1911, Page 8

DAIRYING IN THE WAIKATO.

BRIGHT BUTTEK OUTLOOK. Whilst practically every other part of New Zsaljud is bemoaning the fact thut the butter supply is showing a decrease this season, things aro very bright and prosperous in the Waikulo. A" visitor who has just made a tour of the district, states-that .wound Hamilton dairying is going -.Ahead apace., principally along tho linos'of home! separation. 'It'is-expected Hint ilia Waikato Dairy Company, with headquarters tit Hamilton, will turn out some .600 tons of buLtcr .foi- t.hp. present season, an increase of about HOD tons over last year's output. All over the Waikiitii 'there is in abu.'ifJanci! of feed, and the'Ciuiibribp Dairy Company also expects to show an inc.reiwc for (he njuson. Their iiutput for inonth ronstitutps a record ior the company for the month of November. The To Aroha Dairy Coin■pany will also havo an increased output, unci the tame aptilic; to ihe Thames Valley Dairy Company, with heaihinartcrs at. Paeroa. This company is rapidly increasing its output. About iivo yoais ngo it? nutpiit wiw sometliint; like 2;!0 tons', and for the present season it is expected to touch 700 tons. The district right down through Ta.uranga, Tc Puke, Whnkalane, and Opotiki shows plenty nf food, and all the. factories in this district, viz., Taumnga, Day of Plenty, Whakatnne, Opoiiriao, Wainiana, and Op:>liki show increa>od returns, although not to such a great extent n= would have been the ci\m> had thft weather wuidiiions. been morfi *'avont'nble. About 'I'aiirangn nml To J , ul;o the increjsu is duo principally to Ihi! sprca:l of home separation, f.h'a factories sending thoir carl-; out for miles nnd collt'c-.tin!: from (ho fanners , gales. The Taiiranpa fiictnry. which inamifito turcs close on 2CHI l-.-.ns year, draws the whole of its supplies from lioinp separation, there boing uo separator whatever in the factory.

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